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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior f3e4cceafa net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() 
[ Upstream commit 983512f3a8 ]

skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must
not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive
the timestamp via a dedicated interrupt and complete the TX timestamp
from that handler. This will lead to a deadlock if the lock is already
write-locked on the same CPU.

Taking the lock can be avoided. The socket (pointed by the skb) will
remain valid until the skb is released. The ->sk_socket and ->file
member will be set to NULL once the user closes the socket which may
happen before the timestamp arrives.
If we happen to observe the pointer while the socket is closing but
before the pointer is set to NULL then we may use it because both
pointer (and the file's cred member) are RCU freed.

Drop the lock. Use READ_ONCE() to obtain the individual pointer. Add a
matching WRITE_ONCE() where the pointer are cleared.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260205145104.iWinkXHv@linutronix.de
Fixes: b245be1f4d ("net-timestamp: no-payload only sysctl")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260220183858.N4ERjFW6@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-03-04 07:20:49 -05:00
arch arm64: hugetlbpage: avoid unused-but-set-parameter warning (gcc-16) 2026-03-04 07:20:42 -05:00
block block: decouple secure erase size limit from discard size limit 2026-03-04 07:19:38 -05:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec 2026-01-30 10:32:12 +01:00
Documentation ipv6: Move ipv6_fl_list from ipv6_pinfo to inet_sock. 2026-03-04 07:20:44 -05:00
drivers RDMA/efa: Fix typo in efa_alloc_mr() 2026-03-04 07:20:49 -05:00
fs ksmbd: fix signededness bug in smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() 2026-03-04 07:20:46 -05:00
include net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() 2026-03-04 07:20:49 -05:00
init printk changes for 6.18 2025-10-04 11:13:11 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/timeout: annotate data race in io_flush_timeouts() 2026-03-04 07:19:36 -05:00
ipc ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions() 2026-02-26 14:59:19 -08:00
kernel Remove WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM kernel config option 2026-03-04 07:20:46 -05:00
lib Remove WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM kernel config option 2026-03-04 07:20:46 -05:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm mm/slab: fix false lockdep warning in __kfree_rcu_sheaf() 2026-02-26 14:59:14 -08:00
net net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() 2026-03-04 07:20:49 -05:00
rust rust: cpufreq: always inline functions using build_assert with arguments 2026-03-04 07:19:37 -05:00
samples samples/ftrace: Adjust LoongArch register restore order in direct calls 2026-01-08 10:17:11 +01:00
scripts modpost: Amend ppc64 save/restfpr symnames for -Os build 2026-03-04 07:20:07 -05:00
security apparmor: fix aa_label to return state from compount and component match 2026-02-26 14:59:42 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda/hdmi: Add quirk for TUXEDO IBS14G6 2026-03-04 07:20:42 -05:00
tools rtla: Fix NULL pointer dereference in actions_parse 2026-03-04 07:20:13 -05:00
usr gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes 2025-10-07 09:53:05 -07:00
virt KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd 2026-02-11 13:41:44 +01:00
.clang-format memblock: drop for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from() 2025-09-14 08:49:03 +03:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: remove Alyssa Rosenzweig 2025-09-18 21:17:31 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally 2025-08-12 15:53:55 -07:00
.mailmap 8 hotfixes. 4 are cc:stable, 7 are against mm/. 2025-11-26 12:38:05 -08:00
.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: mark ISDN subsystem as orphan 2025-10-27 17:49:45 -07:00
Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS soc: fixes for 6.18, part 4 2025-11-28 09:57:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.18.15 2026-02-27 16:05:10 -05:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.