From 97d9fba9a812cada5484667a46e14a4c976ca330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Breno Leitao Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:34:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] net: netconsole: Disable target before netpoll cleanup Currently, netconsole cleans up the netpoll structure before disabling the target. This approach can lead to race conditions, as message senders (write_ext_msg() and write_msg()) check if the target is enabled before using netpoll. The sender can validate that the target is enabled, but, the netpoll might be de-allocated already, causing undesired behaviours. This patch reverses the order of operations: 1. Disable the target 2. Clean up the netpoll structure This change eliminates the potential race condition, ensuring that no messages are sent through a partially cleaned-up netpoll structure. Fixes: 2382b15bcc39 ("netconsole: take care of NETDEV_UNREGISTER event") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240712143415.1141039-1-leitao@debian.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/netconsole.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c index d7070dd4fe7367..aa66c923790ffb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c @@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, /* rtnl_lock already held * we might sleep in __netpoll_cleanup() */ + nt->enabled = false; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags); __netpoll_cleanup(&nt->np); @@ -981,7 +982,6 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags); netdev_put(nt->np.dev, &nt->np.dev_tracker); nt->np.dev = NULL; - nt->enabled = false; stopped = true; netconsole_target_put(nt); goto restart;