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Kuniyuki Iwashima 6451d58a35 sockmap: Fix sk_psock_drop() race vs sock_map_{unhash,close,destroy}().
syzbot reported a splat in sock_map_destroy() [0], where psock was
NULL even though sk->sk_prot still pointed to tcp_bpf_prots[][].

The stack trace shows how badly the path was excercised, see
inet_release() calls tcp_close(), not sock_map_close() yet, but
finally reaching sock_map_destroy().

The root cause is a lack of synchronisation.

Even if sk_psock_get() fails to bump psock->refcnt, it does not
guarantee that sk_psock_drop() has finished, and thus sk->sk_prot
might not have been restored to the original one.

Commit 4b4647add7 ("sock_map: avoid race between sock_map_close
and sk_psock_put") attempted to address this, but it was insufficient
for two reasons.

It did not cover sock_map_unhash() and sock_map_destroy(), and
it missed the corner case where sk_psock() is NULL.

On non-x86 platforms, sk_psock_restore_proto(sk, psock) and
rcu_assign_sk_user_data(sk, NULL) can be reordered because there
is no address dependency between sk->sk_prot and sk->sk_user_data.

sk_psock_get() returning NULL implies nothing about sk->sk_prot.

Let's simply retry sk_psock_get() in the unlikely case.

Note that we cannot avoid loop even if we added memory barrier
in sk_psock_drop() and sock_map_psock_get_checked().

Also note that sock_map_destroy() cannot be called from softirq
while sock_map_close() has also been running.
It is because sock_map_destroy() requires SOCK_DEAD, so sock_map_destroy()
cannot happen until sock_map_close() has finished the saved_close()
(which is tcp_close()).

[0]:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 8459 at net/core/sock_map.c:1667 sock_map_destroy+0x28b/0x2b0 net/core/sock_map.c:1667
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 8459 Comm: syz.0.1109 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:sock_map_destroy+0x28b/0x2b0 net/core/sock_map.c:1667
Code: 8b 36 49 83 c6 38 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 38 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 93 62 22 f9 4d 8b 3e e9 79 ff ff ff e8 a6 2b c3 f8 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 9c e8 9b 2b c3 f8 4c 89 e7 be 03 00 00 00 e8 0e 4e bc
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000d067be8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff88fb30aa RBX: ffff888024832000 RCX: ffff888024283b80
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100862e946 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888024832000 R14: ffffffff995b2208 R15: ffffffff88fb2e20
FS:  0000555579a7d500(0000) GS:ffff8881269c2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00002000000048c0 CR3: 000000003713a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 inet_csk_destroy_sock+0x166/0x3a0 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:1294
 __tcp_close+0xcc1/0xfd0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3262
 tcp_close+0x28/0x110 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3274
 inet_release+0x144/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:435
 __sock_release net/socket.c:649 [inline]
 sock_close+0xc0/0x240 net/socket.c:1439
 __fput+0x45b/0xa80 fs/file_table.c:468
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:227
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xec/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:43
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x2bd/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f265847ebe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffd158dfbd8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000002ddb0 RCX: 00007f265847ebe9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f26586a7da0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000e158dfecf
R10: 0000001b30a20000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f26586a5fac
R13: 00007f26586a5fa0 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 00007ffd158dfcf0
 </TASK>

Fixes: 1aa12bdf1b ("bpf: sockmap, add sock close() hook to remove socks")
Fixes: b05545e15e ("bpf: sockmap, fix transition through disconnect without close")
Fixes: d8616ee2af ("bpf, sockmap: Fix sk->sk_forward_alloc warn_on in sk_stream_kill_queues")
Reported-by: syzbot+b0842d38af58376d1fdc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/69cec5ef.050a0220.2dbe29.0009.GAE@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420194846.1089595-1-kuniyu@google.com
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certs extract-cert: drop unused definition of PKEY_ID_PKCS7 2026-03-24 21:42:37 +00:00
crypto mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-04-16 20:11:56 -07:00
Documentation i2c-for-7.1-rc1-part1 2026-04-18 09:44:22 -07:00
drivers parisc architecture fixes and updates for kernel v7.1-rc1: 2026-04-18 11:37:36 -07:00
fs Various clean ups and bug fixes in ext4 for 7.1: 2026-04-17 17:08:31 -07:00
include bpf: Reject TCP_NODELAY in bpf-tcp-cc 2026-04-22 12:58:57 -07:00
init memblock: updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-04-18 11:29:14 -07:00
io_uring Networking changes for 7.1. 2026-04-14 18:36:10 -07:00
ipc Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kernel memblock: updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-04-18 11:29:14 -07:00
lib memblock: updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-04-18 11:29:14 -07:00
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mm memblock: updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-04-18 11:29:14 -07:00
net sockmap: Fix sk_psock_drop() race vs sock_map_{unhash,close,destroy}(). 2026-04-23 18:24:02 -07:00
rust mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-04-15 12:59:16 -07:00
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Kbuild checksyscalls: move instance functionality into generic code 2026-04-05 09:21:32 +02:00
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MAINTAINERS Major changes: 2026-04-17 16:35:49 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer - Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher - Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert - Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer - Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator - Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer - Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant - LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst