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authorRalf Lici <ralf@mandelbit.com>2026-07-29 12:21:46 +0200
committerAntonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>2026-08-09 22:47:57 +0200
commit2da3dfa1ddfe55a065f484750c83660e3bd4ac00 (patch)
treec652a881684149ba031a27a80b82011df2be702f /tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/stackcollapse-record
parente9714db8041763f59dde152c812b96b3de05c6d9 (diff)
ovpn: defer key slot crypto freeing to workqueue
Key slots are released through a kref and the existing release path frees the AEAD transforms from an RCU callback. That is not safe for all crypto implementations: crypto_free_aead can sleep, for example when an async or hardware implementation has teardown work to complete. Use queue_rcu_work for key-slot release. This keeps the RCU grace period needed by lockless key-slot readers, but runs the actual crypto teardown from workqueue context where sleeping is allowed. Once the rcu_work callback runs, pre-existing RCU readers are gone, and the final kref put already proves that no transform user remains, so the worker can release the AEAD transforms and free the slot directly. The previous patch drains ovpn_wq during module exit, so queued key-slot teardown work cannot outlive module text. Fixes: 8534731dbf2d ("ovpn: implement packet processing") Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici <ralf@mandelbit.com> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
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