This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ipv6: annotate data-races around cnf.disable_ipv6
to the 6.8-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:
ipv6-annotate-data-races-around-cnf.disable_ipv6.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit e44cb0056888805743b28c6670a17f17468a067f
Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Feb 28 13:54:26 2024 +0000
ipv6: annotate data-races around cnf.disable_ipv6
[ Upstream commit d289ab65b89c1d4d88417cb6c03e923f21f95fae ]
disable_ipv6 is read locklessly, add appropriate READ_ONCE()
and WRITE_ONCE() annotations.
v2: do not preload net before rtnl_trylock() in
addrconf_disable_ipv6() (Jiri)
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: 4db783d68b9b ("ipv6: prevent NULL dereference in ip6_output()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 775f51cbc539b..c4e2f9d35e687 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4164,7 +4164,7 @@ static void addrconf_dad_work(struct work_struct *w)
if (!ipv6_generate_eui64(addr.s6_addr + 8, idev->dev) &&
ipv6_addr_equal(&ifp->addr, &addr)) {
/* DAD failed for link-local based on MAC */
- idev->cnf.disable_ipv6 = 1;
+ WRITE_ONCE(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6, 1);
pr_info("%s: IPv6 being disabled!\n",
ifp->idev->dev->name);
@@ -6325,7 +6325,8 @@ static void addrconf_disable_change(struct net *net, __s32 newf)
idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
if (idev) {
int changed = (!idev->cnf.disable_ipv6) ^ (!newf);
- idev->cnf.disable_ipv6 = newf;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6, newf);
if (changed)
dev_disable_change(idev);
}
@@ -6342,7 +6343,7 @@ static int addrconf_disable_ipv6(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int newf)
net = (struct net *)table->extra2;
old = *p;
- *p = newf;
+ WRITE_ONCE(*p, newf);
if (p == &net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->disable_ipv6) {
rtnl_unlock();
@@ -6350,7 +6351,7 @@ static int addrconf_disable_ipv6(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int newf)
}
if (p == &net->ipv6.devconf_all->disable_ipv6) {
- net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->disable_ipv6 = newf;
+ WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->disable_ipv6, newf);
addrconf_disable_change(net, newf);
} else if ((!newf) ^ (!old))
dev_disable_change((struct inet6_dev *)table->extra1);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index b8378814532ce..1ba97933c74fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip6_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
SKB_DR_SET(reason, NOT_SPECIFIED);
if ((skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL ||
- !idev || unlikely(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6)) {
+ !idev || unlikely(READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6))) {
__IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_INDISCARDS);
- if (idev && unlikely(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6))
+ if (idev && unlikely(READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6)))
SKB_DR_SET(reason, IPV6DISABLED);
goto drop;
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 568065a015c41..e4b02e94c2eb3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int ip6_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
skb->dev = dev;
- if (unlikely(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6)) {
+ if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6))) {
IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED);
return 0;
