[PATCH] ipv4: don't call inetdev_init() if device is no longer registered
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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date: 2026-01-25 05:11:20
Subsystem:
networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds
syzbot is reporting
unregister_netdevice: waiting for netdevsim0 to become free. Usage count = 3
ref_tracker: netdev@ffff88807dcf8618 has 1/2 users at
__netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4400 [inline]
netdev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4429 [inline]
inetdev_init+0x201/0x4e0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:286
inetdev_event+0x251/0x1610 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1600
notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85
call_netdevice_notifiers_mtu net/core/dev.c:2318 [inline]
netif_set_mtu_ext+0x5aa/0x800 net/core/dev.c:9886
netif_set_mtu+0xd7/0x1b0 net/core/dev.c:9907
dev_set_mtu+0x126/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:248
team_port_del+0xb07/0xcb0 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1333
team_del_slave drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1936 [inline]
team_device_event+0x207/0x5b0 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:2929
notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2281 [inline]
call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2295 [inline]
__dev_change_net_namespace+0xcb7/0x2050 net/core/dev.c:12592
do_setlink+0x2ce/0x4590 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3060
rtnl_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3776 [inline]
__rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3935 [inline]
rtnl_newlink+0x15a9/0x1be0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4072
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7d5/0xbe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958
netlink_rcv_skb+0x232/0x4b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x80f/0x9b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
problem, for commit 06770843c2f0 ("ipv: Re-enable IP when MTU > 68")
did not expect that NETDEV_CHANGEMTU event is fired as a part of
NETDEV_UNREGISTER event.
Reported-by: syzbot+881d65229ca4f9ae8c84@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=881d65229ca4f9ae8c84
Fixes: 06770843c2f0 ("ipv: Re-enable IP when MTU > 68")
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
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Since there is no reproducer for this problem, I can't test this change.
But I think that ref_tracker indicates that NETDEV_CHANGEMTU event from
NETDEV_UNREGISTER event is causing netdev_hold() on NETREG_UNREGISTERING
device.
net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 942a887bf089..dc4359bfa103 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOXFRM, 1); IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOPOLICY, 1); } - } else if (event == NETDEV_CHANGEMTU) { + } else if (event == NETDEV_CHANGEMTU && dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERING) { /* Re-enabling IP */ if (inetdev_valid_mtu(dev->mtu)) in_dev = inetdev_init(dev);
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