Fix the below NULL pointer dereference: [ 14.471200] Call Trace: [ 14.471562] <TASK> [ 14.471882] lock_acquire+0x245/0x2e0 [ 14.472416] ? remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 [ 14.473014] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x17/0x50 [ 14.473681] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3d/0x50 [ 14.474318] ? remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 [ 14.474907] remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 [ 14.475480] sk_stream_wait_memory+0x20d/0x340 [ 14.476127] ? do_wait_intr_irq+0x80/0x80 [ 14.476704] do_tcp_sendpages+0x287/0x600 [ 14.477283] tcp_bpf_push+0xab/0x260 [ 14.477817] tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x297/0x500 [ 14.478461] ? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x77/0xe0 [ 14.479096] tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x105/0x470 [ 14.479729] tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x318/0x4f0 [ 14.480311] sock_sendmsg+0x2d/0x40 [ 14.480822] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1b4/0x1c0 [ 14.481390] ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x62/0x80 [ 14.482048] ___sys_sendmsg+0x78/0xb0 [ 14.482580] ? vmf_insert_pfn_prot+0x91/0x150 [ 14.483215] ? __do_fault+0x2a/0x1a0 [ 14.483738] ? do_fault+0x15e/0x5d0 [ 14.484246] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x56b/0x1040 [ 14.484874] ? lock_is_held_type+0xdf/0x130 [ 14.485474] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x90 [ 14.486046] ? __sys_sendmsg+0x41/0x70 [ 14.486587] __sys_sendmsg+0x41/0x70 [ 14.487105] ? intel_pmu_drain_pebs_core+0x350/0x350 [ 14.487822] do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 [ 14.488345] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The test scene as following flow: thread1 thread2 ----------- --------------- tcp_bpf_sendmsg tcp_bpf_send_verdict tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir sock_close tcp_bpf_push_locked __sock_release tcp_bpf_push //inet_release do_tcp_sendpages sock->ops->release sk_stream_wait_memory // tcp_close sk_wait_event sk->sk_prot->close release_sock(__sk); *** lock_sock(sk); __tcp_close sock_orphan(sk) sk->sk_wq = NULL release_sock **** lock_sock(__sk); remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait); sk_sleep(sk) //NULL pointer dereference &rcu_dereference_raw(sk->sk_wq)->wait While waiting for memory in thread1, the socket is released with its wait queue because thread2 has closed it. This caused by tcp_bpf_send_verdict didn't increase the f_count of psock->sk_redir->sk_socket->file in thread1. Avoid it by keeping a reference to the socket file while redirect sock wait send memory. Refer to [1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190211090949.18560-1-jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Liu Jian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c index a1626afe87a1..201375829367 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c @@ -125,9 +125,17 @@ static int tcp_bpf_push_locked(struct sock *sk, struct sk_msg *msg, { int ret; + /* Hold on to socket wait queue. */ + if (sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file) + get_file(sk->sk_socket->file); + lock_sock(sk); ret = tcp_bpf_push(sk, msg, apply_bytes, flags, uncharge); release_sock(sk); + + if (sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file) + fput(sk->sk_socket->file); + return ret; } -- 2.17.1