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[PATCH net v3] net: erspan: set lltx to avoid sch_direct_xmit deadlock

From: Yun Zhou <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-30 08:23:14
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Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds

erspan_xmit() re-enters the network stack via ip_tunnel_xmit(), causing
nested acquisition of _xmit_lock on the underlay device while already
holding the ERSPAN device's _xmit_lock. Both are ARPHRD_ETHER and share
the same lockdep class, creating an ABBA deadlock:

  sch_direct_xmit [lock erspan] -> erspan_xmit -> ip_tunnel_xmit ->
  ip_output -> __dev_queue_xmit -> sch_direct_xmit [lock underlay]

Set dev->lltx = true so HARD_TX_LOCK() skips the spinlock for ERSPAN.
This is safe as erspan_xmit() has no shared mutable state: o_seqno is
atomic, stats use atomic_long_inc, and dst_cache is per-CPU. GRETAP,
the sibling device with identical xmit structure, already sets lltx.

Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9bda1b9fbb7fbdf9b62b
Reported-by: syzbot+9bda1b9fbb7fbdf9b62b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 84e54fe0a5ea ("gre: introduce native tunnel support for ERSPAN")
Fixes: 5a963eb61b7c ("ip6_gre: Add ERSPAN native tunnel support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <redacted>
---
v3:
  - add fix for IPv6

v2:
  - change subject prefix to [PATCH net]

 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c  | 2 ++
 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 0ba1e94e9012..8c5ad8ec8d09 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ static int erspan_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->features		|= GRE_FEATURES;
 	dev->hw_features	|= GRE_FEATURES;
 	dev->priv_flags		|= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
+	/* Skip TX lock: xmit re-enters stack, risking ABBA with underlay */
+	dev->lltx = true;
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 
 	return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index b843116e9b70..143166e3e586 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1870,6 +1870,8 @@ static int ip6erspan_tap_init(struct net_device *dev)
 		dev->mtu -= 8;
 
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
+	/* Skip TX lock: xmit re-enters stack, risking ABBA with underlay */
+	dev->lltx = true;
 	ip6erspan_tnl_link_config(tunnel, 1);
 
 	netdev_hold(dev, &tunnel->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
-- 
2.43.0
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