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Niels Dossche 4460066eb2 ipv6: fix locking issues with loops over idev->addr_list
[ Upstream commit 51454ea42c1ab4e0c2828bb0d4d53957976980de ]

idev->addr_list needs to be protected by idev->lock. However, it is not
always possible to do so while iterating and performing actions on
inet6_ifaddr instances. For example, multiple functions (like
addrconf_{join,leave}_anycast) eventually call down to other functions
that acquire the idev->lock. The current code temporarily unlocked the
idev->lock during the loops, which can cause race conditions. Moving the
locks up is also not an appropriate solution as the ordering of lock
acquisition will be inconsistent with for example mc_lock.

This solution adds an additional field to inet6_ifaddr that is used
to temporarily add the instances to a temporary list while holding
idev->lock. The temporary list can then be traversed without holding
idev->lock. This change was done in two places. In addrconf_ifdown, the
list_for_each_entry_safe variant of the list loop is also no longer
necessary as there is no deletion within that specific loop.

Suggested-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220403231523.45843-1-dossche.niels@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2022-06-14 18:11:25 +02:00
arch ptrace: Reimplement PTRACE_KILL by always sending SIGKILL 2022-06-14 18:11:24 +02:00
block block: return ELEVATOR_DISCARD_MERGE if possible 2022-05-25 09:14:38 +02:00
certs
crypto crypto: ecrdsa - Fix incorrect use of vli_cmp 2022-06-06 08:33:50 +02:00
Documentation docs: submitting-patches: Fix crossref to 'The canonical patch format' 2022-06-06 08:33:51 +02:00
drivers ipw2x00: Fix potential NULL dereference in libipw_xmit() 2022-06-14 18:11:25 +02:00
fs btrfs: repair super block num_devices automatically 2022-06-14 18:11:24 +02:00
include ipv6: fix locking issues with loops over idev->addr_list 2022-06-14 18:11:25 +02:00
init init/main.c: return 1 from handled __setup() functions 2022-04-15 14:18:35 +02:00
ipc
kernel ptrace: Reimplement PTRACE_KILL by always sending SIGKILL 2022-06-14 18:11:24 +02:00
lib assoc_array: Fix BUG_ON during garbage collect 2022-06-06 08:33:50 +02:00
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mm zsmalloc: fix races between asynchronous zspage free and page migration 2022-06-06 08:33:50 +02:00
net ipv6: fix locking issues with loops over idev->addr_list 2022-06-14 18:11:25 +02:00
samples
scripts gcc-plugins: latent_entropy: use /dev/urandom 2022-04-20 09:19:38 +02:00
security lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use 2022-06-06 08:33:48 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix microphone noise on ASUS TUF B550M-PLUS 2022-06-14 18:11:23 +02:00
tools x86/xen: Mark cpu_bringup_and_idle() as dead_end_function 2022-05-25 09:14:38 +02:00
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