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[PATCH] mptcp: pm: kernel: use RCU to free endpoint listeners

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From: Kyle Zeng <hidden>
Date: 2026-10-30 04:22:58
Also in: lkml, mptcp
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [mptcp], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Matthieu Baerts, Mat Martineau, Linus Torvalds

mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket() starts the TCP listener directly
instead of going through mptcp_listen(). It consequently misses setting
SOCK_RCU_FREE on the parent MPTCP socket.

tcp_child_process() can invoke the listener's subflow_data_ready()
callback without holding the MPTCP parent lock or a reference to the
parent. An authenticated MP_JOIN racing with endpoint teardown can
therefore access the parent after its last reference has been dropped.
The ADD_ADDR error path can also close an already published listener.

Set SOCK_RCU_FREE before __inet_listen_sk() publishes the TCP listener,
matching mptcp_listen(). This protects the parent on every subsequent
close path, including a failed endpoint addition.

Fixes: 1729cf186d8a ("mptcp: create the listening socket for new port")
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kyle Zeng <redacted>
---
I have a reproducer for this issue and can share via DM

 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
index 1a7750813235..f7396628490e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 	 * old status is known (TCP_CLOSE).
 	 */
 	inet_sk_state_store(newsk, TCP_LISTEN);
+	sock_set_flag(newsk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
 	lock_sock(ssk);
 	WRITE_ONCE(mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk)->pm_listener, true);
 	err = __inet_listen_sk(ssk, backlog);
base-commit: d89e1d186ec9271bf78e62771779e9fc03bf0fc3
-- 
2.56.0
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