From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, sd@queasysnail.net, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 1/2] macsec: set IFF_UNICAST_FLT priv flag
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:47:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250723224715.1341121-1-sdf@fomichev.me> (raw)
Cosmin reports the following locking issue:
# BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
kernel/locking/mutex.c:275
# dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x60
# __might_resched+0xeb/0x140
# mutex_lock+0x1a/0x40
# dev_set_promiscuity+0x26/0x90
# __dev_set_promiscuity+0x85/0x170
# __dev_set_rx_mode+0x69/0xa0
# dev_uc_add+0x6d/0x80
# vlan_dev_open+0x5f/0x120 [8021q]
# __dev_open+0x10c/0x2a0
# __dev_change_flags+0x1a4/0x210
# netif_change_flags+0x22/0x60
# do_setlink.isra.0+0xdb0/0x10f0
# rtnl_newlink+0x797/0xb00
# rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1cb/0x3f0
# netlink_rcv_skb+0x53/0x100
# netlink_unicast+0x273/0x3b0
# netlink_sendmsg+0x1f2/0x430
Which is similar to recent syzkaller reports in [0] and [1] and triggers
because macsec does not advertise IFF_UNICAST_FLT although it has proper
ndo_set_rx_mode callback that takes care of pushing uc/mc addresses
down to the real device.
In general, dev_uc_add call path is problematic for stacking
non-IFF_UNICAST_FLT because we might grab netdev instance lock under
addr_list_lock spinlock, so this is not a systemic fix.
0: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/686d55b4.050a0220.1ffab7.0014.GAE@google.com
1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/68712acf.a00a0220.26a83e.0051.GAE@google.com/
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/2aff4342b0f5b1539c02ffd8df4c7e58dd9746e7.camel@nvidia.com
Fixes: 7e4d784f5810 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during rtnetlink operations")
Reported-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Tested-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
---
drivers/net/macsec.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 7edbe76b5455..4c75d1fea552 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3868,7 +3868,7 @@ static void macsec_setup(struct net_device *dev)
ether_setup(dev);
dev->min_mtu = 0;
dev->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
- dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE | IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
dev->netdev_ops = &macsec_netdev_ops;
dev->needs_free_netdev = true;
dev->priv_destructor = macsec_free_netdev;
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-07-23 22:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-23 22:47 Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2025-07-23 22:47 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] selftests: rtnetlink: add macsec and vlan nesting test Stanislav Fomichev
2025-07-25 18:10 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] macsec: set IFF_UNICAST_FLT priv flag patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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