From: Omar Ramadan <omar@blockcast.net>
To: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net v4 1/5] amt: fix use-after-free when a Membership Update re-arms a freed tunnel
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:25:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020002557.3984927-2-omar@blockcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020002557.3984927-1-omar@blockcast.net>
amt_update_handler() refreshes a relay tunnel's garbage-collection timer
with mod_delayed_work() on a tunnel found by an RCU walk. A concurrent
amt_tunnel_expire() can unlink and free that tunnel while the Update path
still has the cached pointer, leaving gc_wq armed in freed memory.
Make amt_tunnel_expire() the only timeout-path freer. The Update path
records last_seen, and expire rechecks it under amt->lock before either
rearming or freeing the tunnel. Protect the dead state with tunnel->lock so
report handling cannot add multicast state after teardown begins. Device
stop marks tunnels dead, unlinks them with list_del_rcu(), synchronously
cancels
their work, and frees them after lockless readers have passed.
Apply the same lifetime rules to group and source timer work: mark nodes
dead
under tunnel->lock, keep RCU held while workers resolve their owners, defer
node freeing, and synchronously cancel each timer before freeing its owner.
Drain that deferred work before freeing a tunnel, and release the group
timer's device reference on every exit. A Request-only tunnel retains the
original GMI timeout; only an authenticated Membership Update refreshes
last_seen and uses the longer lifetime.
Fixes: cbc21dc1cfe9 ("amt: add data plane of amt interface")
Assisted-by: LLM
---
drivers/net/amt.c | 210 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
include/net/amt.h | 16 ++++
2 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: Omar Ramadan <omar@blockcast.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/amt.c b/drivers/net/amt.c
index b53f8ec..478bd85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/amt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/amt.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ static HLIST_HEAD(source_gc_list);
/* Lock for source_gc_list */
static spinlock_t source_gc_lock;
static struct delayed_work source_gc_wq;
+static HLIST_HEAD(group_gc_list);
+/* Lock for group_gc_list */
+static spinlock_t group_gc_lock;
+static struct delayed_work group_gc_wq;
static char *status_str[] = {
"AMT_STATUS_INIT",
"AMT_STATUS_SENT_DISCOVERY",
@@ -90,8 +94,9 @@ static void __amt_source_gc_work(void)
hlist_move_list(&source_gc_list, &gc_list);
spin_unlock_bh(&source_gc_lock);
- hlist_for_each_entry_safe(snode, t, &gc_list, node) {
- hlist_del_rcu(&snode->node);
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(snode, t, &gc_list, gc_node) {
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&snode->source_timer);
+ hlist_del_init(&snode->gc_node);
kfree_rcu(snode, rcu);
}
}
@@ -106,6 +111,39 @@ static void amt_source_gc_work(struct work_struct *work)
spin_unlock_bh(&source_gc_lock);
}
+static void __amt_group_gc_work(void)
+{
+ struct amt_group_node *gnode;
+ struct hlist_head gc_list;
+ struct hlist_node *t;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
+ hlist_move_list(&group_gc_list, &gc_list);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
+
+ /* Group deletion queues all of its sources first. Drain that queue
+ * before freeing the group so a source callback cannot dereference it.
+ */
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&source_gc_wq);
+ __amt_source_gc_work();
+
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(gnode, t, &gc_list, gc_node) {
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&gnode->group_timer);
+ hlist_del_init(&gnode->gc_node);
+ kfree_rcu(gnode, rcu);
+ }
+}
+
+static void amt_group_gc_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ __amt_group_gc_work();
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
+ mod_delayed_work(amt_wq, &group_gc_wq,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(AMT_GC_INTERVAL));
+ spin_unlock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
+}
+
static bool amt_addr_equal(union amt_addr *a, union amt_addr *b)
{
return !memcmp(a, b, sizeof(union amt_addr));
@@ -215,9 +253,14 @@ static struct amt_group_node *amt_lookup_group(struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel,
static void amt_destroy_source(struct amt_source_node *snode)
{
- struct amt_group_node *gnode = snode->gnode;
+ struct amt_group_node *gnode;
struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel;
+ if (READ_ONCE(snode->dead))
+ return;
+ WRITE_ONCE(snode->dead, true);
+ gnode = snode->gnode;
+
tunnel = gnode->tunnel_list;
if (!gnode->v6) {
@@ -238,8 +281,9 @@ static void amt_destroy_source(struct amt_source_node *snode)
hlist_del_init_rcu(&snode->node);
tunnel->nr_sources--;
gnode->nr_sources--;
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(snode->gnode, NULL);
spin_lock_bh(&source_gc_lock);
- hlist_add_head_rcu(&snode->node, &source_gc_list);
+ hlist_add_head(&snode->gc_node, &source_gc_list);
spin_unlock_bh(&source_gc_lock);
}
@@ -249,6 +293,9 @@ static void amt_del_group(struct amt_dev *amt, struct amt_group_node *gnode)
struct hlist_node *t;
int i;
+ if (READ_ONCE(gnode->dead))
+ return;
+ WRITE_ONCE(gnode->dead, true);
if (cancel_delayed_work(&gnode->group_timer))
dev_put(amt->dev);
hlist_del_rcu(&gnode->node);
@@ -266,10 +313,10 @@ static void amt_del_group(struct amt_dev *amt, struct amt_group_node *gnode)
hlist_for_each_entry_safe(snode, t, &gnode->sources[i], node)
amt_destroy_source(snode);
- /* tunnel->lock was acquired outside of amt_del_group()
- * But rcu_read_lock() was acquired too so It's safe.
