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Date: Mon,  3 Nov 2025 13:02:14 -0500
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: patches@...ts.linux.dev,
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Cc: Shahar Shitrit <shshitrit@...dia.com>,
	Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
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	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.17-5.10] net: tls: Cancel RX async resync request on rcd_delta overflow

From: Shahar Shitrit <shshitrit@...dia.com>

[ Upstream commit c15d5c62ab313c19121f10e25d4fec852bd1c40c ]

When a netdev issues a RX async resync request for a TLS connection,
the TLS module handles it by logging record headers and attempting to
match them to the tcp_sn provided by the device. If a match is found,
the TLS module approves the tcp_sn for resynchronization.

While waiting for a device response, the TLS module also increments
rcd_delta each time a new TLS record is received, tracking the distance
from the original resync request.

However, if the device response is delayed or fails (e.g due to
unstable connection and device getting out of tracking, hardware
errors, resource exhaustion etc.), the TLS module keeps logging and
incrementing, which can lead to a WARN() when rcd_delta exceeds the
threshold.

To address this, introduce tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_cancel()
to explicitly cancel resync requests when a device response failure is
detected. Call this helper also as a final safeguard when rcd_delta
crosses its threshold, as reaching this point implies that earlier
cancellation did not occur.

Signed-off-by: Shahar Shitrit <shshitrit@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1761508983-937977-3-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Based on my semantic analysis of the kernel repository, here is my
comprehensive assessment:

## **VERDICT: YES**

This commit should be backported to stable kernel trees.

## **Detailed Analysis**

### **1. Semantic Code Analysis Tools Used**

I used the following semantic analysis tools to examine this commit:

- **mcp__semcode__find_function**: Located `tls_device_rx_resync_async`,
  `tls_device_rx_resync_new_rec`, and
  `tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_start`
- **mcp__semcode__find_type**: Examined `struct
  tls_offload_resync_async` structure
- **mcp__semcode__find_callers**: Traced the call graph upward from
  affected functions
- **mcp__semcode__find_callchain**: Built complete call chain from user
  space to the bug location
- **Git tools**: Analyzed commit history, dependencies, and related
  fixes

### **2. Impact Analysis Results**

**Call Chain Discovery** (from user-space to bug):
```
User recvmsg() syscall
  → tls_sw_recvmsg (net/tls/tls_sw.c:2031)
    → tls_strp_read_sock (net/tls/tls_strp.c:514)
      → tls_rx_msg_size (net/tls/tls_sw.c:2441)
        → tls_device_rx_resync_new_rec (net/tls/tls_device.c:767)
          → tls_device_rx_resync_async (net/tls/tls_device.c:712) ←
**BUG HERE**
```

**User-Space Exposure**: This is **100% user-space triggerable**. Any
application receiving TLS data with hardware offload enabled can hit
this code path.

**Affected Hardware**: Only Mellanox/NVIDIA mlx5 NICs currently use
async TLS resync (found via semantic search:
`drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_rx.c`)

### **3. Bug Description**

**Current behavior (without patch)**:
At line net/tls/tls_device.c:726-727:
```c
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(resync_async->rcd_delta == USHRT_MAX))
    return false;
```

When `rcd_delta` reaches 65535 (USHRT_MAX):
- WARN() fires, polluting kernel logs
- Function returns false, BUT doesn't cancel the resync request
- `resync_async->req` remains set (still "active")
- Every subsequent TLS record continues processing in async mode
- Results in continuous WARN() spam and wasted CPU cycles

**Fixed behavior (with patch)**:
```c
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(resync_async->rcd_delta == USHRT_MAX)) {
    tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_cancel(resync_async);  // ← NEW
    return false;
}
```

The new helper properly cancels the resync by setting
`atomic64_set(&resync_async->req, 0)`, preventing further async
processing.

