On 05.09.2016 10:06, Wei Yongjun wrote: >> In general, when DAD detected IPv6 duplicate address, ifp->state will >> be set to INET6_IFADDR_STATE_ERRDAD and DAD is stopped by a delayed >> work, the call tree should be like this: >> >> ndisc_recv_ns >> -> addrconf_dad_failure <- missing ifp put >> -> addrconf_mod_dad_work >> -> schedule addrconf_dad_work() >> -> addrconf_dad_stop() <- missing ifp hold before call it >> >> addrconf_dad_failure() called with ifp refcont holding but not put. >> addrconf_dad_work() call addrconf_dad_stop() without extra holding >> refcount. This will not cause any issue normally. >> >> But the race between addrconf_dad_failure() and addrconf_dad_work() >> may cause ifp refcount leak and netdevice can not be unregister, dmesg >> show the following messages: >> >> IPv6: eth0: IPv6 duplicate address fe80::XX:XXXX:XXXX:XX detected! >> ... >> unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1 >> >> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Fixes: c15b1ccadb32 ("ipv6: move DAD and addrconf_verify processing to >> workqueue") >> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index >> bdf368e..2f1f5d4 100644 >> --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c >> +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c >> @@ -1948,6 +1948,7 @@ errdad: >> spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock); >> >> addrconf_mod_dad_work(ifp, 0); >> + in6_ifa_put(ifp); >> } >This in6_ifa_put makes sense. >> >> /* Join to solicited addr multicast group. >> @@ -3857,6 +3858,7 @@ static void addrconf_dad_work(struct work_struct *w) >> addrconf_dad_begin(ifp); >> goto out; >> } else if (action == DAD_ABORT) { >> + in6_ifa_hold(ifp); >> addrconf_dad_stop(ifp, 1); >> if (disable_ipv6) >> addrconf_ifdown(idev->dev, 0); >> >But why you add a in6_ifa_hold here isn't clear to me. Could you explain why this is >necessary? I don't see any async stuff being done in addrconf_dad_stop, thus the >reference we already have should be sufficient for the lifetime of addrconf_dad_stop. I think it that link local is added with flag IFA_F_PERMANENT, which we real need it is to remove in6_ifa_put() in addrconf_dad_stop. static void addrconf_dad_stop(...) { if (ifp->flags&IFA_F_PERMANENT) { ... in6_ifa_put(ifp); <== remove this line since caller hold refcount } else if (ifp->flags&IFA_F_TEMPORARY) { ... ipv6_del_addr(ifp); } else { ipv6_del_addr(ifp); } } If so, the addrconf_dad_begin() also need to fix because if hold a ref before addrconf_dad_stop(): static void addrconf_dad_begin(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp) { ... in6_ifa_hold(ifp); <-- remove this line addrconf_dad_stop(ifp, 0); ... } Also inet6_addr_del which called ipv6_del_addr with refcount hold: inet6_addr_del(...) { ... list_for_each_entry(...) { ... in6_ifa_hold(ifp); <-- remove this line ... ipv6_del_addr(ifp); ... } ... } Regards, Yongjun Wei ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����������ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f