ipv6/addrconf: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev
authorZiyang Xuan <william.xuanziyang@huawei.com>
Sat, 8 Jul 2023 06:59:10 +0000 (14:59 +0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:19:01 +0000 (11:19 +0100)
commit06a0716949c22e2aefb648526580671197151acc
treef43fff41c176361149ebbd2ac844578ab0bcac0f
parent51d03e2f2203e76ed02d33fb5ffbb5fc85ffaf54
ipv6/addrconf: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev

Now in addrconf_mod_rs_timer(), reference idev depends on whether
rs_timer is not pending. Then modify rs_timer timeout.

There is a time gap in [1], during which if the pending rs_timer
becomes not pending. It will miss to hold idev, but the rs_timer
is activated. Thus rs_timer callback function addrconf_rs_timer()
will be executed and put idev later without holding idev. A refcount
underflow issue for idev can be caused by this.

if (!timer_pending(&idev->rs_timer))
in6_dev_hold(idev);
  <--------------[1]
mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when);

To fix the issue, hold idev if mod_timer() return 0.

Fixes: b7b1bfce0bb6 ("ipv6: split duplicate address detection and router solicitation timer")
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ziyang Xuan <william.xuanziyang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/addrconf.c