This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
af_key: Do not call xfrm_probe_algs in parallel
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
af_key-do-not-call-xfrm_probe_algs-in-parallel.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit bf07d4b20775f64eb594f6dfa85edd15065936a2
Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Aug 4 18:03:46 2022 +0800
af_key: Do not call xfrm_probe_algs in parallel
[ Upstream commit ba953a9d89a00c078b85f4b190bc1dde66fe16b5 ]
When namespace support was added to xfrm/afkey, it caused the
previously single-threaded call to xfrm_probe_algs to become
multi-threaded. This is buggy and needs to be fixed with a mutex.
Reported-by: Abhishek Shah <abhishek.shah@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 283bc9f35bbb ("xfrm: Namespacify xfrm state/policy locks")
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index d93bde6573593..53cca90191586 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -1697,9 +1697,12 @@ static int pfkey_register(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sad
pfk->registered |= (1<<hdr->sadb_msg_satype);
}
+ mutex_lock(&pfkey_mutex);
xfrm_probe_algs();
supp_skb = compose_sadb_supported(hdr, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+ mutex_unlock(&pfkey_mutex);
+
if (!supp_skb) {
if (hdr->sadb_msg_satype != SADB_SATYPE_UNSPEC)
pfk->registered &= ~(1<<hdr->sadb_msg_satype);
