netdev - [PATCH net v2] net: mld: fix reference count leak in mld_{query

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Message-Id: <20220722170635.14847-1-ap420073@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:06:35 +0000
From:   Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ap420073@...il.com, liuhangbin@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH net v2] net: mld: fix reference count leak in mld_{query | report}_work()

mld_{query | report}_work() processes queued events.
If there are too many events in the queue, it re-queue a work.
And then, it returns without in6_dev_put().
But if queuing is failed, it should call in6_dev_put(), but it doesn't.
So, a reference count leak would occur.

THREAD0				THREAD1
mld_report_work()
				spin_lock_bh()
				if (!mod_delayed_work())
					in6_dev_hold();
				spin_unlock_bh()
	spin_lock_bh()
	schedule_delayed_work()
	spin_unlock_bh()

Script to reproduce(by Hangbin Liu):
   ip netns add ns1
   ip netns add ns2
   ip netns exec ns1 sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.force_mld_version=1
   ip netns exec ns2 sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.force_mld_version=1

   ip -n ns1 link add veth0 type veth peer name veth0 netns ns2
   ip -n ns1 link set veth0 up
   ip -n ns2 link set veth0 up

   for i in `seq 50`; do
           for j in `seq 100`; do
                   ip -n ns1 addr add 2021:${i}::${j}/64 dev veth0
                   ip -n ns2 addr add 2022:${i}::${j}/64 dev veth0
           done
   done
   modprobe -r veth
   ip -a netns del

splat looks like:
 unregister_netdevice: waiting for veth0 to become free. Usage count = 2
 leaked reference.
  ipv6_add_dev+0x324/0xec0
  addrconf_notify+0x481/0xd10
  raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe3/0x120
  call_netdevice_notifiers+0x106/0x160
  register_netdevice+0x114c/0x16b0
  veth_newlink+0x48b/0xa50 [veth]
  rtnl_newlink+0x11a2/0x1a40
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x63f/0xc00
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x1df/0x3e0
  netlink_unicast+0x5de/0x850
  netlink_sendmsg+0x6c9/0xa90
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x76a/0x780
  __sys_sendmsg+0x27c/0x340
  do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Tested-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Fixes: f185de28d9ae ("mld: add new workqueues for process mld events")
Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
---

v2:
 - Fix commit message
 - Add reproducer script by Hangbin Liu

 net/ipv6/mcast.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index 7f695c39d9a8..87c699d57b36 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,6 @@ static void mld_query_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 		if (++cnt >= MLD_MAX_QUEUE) {
 			rework = true;
-			schedule_delayed_work(&idev->mc_query_work, 0);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1533,8 +1532,10 @@ static void mld_query_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		__mld_query_work(skb);
 	mutex_unlock(&idev->mc_lock);
 
-	if (!rework)
-		in6_dev_put(idev);
+	if (rework && queue_delayed_work(mld_wq, &idev->mc_query_work, 0))
+		return;
+
+	in6_dev_put(idev);
 }
 
 /* called with rcu_read_lock() */
@@ -1624,7 +1625,6 @@ static void mld_report_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 		if (++cnt >= MLD_MAX_QUEUE) {
 			rework = true;
-			schedule_delayed_work(&idev->mc_report_work, 0);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1635,8 +1635,10 @@ static void mld_report_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		__mld_report_work(skb);
 	mutex_unlock(&idev->mc_lock);
 
-	if (!rework)
-		in6_dev_put(idev);
+	if (rework && queue_delayed_work(mld_wq, &idev->mc_report_work, 0))
+		return;
+
+	in6_dev_put(idev);
 }
 
 static bool is_in(struct ifmcaddr6 *pmc, struct ip6_sf_list *psf, int type,
-- 
2.17.1