# Re: \[PATCH net\] ipv6: use RCU iterator to dump route exceptions

- From: Stefano Brivio \<hidden\>
- Date: 2026-08-16 11:26:59 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17418240
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17416364/t.md

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On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:46:51 +0900
Yuyang Huang [ref] wrote:

> rt6_nh_dump_exceptions() uses hlist_for_each_entry() to iterate over
> RCU-protected exception lists. The caller holds rcu_read_lock(), but does
> not hold rt6_exception_lock, so rt6_insert_exception() can concurrently
> add an entry with hlist_add_head_rcu().

Ah, right, I didn't consider that, thanks for fixing this.

> 
> KCSAN reports this race (irrelevant details omitted):
> 
>   ==================================================================
>   BUG: KCSAN: data-race in rt6_insert_exception / rt6_nh_dump_exceptions
> 
>   write (marked) to 0xffff8a7c44c59620 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 5:
>     rt6_insert_exception+0x3bb/0x760
>     __ip6_rt_update_pmtu+0x4fe/0x750
>     ip6_sk_update_pmtu+0x19a/0x3b0
>     udpv6_err+0x3ff/0x800
>     icmpv6_notify+0x1e1/0x440
>     icmpv6_rcv+0x8c0/0xab0
>     ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x616/0x840
>     ip6_input_finish+0xb9/0x160
>     ...
>     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> 
>   read to 0xffff8a7c44c59620 of 8 bytes by task 549 on cpu 14:
>     rt6_nh_dump_exceptions+0xb3/0x260
>     rt6_dump_route+0x53e/0x5f0
>     fib6_dump_node+0x6d/0xf0
>     fib6_walk_continue+0x290/0x2d0
>     fib6_dump_table+0x28d/0x360
>     inet6_dump_fib+0x37d/0x620
>     rtnl_dumpit+0x7b/0xd0
>     netlink_dump+0x3ae/0x7e0
>     ...
>     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> 
>   4 locks held by dumper/549:
>     ...
>     #1: (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: inet6_dump_fib+0x88/0x620
>     #2: (&tb->tb6_lock){+.-.}-{3:3}, at: fib6_dump_table+0x1e9/0x360
>     #3: (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt6_dump_route+0x483/0x5f0
> 
>   value changed: 0xffff8a7c44e05700 -> 0xffff8a7c45d60100
> 
>   Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
>   CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 549 Comm: dumper Not tainted
>   7.2.0-rc7-virtme #38 PREEMPT(lazy)
>   ...
> 
> Use hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() to safely iterate over the exception list.
> 
> Fixes: 1e47b4837f3b ("ipv6: Dump route exceptions if requested")
> Cc: <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <redacted>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
> index 16dfac54a259..526535387512 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
> @@ -6046,7 +6046,7 @@ static int rt6_nh_dump_exceptions(struct fib6_nh *nh, void *arg)
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < FIB6_EXCEPTION_BUCKET_SIZE; i++) {
> -		hlist_for_each_entry(rt6_ex, &bucket->chain, hlist) {
> +		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(rt6_ex, &bucket->chain, hlist) {
>  			if (w->skip) {
>  				w->skip--;
>  				continue;

Reviewed-by: Stefano Brivio <redacted>

-- 
Stefano

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