From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] netconsole: take target_cleanup_list_lock in drop_netconsole_target()
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:26:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260602-netcons_fix_before_move-v2-3-eca3f8a8b1a3@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260602-netcons_fix_before_move-v2-0-eca3f8a8b1a3@debian.org>
drop_netconsole_target() unlinks the target while only holding
target_list_lock. However, when the underlying interface has been
unregistered, netconsole_netdev_event() moves the target from
target_list to target_cleanup_list, and netconsole_process_cleanups_core()
walks that list under target_cleanup_list_lock only.
If a user removes the configfs target at the same time the cleanup
worker is iterating target_cleanup_list, list_del() can corrupt the list
because the two paths take disjoint locks while operating on the same
list node.
Acquire target_cleanup_list_lock around the list_del() so the unlink is
serialised against netconsole_process_cleanups_core() regardless of
which list the target currently belongs to. The state transition that
downgrades STATE_DEACTIVATED to STATE_DISABLED is left intact and is
performed under the same combined locking, preserving the existing
ordering with resume_target().
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index b77879ead641..59712d1d75fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -1452,6 +1452,7 @@ static void drop_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
dynamic_netconsole_mutex_lock();
+ mutex_lock(&target_cleanup_list_lock);
spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
/* Disable deactivated target to prevent races between resume attempt
* and target removal.
@@ -1460,6 +1461,7 @@ static void drop_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
nt->state = STATE_DISABLED;
list_del(&nt->list);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
+ mutex_unlock(&target_cleanup_list_lock);
dynamic_netconsole_mutex_unlock();
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-02 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-02 14:26 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] netconsole: Fix reported problems Breno Leitao
2026-06-02 14:26 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] netconsole: do not schedule skb pool refill from NMI Breno Leitao
2026-06-02 14:26 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] netconsole: do not dequeue pooled skbs that cannot satisfy len Breno Leitao
2026-06-02 14:26 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-06-04 13:06 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] netconsole: Fix reported problems Simon Horman
2026-06-04 13:59 ` Breno Leitao
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