netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] net-sysfs: check device is present when showing duplex

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Message-Id: <20240802.031136.1808840011597478143.syoshida@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 03:11:36 +0900 (JST)
From: Shigeru Yoshida <syoshida@...hat.com>
To: jamie.bainbridge@...il.com
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, johannes@...solutions.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] net-sysfs: check device is present when showing
 duplex

On Thu,  1 Aug 2024 12:22:50 +1000, Jamie Bainbridge wrote:
> A sysfs reader can race with a device reset or removal, attempting to
> read device state when the device is not actuall present.
> 
> This is the same sort of panic as observed in commit 4224cfd7fb65
> ("net-sysfs: add check for netdevice being present to speed_show"):
> 
>      [exception RIP: qed_get_current_link+17]
>   #8 [ffffb9e4f2907c48] qede_get_link_ksettings at ffffffffc07a994a [qede]
>   #9 [ffffb9e4f2907cd8] __rh_call_get_link_ksettings at ffffffff992b01a3
>  #10 [ffffb9e4f2907d38] __ethtool_get_link_ksettings at ffffffff992b04e4
>  #11 [ffffb9e4f2907d90] duplex_show at ffffffff99260300
>  #12 [ffffb9e4f2907e38] dev_attr_show at ffffffff9905a01c
>  #13 [ffffb9e4f2907e50] sysfs_kf_seq_show at ffffffff98e0145b
>  #14 [ffffb9e4f2907e68] seq_read at ffffffff98d902e3
>  #15 [ffffb9e4f2907ec8] vfs_read at ffffffff98d657d1
>  #16 [ffffb9e4f2907f00] ksys_read at ffffffff98d65c3f
>  #17 [ffffb9e4f2907f38] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff98a052fb
> 
>  crash> struct net_device.state ffff9a9d21336000
>    state = 5,
> 
> state 5 is __LINK_STATE_START (0b1) and __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER (0b100).
> The device is not present, note lack of __LINK_STATE_PRESENT (0b10).
> 
> Resolve by adding the same netif_device_present() check to duplex_show.
> 
> Fixes: d519e17e2d01 ("net: export device speed and duplex via sysfs")
> Signed-off-by: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Shigeru Yoshida <syoshida@...hat.com>

> ---
> v2: Restrict patch to just required path and describe problem in more
>     detail as suggested by Johannes Berg. Improve commit message format
>     as suggested by Shigeru Yoshida.
> v3: Use earlier Fixes commit as suggested by Paolo Abeni.
> ---
>  net/core/net-sysfs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> index 0e2084ce7b7572bff458ed7e02358d9258c74628..22801d165d852a6578ca625b9674090519937be5 100644
> --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static ssize_t duplex_show(struct device *dev,
>  	if (!rtnl_trylock())
>  		return restart_syscall();
>  
> -	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
> +	if (netif_running(netdev) && netif_device_present(netdev)) {
>  		struct ethtool_link_ksettings cmd;
>  
>  		if (!__ethtool_get_link_ksettings(netdev, &cmd)) {
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>