On 05/08/2021 11:29, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Before commit ad2f99aedf8f ("net: bridge: move bridge ioctls out of > .ndo_do_ioctl") the bridge ioctl calls were divided in two parts: > one was deviceless called by sock_ioctl and didn't expect rtnl to be held, > the other was with a device called by dev_ifsioc() and expected rtnl to be > held. After the commit above they were united in a single ioctl stub, but > it didn't take care of the locking expectations. > For sock_ioctl now we acquire (1) br_ioctl_mutex, (2) rtnl > and for dev_ifsioc we acquire (1) rtnl, (2) br_ioctl_mutex > > The fix is to get a refcnt on the netdev for dev_ifsioc calls and drop rtnl > then to reacquire it in the bridge ioctl stub after br_ioctl_mutex has > been acquired. That will avoid playing locking games and make the rules > straight-forward: we always take br_ioctl_mutex first, and then rtnl. > > Reported-by: syzbot+34fe5894623c4ab1b379@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fixes: ad2f99aedf8f ("net: bridge: move bridge ioctls out of .ndo_do_ioctl") > Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/bridge/br_if.c | 4 +--- > net/bridge/br_ioctl.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- > net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 7 ++++++- > 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > [snip] I fixed the bridge side of things, but the unlock/lock suggestion was made first by Hillf. I forgot to add: Suggested-by: Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx> +CC Hillf Hillf, since the rtnl unlock/lock suggestion was yours feel free to add your signed-off-by Thanks, Nik