netdev - [PATCH 05/11] xfrm: fix rcu usage in xfrm_get_type

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:37:40 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] xfrm: fix rcu usage in xfrm_get_type_offload

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>

request_module can sleep, thus we cannot hold rcu_read_lock() while
calling it. The function also jumps back and takes rcu_read_lock()
again (in xfrm_state_get_afinfo()), resulting in an imbalance.

This codepath is triggered whenever a new offloaded state is created.

Fixes: ffdb5211da1c ("xfrm: Auto-load xfrm offload modules")
Reported-by: syzbot+ca425f44816d749e8eb49755567a75ee48cf4a30@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 1e80f68e2266..429957412633 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -313,13 +313,14 @@ xfrm_get_type_offload(u8 proto, unsigned short family, bool try_load)
 	if ((type && !try_module_get(type->owner)))
 		type = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	if (!type && try_load) {
 		request_module("xfrm-offload-%d-%d", family, proto);
 		try_load = 0;
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return type;
 }
 
-- 
2.14.1