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authorTristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>2026-06-02 17:16:41 +0000
committerSteffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>2026-06-05 13:06:08 +0200
commitc8a8a75b733467b00c08b91a38dbaf207a08ed6e (patch)
tree5cb4f6c7fd8d1116aa12f5ca7f7490f9587e8885 /include
parent7f2d76c9c03257c0782afef9d95321fa04096f60 (diff)
xfrm: iptfs: fix ABBA deadlock in iptfs_destroy_state()
iptfs_destroy_state() calls hrtimer_cancel() while holding a spinlock that the timer callback also acquires, leading to an ABBA deadlock on SMP systems. For the output timer (iptfs_timer): - iptfs_destroy_state() holds x->lock, calls hrtimer_cancel() - iptfs_delay_timer() callback takes x->lock For the drop timer (drop_timer): - iptfs_destroy_state() holds drop_lock, calls hrtimer_cancel() - iptfs_drop_timer() callback takes drop_lock Both timers use HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT, so their callbacks run in softirq context. When hrtimer_cancel() is called for a soft timer that is currently executing on another CPU, hrtimer_cancel_wait_running() spins on softirq_expiry_lock -- the same lock held by the softirq running the callback. If the callback is blocked waiting for the spinlock held by the caller of hrtimer_cancel(), a circular dependency forms: CPU 0: holds lock_A -> waits for softirq_expiry_lock CPU 1: holds softirq_expiry_lock -> waits for lock_A Fix by calling hrtimer_cancel() before acquiring the respective locks. hrtimer_cancel() is safe to call without holding any lock and will wait for any in-progress callback to complete. For the output timer, the lock is still acquired afterwards to drain the packet queue. For the drop timer, the lock/unlock pair is removed entirely since it only existed to serialize with the timer callback, which hrtimer_cancel() already guarantees. Found by source code audit. Fixes: 4b3faf610cc6 ("xfrm: iptfs: add new iptfs xfrm mode impl") Cc: Christian Hopps <chopps@labn.net> Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
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