Re: GPF in net sybsystem

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu May 06 2021 - 18:09:35 EST


On Wed, 5 May 2021 20:02:42 +0300 Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Hi, netdev developers!
>
> I've spent some time debugging this bug
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c670fb9da2ce08f7b5101baa9426083b39ee9f90
> and, I believe, I found the root case:
>
> static int nr_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock, int flags,
> bool kern)
> {
> ....
> for (;;) {
> prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> ...
> if (!signal_pending(current)) {
> release_sock(sk);
> schedule();
> lock_sock(sk);
> continue;
> }
> ...
> }
> ...
> }
>
> When calling process will be scheduled, another proccess can release
> this socket and set sk->sk_wq to NULL. (In this case nr_release()
> will call sock_orphan(sk)). In this case GPF will happen in
> prepare_to_wait().

How does it get released midway through an accept call?
Is there a reference imbalance somewhere else in the code?

> I came up with this patch, but im not an expect in netdev sybsystem and
> im not sure about this one:
>
> diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
> index 6d16e1ab1a8a..89ceddea48e8 100644
> --- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
> +++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
> @@ -803,6 +803,10 @@ static int nr_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock, int flags,
> release_sock(sk);
> schedule();
> lock_sock(sk);
> + if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
> + err = -ECONNABORTED;
> + goto out_release;
> + }
> continue;
> }
> err = -ERESTARTSYS;
>
> I look forward to hearing your perspective on this :)
>
>
> BTW, I found similar code in:
>
> 1) net/ax25/af_ax25.c
> 2) net/rose/af_rose.c
>
>
> I hope, this will help!
>
> With regards,
> Pavel Skripkin