af_packet: move notifier's packet_dev_mc out of rcu critical section
authorStanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@gmail.com>
Thu, 22 May 2025 03:11:28 +0000 (20:11 -0700)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tue, 27 May 2025 09:36:26 +0000 (11:36 +0200)
commitd8d85ef0a631df9127f202e6371bb33a0b589952
treeff56c479be5622d47bb9bb080b95d9684aecf61e
parent32374234ab0101881e7d0c6a8ef7ebce566c46c9
af_packet: move notifier's packet_dev_mc out of rcu critical section

Syzkaller reports the following issue:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:578
 __mutex_lock+0x106/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:746
 team_change_rx_flags+0x38/0x220 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1781
 dev_change_rx_flags net/core/dev.c:9145 [inline]
 __dev_set_promiscuity+0x3f8/0x590 net/core/dev.c:9189
 netif_set_promiscuity+0x50/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:9201
 dev_set_promiscuity+0x126/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:286 packet_dev_mc net/packet/af_packet.c:3698 [inline]
 packet_dev_mclist_delete net/packet/af_packet.c:3722 [inline]
 packet_notifier+0x292/0xa60 net/packet/af_packet.c:4247
 notifier_call_chain+0x1b3/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:85
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2214 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2228 [inline]
 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x15d8/0x2330 net/core/dev.c:11972
 rtnl_delete_link net/core/rtnetlink.c:3522 [inline]
 rtnl_dellink+0x488/0x710 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3564
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6955
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x219/0x490 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534

Calling `PACKET_ADD_MEMBERSHIP` on an ops-locked device can trigger
the `NETDEV_UNREGISTER` notifier, which may require disabling promiscuous
and/or allmulti mode. Both of these operations require acquiring
the netdev instance lock.

Move the call to `packet_dev_mc` outside of the RCU critical section.
The `mclist` modifications (add, del, flush, unregister) are protected by
the RTNL, not the RCU. The RCU only protects the `sklist` and its
associated `sks`. The delayed operation on the `mclist` entry remains
within the RTNL.

Reported-by: syzbot+b191b5ccad8d7a986286@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b191b5ccad8d7a986286
Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250522031129.3247266-1-stfomichev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net/packet/af_packet.c
net/packet/internal.h