From 06a0716949c22e2aefb648526580671197151acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziyang Xuan Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:59:10 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Ziyang Xuan Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 5479da0..e5213e5 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -318,9 +318,8 @@ static void addrconf_del_dad_work(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp) static void addrconf_mod_rs_timer(struct inet6_dev *idev, unsigned long when) { - if (!timer_pending(&idev->rs_timer)) + if (!mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when)) in6_dev_hold(idev); - mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when); } static void addrconf_mod_dad_work(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, -- 2.7.4