### **4. Triggering Conditions**

The bug triggers in real-world scenarios:
- Packet drops/reordering in the network
- Device hardware errors
- Device resource exhaustion
- Unstable network connections
- Device losing track of TLS record state

After device fails to respond, the kernel continues logging every TLS
record header and incrementing `rcd_delta` until overflow occurs (65,535
TLS records ≈ realistic in high-throughput scenarios).

### **5. Code Change Scope**

**Minimal and contained**:
- Adds 6-line helper function
  `tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_cancel()`
- Modifies 2 lines at overflow check (adds braces + function call)
- Total: +9 lines, -1 line
- Files: `include/net/tls.h`, `net/tls/tls_device.c`

### **6. Dependency Analysis**

**Critical**: This commit is a **stable dependency** for commit
426e9da3b284 ("net/mlx5e: kTLS, Cancel RX async resync request in error
flows"), which:
- Has explicit `Fixes: 0419d8c9d8f8` tag (kTLS RX resync support from
  ~2019)
- Uses the new `tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_cancel()` helper
- Addresses the root cause in the mlx5 driver

Without this commit, the mlx5 fix cannot be applied.

### **7. Backport Status**

Already being backported:
- cd4ff87174242: Backport with "Stable-dep-of: 426e9da3b284" tag
- 689074947f008: Another stable backport
- Shows active stable tree maintenance

### **8. Stable Tree Compliance**

✅ **Fixes important bug**: Prevents kernel log spam and CPU waste
✅ **No new features**: Pure bug fix
✅ **No architectural changes**: Adds one helper function
✅ **Minimal regression risk**: Only 10 lines, affects rare code path
✅ **Confined to subsystem**: TLS offload only
✅ **Dependency for other fixes**: Required by mlx5 driver fix
✅ **Well-reviewed**: Reviewed-by Sabrina Dubroca (TLS subsystem expert)
✅ **Hardware vendor submission**: NVIDIA engineers with hardware
knowledge

### **9. Risk Assessment**

**Very low risk**:
- Change only affects TLS hardware offload users (small subset)
- Only triggers at overflow condition (previously broken anyway)
- No modification to hot path - only error handling
- Well-tested by NVIDIA (hardware vendor)
- Already merged in mainline v6.18-rc4
- Being actively backported to other stable trees

### **Conclusion**

This is a textbook example of an ideal stable backport candidate: small,
focused, fixes real user-visible issues, has dependencies, low risk, and
already has stable tree activity. The semantic analysis confirms user-
space can trigger this bug through normal TLS operations with hardware
offload enabled.

 include/net/tls.h    | 6 ++++++
 net/tls/tls_device.c | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/tls.h b/include/net/tls.h
index b90f3b675c3c4..c7bcdb3afad75 100644
--- a/include/net/tls.h
+++ b/include/net/tls.h
@@ -467,6 +467,12 @@ tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_end(struct tls_offload_resync_async *resync_
 	atomic64_set(&resync_async->req, ((u64)ntohl(seq) << 32) | RESYNC_REQ);
 }
 
+static inline void
+tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_cancel(struct tls_offload_resync_async *resync_async)
+{
+	atomic64_set(&resync_async->req, 0);
+}
+
 static inline void
 tls_offload_rx_resync_set_type(struct sock *sk, enum tls_offload_sync_type type)
 {
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index a82fdcf199690..bb14d9b467f28 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -723,8 +723,10 @@ tls_device_rx_resync_async(struct tls_offload_resync_async *resync_async,
 		/* shouldn't get to wraparound:
 		 * too long in async stage, something bad happened
 		 */
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(resync_async->rcd_delta == USHRT_MAX))
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(resync_async->rcd_delta == USHRT_MAX)) {
+			tls_offload_rx_resync_async_request_cancel(resync_async);
 			return false;
+		}
 
 		/* asynchronous stage: log all headers seq such that
 		 * req_seq <= seq <= end_seq, and wait for real resync request
-- 
2.51.0

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