From: "Ömer Mete Kaya" <omermetekaya0@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: oneukum@suse.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ömer Mete Kaya" <omermetekaya0@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] usbnet: fix EVENT_RX_PAUSED race in usbnet_skb_return()
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:07:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261006120825.342164-1-omermetekaya0@gmail.com> (raw)
usbnet_resume_rx() disables local BHs before clearing EVENT_RX_PAUSED,
but this does not synchronize with usbnet_skb_return() running on
another CPU. On SMP, usbnet_skb_return() on CPU0 can pass the test_bit()
check while CPU1 runs usbnet_resume_rx(), clears the flag and drains the
queue, leaving the skb stranded in rxq_pause until the next MTU change
or device stop.
Fix with a double-check pattern: move clear_bit() in usbnet_resume_rx()
under rxq_pause.lock; in usbnet_skb_return() take the lock and recheck
the flag only on the slow path (unlikely paused), keeping the normal RX
fast path lock-free.
Fixes: 43daa96b166c ("usbnet: Stop RX Q on MTU change")
Signed-off-by: Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@gmail.com>
---
v2: Squash usbnet_resume_rx() fix into same patch; previous version
only changed usbnet_skb_return() and was missing the clear_bit()
change.
drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 84f97f448b2d..5eba2cef8bac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -329,9 +329,14 @@ void usbnet_skb_return(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
unsigned long flags;
int status;
- if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
- skb_queue_tail(&dev->rxq_pause, skb);
- return;
+ if (unlikely(test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags))) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&dev->rxq_pause.lock);
+ if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
+ __skb_queue_tail(&dev->rxq_pause, skb);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dev->rxq_pause.lock);
+ return;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dev->rxq_pause.lock);
}
/* only update if unset to allow minidriver rx_fixup override */
@@ -701,8 +706,9 @@ void usbnet_resume_rx(struct usbnet *dev)
struct sk_buff *skb;
int num = 0;
- local_bh_disable();
+ spin_lock_bh(&dev->rxq_pause.lock);
clear_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dev->rxq_pause.lock);
while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&dev->rxq_pause)) != NULL) {
usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
@@ -710,7 +716,6 @@ void usbnet_resume_rx(struct usbnet *dev)
}
queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
- local_bh_enable();
netif_dbg(dev, rx_status, dev->net,
"paused rx queue disabled, %d skbs requeued\n", num);
--
2.55.0
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