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mctp: route: hold key->lock in mctp_flow_prepare_output()
authorChengfeng Ye <dg573847474@gmail.com>
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 03:14:02 +0000 (03:14 +0000)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:38:36 +0000 (11:38 +0100)
commit7d86aa41c073c4e7eb75fd2e674f1fd8f289728a
tree3983bc92cfa7decc6cae1414d2c00d62f56e632a
parent950803f7254721c1c15858fbbfae3deaaeeecb11
mctp: route: hold key->lock in mctp_flow_prepare_output()

mctp_flow_prepare_output() checks key->dev and may call
mctp_dev_set_key(), but it does not hold key->lock while doing so.

mctp_dev_set_key() and mctp_dev_release_key() are annotated with
__must_hold(&key->lock), so key->dev access is intended to be
serialized by key->lock. The mctp_sendmsg() transmit path reaches
mctp_flow_prepare_output() via mctp_local_output() -> mctp_dst_output()
without holding key->lock, so the check-and-set sequence is racy.

Example interleaving:

  CPU0                                  CPU1
  ----                                  ----
  mctp_flow_prepare_output(key, devA)
    if (!key->dev)  // sees NULL
                                        mctp_flow_prepare_output(
                                            key, devB)
                                          if (!key->dev)  // still NULL
                                          mctp_dev_set_key(devB, key)
                                            mctp_dev_hold(devB)
                                            key->dev = devB
    mctp_dev_set_key(devA, key)
      mctp_dev_hold(devA)
      key->dev = devA   // overwrites devB

Now both devA and devB references were acquired, but only the final
key->dev value is tracked for release. One reference can be lost,
causing a resource leak as mctp_dev_release_key() would only decrease
the reference on one dev.

Fix by taking key->lock around the key->dev check and
mctp_dev_set_key() call.

Fixes: 67737c457281 ("mctp: Pass flow data & flow release events to drivers")
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306031402.857224-1-dg573847474@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net/mctp/route.c