[PATCH v3] RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()
From: Jeffin Philip <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-04 13:14:59
Also in:
lkml, stable
Subsystem:
infiniband subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky, Linus Torvalds
iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail() making it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get() on nlmsg_request causing a refcount "addition on 0" bug. Fix this by initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for nlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition, also initialize every field before list_add_tail(). Reported-by: syzbot+bd317784d628820741b5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bd317784d628820741b5 Fixes: 30dc5e63d6a5 ("RDMA/core: Add support for iWARP Port Mapper user space service") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jeffin Philip <redacted> --- Changelog: Changes in v3: Sent patch in a new thread and made sure to apply properly. Changes in v2: Add list_add_tail() last after initializing every field as per Leon Romanovsky's suggestion. --- drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
index 990cf928b32a..51af8c1c49f9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ struct iwpm_nlmsg_request *iwpm_get_nlmsg_request(__u32 nlmsg_seq, if (!nlmsg_request) return NULL; - spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags); - list_add_tail(&nlmsg_request->inprocess_list, &iwpm_nlmsg_req_list); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags); - kref_init(&nlmsg_request->kref); kref_get(&nlmsg_request->kref); nlmsg_request->nlmsg_seq = nlmsg_seq;
@@ -326,6 +322,11 @@ struct iwpm_nlmsg_request *iwpm_get_nlmsg_request(__u32 nlmsg_seq, nlmsg_request->err_code = 0; sema_init(&nlmsg_request->sem, 1); down(&nlmsg_request->sem); + + spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags); + list_add_tail(&nlmsg_request->inprocess_list, &iwpm_nlmsg_req_list); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags); + return nlmsg_request; }
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