# \[PATCH\] RDMA/nldev: add mutual exclusion in nldev\_dellink()

- From: Edward Adam Davis \<hidden\>
- Date: 2026-05-07 12:50:37 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/05/6364965
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-rdma/2026/05/6364084/t.md

```text
We must serialize calls to nldev_dellink() or risk a crash as syzbot
reported:

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]
Call Trace:
 udp_tunnel_sock_release+0x6d/0x80 net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c:197
 rxe_release_udp_tunnel drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:294 [inline]
 rxe_sock_put drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:639 [inline]
 rxe_net_del+0xfb/0x290 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:660
 rxe_dellink+0x15/0x20 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:254
 
Fixes: a60e3f3d6fba ("RDMA/nldev: Add dellink function pointer")
Reported-by: <redacted>
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d8f76778263ab65c2b21
Tested-by: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <redacted>
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
index 96c745d5bac4..3cb3cb7629fe 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
@@ -1816,6 +1816,8 @@ static int nldev_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nldev_dellink_mutex);
+
 static int nldev_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
@@ -1846,7 +1848,9 @@ static int nldev_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	 * implicitly scoped to the driver supporting dynamic link deletion like RXE.
 	 */
 	if (device->link_ops && device->link_ops->dellink) {
+		mutex_lock(&nldev_dellink_mutex);
 		err = device->link_ops->dellink(device);
+		mutex_unlock(&nldev_dellink_mutex);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
-- 
2.43.0

```