Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 3 authors, 2019-08-03

Re: [PATCH v2 net] hv_sock: Fix hang when a connection is closed

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2019-08-03 00:27:32
Also in: lkml, netdev

From: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:25:45 +0000
There is a race condition for an established connection that is being closed
by the guest: the refcnt is 4 at the end of hvs_release() (Note: here the
'remove_sock' is false):

1 for the initial value;
1 for the sk being in the bound list;
1 for the sk being in the connected list;
1 for the delayed close_work.

After hvs_release() finishes, __vsock_release() -> sock_put(sk) *may*
decrease the refcnt to 3.

Concurrently, hvs_close_connection() runs in another thread:
  calls vsock_remove_sock() to decrease the refcnt by 2;
  call sock_put() to decrease the refcnt to 0, and free the sk;
  next, the "release_sock(sk)" may hang due to use-after-free.

In the above, after hvs_release() finishes, if hvs_close_connection() runs
faster than "__vsock_release() -> sock_put(sk)", then there is not any issue,
because at the beginning of hvs_close_connection(), the refcnt is still 4.

The issue can be resolved if an extra reference is taken when the
connection is established.

Fixes: a9eeb998c28d ("hv_sock: Add support for delayed close")
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable.

Do not ever CC: stable for networking patches, we submit to -stable manually.

Thank you.
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