On 1/26/23 4:17 PM, Kui-Feng Lee wrote:
The kernel crash was caused by a BPF program attached to the "lsm_cgroup/socket_sock_rcv_skb" hook, which performed a call to `bpf_setsockopt()` in order to set the TCP_NODELAY flag as an example. Flags like TCP_NODELAY can prompt the kernel to flush a socket's outgoing queue, and this hook "lsm_cgroup/socket_sock_rcv_skb" is frequently triggered by softirqs. The issue was that in certain circumstances, when `tcp_write_xmit()` was called to flush the queue, it would also allow BH (bottom-half) to run. This could lead to our program attempting to flush the same socket recursively, which caused a `skbuf` to be unlinked twice. `security_sock_rcv_skb()` is triggered by `tcp_filter()`. This occurs before the sock ownership is checked in `tcp_v4_rcv()`. Consequently, if a bpf program runs on `security_sock_rcv_skb()` while under softirq conditions, it may not possess the lock needed for `bpf_setsoppt()`, thus presenting an issue.
Fixed a few minor things like s/bpf_setsoppt/bpf_setsockopt/ and s/skbuf/skbuff/. Applied. Thanks.
