4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: stephen hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 0719e72ccb801829a3d735d187ca8417f0930459 ] The receive callback (in tasklet context) is using RCU to get reference to associated VF network device but this is not safe. RCU read lock needs to be held. Found by running with full lockdep debugging enabled. Fixes: f207c10d9823 ("hv_netvsc: use RCU to protect vf_netdev") Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ int netvsc_recv_callback(struct hv_devic * policy filters on the host). Deliver these via the VF * interface in the guest. */ + rcu_read_lock(); vf_netdev = rcu_dereference(net_device_ctx->vf_netdev); if (vf_netdev && (vf_netdev->flags & IFF_UP)) net = vf_netdev; @@ -667,6 +668,7 @@ int netvsc_recv_callback(struct hv_devic skb = netvsc_alloc_recv_skb(net, packet, csum_info, *data, vlan_tci); if (unlikely(!skb)) { ++net->stats.rx_dropped; + rcu_read_unlock(); return NVSP_STAT_FAIL; } @@ -696,6 +698,7 @@ int netvsc_recv_callback(struct hv_devic * TODO - use NAPI? */ netif_rx(skb); + rcu_read_unlock(); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html