On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 8:04 AM Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As &net->sctp.addr_wq_lock is also acquired by the timer
> sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler() in protocal.c, the same lock acquisition
> at sctp_auto_asconf_init() seems should disable irq since it is called
> from sctp_accept() under process context.
>
> Possible deadlock scenario:
> sctp_accept()
> -> sctp_sock_migrate()
> -> sctp_auto_asconf_init()
> -> spin_lock(&net->sctp.addr_wq_lock)
> <timer interrupt>
> -> sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler()
> -> spin_lock_bh(&net->sctp.addr_wq_lock); (deadlock here)
>
> This flaw was found using an experimental static analysis tool we are
> developing for irq-related deadlock.
>
> The tentative patch fix the potential deadlock by spin_lock_bh().
>
> Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/sctp/socket.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
> index cda8c2874691..b2c7d17ff848 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/socket.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
> @@ -364,9 +364,9 @@ static void sctp_auto_asconf_init(struct sctp_sock *sp)
> struct net *net = sock_net(&sp->inet.sk);
>
> if (net->sctp.default_auto_asconf) {
> - spin_lock(&net->sctp.addr_wq_lock);
> + spin_lock_bh(&net->sctp.addr_wq_lock);
> list_add_tail(&sp->auto_asconf_list, &net->sctp.auto_asconf_splist);
> - spin_unlock(&net->sctp.addr_wq_lock);
> + spin_unlock_bh(&net->sctp.addr_wq_lock);
> sp->do_auto_asconf = 1;
> }
> }
> --
> 2.17.1
>
Fixes: 34e5b0118685 ("sctp: delay auto_asconf init until binding the
first addr")
Acked-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