- */
- kfree_rcu(gnode, rcu);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(gnode->tunnel_list, NULL);
+ spin_lock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
+ hlist_add_head(&gnode->gc_node, &group_gc_list);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
}
/* If a source timer expires with a router filter-mode for the group of
@@ -282,13 +329,28 @@ static void amt_source_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct amt_source_node *snode = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
struct amt_source_node,
source_timer);
- struct amt_group_node *gnode = snode->gnode;
- struct amt_dev *amt = gnode->amt;
+ struct amt_group_node *gnode;
+ struct amt_dev *amt;
struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel;
- tunnel = gnode->tunnel_list;
- spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
rcu_read_lock();
+ gnode = READ_ONCE(snode->gnode);
+ if (!gnode) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return;
+ }
+ amt = READ_ONCE(gnode->amt);
+ tunnel = READ_ONCE(gnode->tunnel_list);
+ if (!tunnel) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return;
+ }
+ spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ if (READ_ONCE(snode->dead) || READ_ONCE(gnode->dead)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return;
+ }
if (gnode->filter_mode == MCAST_INCLUDE) {
amt_destroy_source(snode);
if (!gnode->nr_sources)
@@ -299,8 +361,8 @@ static void amt_source_work(struct work_struct *work)
*/
snode->status = AMT_SOURCE_STATUS_D_FWD;
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static void amt_act_src(struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel,
@@ -368,6 +430,7 @@ static struct amt_source_node *amt_alloc_snode(struct amt_group_node *gnode,
snode->status = AMT_SOURCE_STATUS_NONE;
snode->flags = AMT_SOURCE_NEW;
INIT_HLIST_NODE(&snode->node);
+ INIT_HLIST_NODE(&snode->gc_node);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&snode->source_timer, amt_source_work);
return snode;
@@ -403,26 +466,40 @@ static void amt_group_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct amt_group_node *gnode = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
struct amt_group_node,
group_timer);
- struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel = gnode->tunnel_list;
- struct amt_dev *amt = gnode->amt;
+ struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel;
+ struct amt_dev *amt;
struct amt_source_node *snode;
bool delete_group = true;
struct hlist_node *t;
int i, buckets;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ tunnel = READ_ONCE(gnode->tunnel_list);
+ amt = READ_ONCE(gnode->amt);
+ if (!tunnel) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ dev_put(amt->dev);
+ return;
+ }
buckets = amt->hash_buckets;
spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ if (READ_ONCE(gnode->dead)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ dev_put(amt->dev);
+ return;
+ }
if (gnode->filter_mode == MCAST_INCLUDE) {
/* Not Used */
spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
- goto out;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ dev_put(amt->dev);
+ return;
}
- rcu_read_lock();
- for (i = 0; i < buckets; i++) {
- hlist_for_each_entry_safe(snode, t,
- &gnode->sources[i], node) {
+ for (i = 0; i < buckets; i++)
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(snode, t, &gnode->sources[i], node) {
if (!delayed_work_pending(&snode->source_timer) ||
snode->status == AMT_SOURCE_STATUS_D_FWD) {
amt_destroy_source(snode);
@@ -431,14 +508,12 @@ static void amt_group_work(struct work_struct *work)
snode->status = AMT_SOURCE_STATUS_FWD;
}
}
- }
if (delete_group)
amt_del_group(amt, gnode);
else
gnode->filter_mode = MCAST_INCLUDE;
- rcu_read_unlock();
spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
-out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
dev_put(amt->dev);
}
@@ -479,6 +554,7 @@ static struct amt_group_node *amt_add_group(struct amt_dev *amt,
gnode->tunnel_list = tunnel;
gnode->filter_mode = MCAST_INCLUDE;
INIT_HLIST_NODE(&gnode->node);
+ INIT_HLIST_NODE(&gnode->gc_node);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&gnode->group_timer, amt_group_work);
for (i = 0; i < amt->hash_buckets; i++)
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&gnode->sources[i]);
@@ -1328,14 +1404,41 @@ static void amt_tunnel_expire(struct work_struct *work)
struct amt_tunnel_list,
gc_wq);
struct amt_dev *amt = tunnel->amt;
+ unsigned long deadline;
spin_lock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ /* amt_dev_stop() has taken ownership of the teardown. */
+ if (READ_ONCE(tunnel->dead)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ return;
+ }
+ /* A Membership Update may have refreshed the tunnel after this work
+ * was queued. Re-arm from last_seen rather than letting
+ * amt_update_handler() re-arm gc_wq: this handler is then the only
+ * context that frees the tunnel on the timeout path; amt_dev_stop()
+ * still owns teardown during device shutdown.
