From f3e4cceafad27c9363c33622732f86722846ec6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:38:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() [ Upstream commit 983512f3a87fd8dc4c94dfa6b596b6e57df5aad7 ] skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive the timestamp via a dedicated interrupt and complete the TX timestamp from that handler. This will lead to a deadlock if the lock is already write-locked on the same CPU. Taking the lock can be avoided. The socket (pointed by the skb) will remain valid until the skb is released. The ->sk_socket and ->file member will be set to NULL once the user closes the socket which may happen before the timestamp arrives. If we happen to observe the pointer while the socket is closing but before the pointer is set to NULL then we may use it because both pointer (and the file's cred member) are RCU freed. Drop the lock. Use READ_ONCE() to obtain the individual pointer. Add a matching WRITE_ONCE() where the pointer are cleared. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260205145104.iWinkXHv@linutronix.de Fixes: b245be1f4db1a ("net-timestamp: no-payload only sysctl") Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Reviewed-by: Jason Xing Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260220183858.N4ERjFW6@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- include/net/sock.h | 2 +- net/core/skbuff.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- net/socket.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h index 60bcb13f045c..9540dcc5a0c0 100644 --- a/include/net/sock.h +++ b/include/net/sock.h @@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ static inline int sk_rx_queue_get(const struct sock *sk) static inline void sk_set_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket *sock) { - sk->sk_socket = sock; + WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_socket, sock); if (sock) { WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_uid, SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_uid); WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_ino, SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_ino); diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 9a763d120925..60d89899fdb9 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -5513,15 +5513,28 @@ static void __skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb, static bool skb_may_tx_timestamp(struct sock *sk, bool tsonly) { - bool ret; + struct socket *sock; + struct file *file; + bool ret = false; if (likely(tsonly || READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->core.sysctl_tstamp_allow_data))) return true; - read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock); - ret = sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file && - file_ns_capable(sk->sk_socket->file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW); - read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock); + /* The sk pointer remains valid as long as the skb is. The sk_socket and + * file pointer may become NULL if the socket is closed. Both structures + * (including file->cred) are RCU freed which means they can be accessed + * within a RCU read section. + */ + rcu_read_lock(); + sock = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_socket); + if (!sock) + goto out; + file = READ_ONCE(sock->file); + if (!file) + goto out; + ret = file_ns_capable(file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW); +out: + rcu_read_unlock(); return ret; } diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c index e8892b218708..2b6e11b085eb 100644 --- a/net/socket.c +++ b/net/socket.c @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static void __sock_release(struct socket *sock, struct inode *inode) iput(SOCK_INODE(sock)); return; } - sock->file = NULL; + WRITE_ONCE(sock->file, NULL); } /**