Re: [PATCH v2] ipmi: Fix rcu_read_unlock to srcu_read_unlock in handle_read_event_rsp

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 02:32:35PM +0800, Rui Qi wrote:
> From: "Rui Qi" <qirui.001@bytedance.com>
> 
> Fix a bug where rcu_read_unlock() was used instead of srcu_read_unlock()
> in handle_read_event_rsp() when ipmi_alloc_recv_msg() fails.
> 
> This mismatch leads to an SRCU read-side critical section imbalance: the
> entry uses srcu_read_lock(&intf->users_srcu) but the error path
> incorrectly calls rcu_read_unlock(), which is a no-op for SRCU and
> leaves the SRCU lock held.
> 
> The offending code was restructured in mainline by commit 3be997d5a64a
> ("ipmi:msghandler: Remove srcu from the ipmi user structure"), which
> replaced the SRCU locking with a mutex in this function, effectively
> eliminating the mismatch. However, that commit is part of a larger
> SRCU removal series that is not suitable for stable backport. This
> minimal fix addresses the SRCU imbalance for 6.12 and earlier stable
> branches that still carry the original locking scheme.
> 
> Fixes: e86ee2d44b44 ("ipmi: Rework locking and shutdown for hot remove")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Rui Qi <qirui.001@bytedance.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> index 188722ec0337..41ae4dac4eeb 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> @@ -4395,7 +4395,7 @@ static int handle_read_event_rsp(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
> 
>  		recv_msg = ipmi_alloc_recv_msg(user);
>  		if (IS_ERR(recv_msg)) {
> -			rcu_read_unlock();
> +			srcu_read_unlock(&intf->users_srcu, index);
>  			list_for_each_entry_safe(recv_msg, recv_msg2, &msgs,
>  						 link) {
>  				list_del(&recv_msg->link);
> --
> 2.20.1
> 

Does not apply to the tree, please rebase and resend.

thanks,

greg k-h