+ */
+ deadline = READ_ONCE(tunnel->last_seen);
+ if (!deadline)
+ deadline = jiffies;
+ else
+ deadline += msecs_to_jiffies(amt_gmi(amt)) * 3;
+ if (time_before(jiffies, deadline)) {
+ mod_delayed_work(amt_wq, &tunnel->gc_wq, deadline - jiffies);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ return;
+ }
+ spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ WRITE_ONCE(tunnel->dead, true);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
rcu_read_lock();
list_del_rcu(&tunnel->list);
amt->nr_tunnels--;
amt_clear_groups(tunnel);
rcu_read_unlock();
spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&group_gc_wq);
+ __amt_group_gc_work();
kfree_rcu(tunnel, rcu);
}
@@ -2494,9 +2597,13 @@ static bool amt_update_handler(struct amt_dev *amt, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (tunnel->ip4 == saddr) {
if ((nonce == tunnel->nonce &&
response_mac == tunnel->mac)) {
- mod_delayed_work(amt_wq, &tunnel->gc_wq,
- msecs_to_jiffies(amt_gmi(amt))
- * 3);
+ /* Refresh liveness only. gc_wq is
+ * re-armed by amt_tunnel_expire() itself
+ * from last_seen, never from here, so this
+ * cannot re-queue the work of a tunnel
+ * that is being freed.
+ */
+ WRITE_ONCE(tunnel->last_seen, jiffies);
goto report;
} else {
netdev_dbg(amt->dev, "Invalid MAC\n");
@@ -2522,6 +2629,10 @@ report:
}
spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ if (READ_ONCE(tunnel->dead)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ return true;
+ }
amt_igmp_report_handler(amt, skb, tunnel);
spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
@@ -2542,6 +2653,10 @@ report:
}
spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ if (READ_ONCE(tunnel->dead)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ return true;
+ }
amt_mld_report_handler(amt, skb, tunnel);
spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
@@ -3050,7 +3165,7 @@ static int amt_dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
static int amt_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct amt_dev *amt = netdev_priv(dev);
- struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel, *tmp;
+ struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel;
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct sock *sk;
int i;
@@ -3079,11 +3194,38 @@ static int amt_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev)
amt->req_cnt = 0;
WRITE_ONCE(amt->remote_ip, 0);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(tunnel, tmp, &amt->tunnel_list, list) {
- list_del_rcu(&tunnel->list);
- amt->nr_tunnels--;
+ /* Mark every tunnel dead first, so a concurrent amt_tunnel_expire()
+ * sees ->dead and bails instead of freeing a tunnel in parallel; this
+ * path is then the sole freer.
+ */
+ spin_lock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(tunnel, &amt->tunnel_list, list) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ WRITE_ONCE(tunnel->dead, true);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->lock);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+
+ /* Unlink one tunnel at a time with list_del_rcu() rather than splicing
+ * the list onto a local head: a lockless reader walking tunnel_list
+ * must always terminate at &amt->tunnel_list, never at a stack head.
+ */
+ for (;;) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ tunnel = list_first_entry_or_null(&amt->tunnel_list,
+ struct amt_tunnel_list, list);
+ if (tunnel) {
+ list_del_rcu(&tunnel->list);
+ amt->nr_tunnels--;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ if (!tunnel)
+ break;
+
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tunnel->gc_wq);
amt_clear_groups(tunnel);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&group_gc_wq);
+ __amt_group_gc_work();
kfree_rcu(tunnel, rcu);
}
@@ -3461,11 +3603,17 @@ static int __init amt_init(void)
}
spin_lock_init(&source_gc_lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&group_gc_lock);
spin_lock_bh(&source_gc_lock);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&source_gc_wq, amt_source_gc_work);
mod_delayed_work(amt_wq, &source_gc_wq,
msecs_to_jiffies(AMT_GC_INTERVAL));
spin_unlock_bh(&source_gc_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
+ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&group_gc_wq, amt_group_gc_work);
+ mod_delayed_work(amt_wq, &group_gc_wq,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(AMT_GC_INTERVAL));
+ spin_unlock_bh(&group_gc_lock);
return 0;
@@ -3485,6 +3633,8 @@ static void __exit amt_fini(void)
unregister_netdevice_notifier(&amt_notifier_block);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&source_gc_wq);
__amt_source_gc_work();
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&group_gc_wq);
+ __amt_group_gc_work();
destroy_workqueue(amt_wq);
}
module_exit(amt_fini);
diff --git a/include/net/amt.h b/include/net/amt.h
index 2846dde..123725c 100644
--- a/include/net/amt.h
+++ b/include/net/amt.h
@@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ struct amt_tunnel_list {
u32 nr_sources;
enum amt_status status;
struct delayed_work gc_wq;
+ /* Last time this tunnel was refreshed. gc_wq
+ * re-arms itself from this rather than being re-armed by the Update
+ * path, so the Update path cannot re-queue the work of a tunnel that
+ * amt_tunnel_expire() is freeing.
+ */
+ unsigned long last_seen;
+ /* Set under amt->lock and tunnel->lock by whichever freer reaches the
+ * tunnel first; the other then leaves it alone, so it is freed once.
+ */
+ bool dead;
__be16 source_port;
__be32 ip4;
__be32 nonce;
@@ -275,6 +285,7 @@ enum amt_source_status {
/* protected by gnode->lock */
struct amt_source_node {
struct hlist_node node;
+ struct hlist_node gc_node;
struct amt_group_node *gnode;
struct delayed_work source_timer;
union amt_addr source_addr;
@@ -282,6 +293,8 @@ struct amt_source_node {
#define AMT_SOURCE_OLD 0
#define AMT_SOURCE_NEW 1
u8 flags;
+ /* Protected by gnode->tunnel_list->lock. */
+ bool dead;
struct rcu_head rcu;
};
@@ -295,7 +308,10 @@ struct amt_group_node {
u32 nr_sources;
struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel_list;
struct hlist_node node;
+ struct hlist_node gc_node;
struct delayed_work group_timer;
+ /* Protected by tunnel_list->lock. */
+ bool dead;
struct rcu_head rcu;
struct hlist_head sources[];
};
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 0:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 0:25 [PATCH net v4 0/5] amt: relay tunnel lifetime, validation and request-path hardening Omar Ramadan
2026-10-20 0:25 ` Omar Ramadan [this message]
2026-10-20 0:25 ` [PATCH net v4 2/5] amt: reject a gateway Query or Data from 0.0.0.0 before a relay is learned Omar Ramadan
2026-10-20 0:25 ` [PATCH net v4 3/5] amt: require an exact IPv4-sized IFLA_AMT_{LOCAL,DISCOVERY}_IP Omar Ramadan
2026-10-20 0:25 ` [PATCH net v4 4/5] amt: make pre-query report drops visible Omar Ramadan
2026-10-20 0:25 ` [PATCH net v4 5/5] amt: harden relay authentication and teardown Omar Ramadan
2026-10-20 0:30 ` [PATCH net v4 0/5] amt: relay tunnel lifetime, validation and request-path hardening netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-20 0:39 ` Omar Ramadan
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-10-15 22:06 Omar Ramadan
2026-10-15 22:06 ` [PATCH net v4 1/5] amt: fix use-after-free when a Membership Update re-arms a freed tunnel Omar Ramadan
2026-10-19 22:39 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-13 17:54 [PATCH net v4 0/5] amt: relay tunnel lifetime, validation and request-path hardening Omar Ramadan
2026-10-13 17:54 ` [PATCH net v4 1/5] amt: fix use-after-free when a Membership Update re-arms a freed tunnel Omar Ramadan
2026-10-15 17:55 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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