From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:11:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: net: udp_tunnel: fix memory leak in udp_tunnel_nic_unregister() X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=080695e6f005e2396f1207fd69d24c442cb230c6;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git net: udp_tunnel: fix memory leak in udp_tunnel_nic_unregister() syzbot reported a memory leak [1] in the UDP tunnel NIC offload code. When device registration fails (e.g. in register_netdevice()), netdev core unwinds by sending a single NETDEV_UNREGISTER notification. If work was queued during NETDEV_REGISTER (utn->work_pending is set), udp_tunnel_nic_unregister() returns early: if (utn->work_pending) return; Because failed registrations do not enter netdev_wait_allrefs_any(), no subsequent NETDEV_UNREGISTER rebroadcast will ever occur. As a result, the struct udp_tunnel_nic allocated in udp_tunnel_nic_alloc() is leaked permanently. Fix this by removing the early return. Instead, synchronously cancel any pending work with cancel_delayed_work_sync() before freeing @utn. To be able to call cancel_delayed_work_sync() while holding RTNL (the work also needs RTNL), switch udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work() to rtnl_trylock(). If RTNL is contended, requeue the work with a 1 jiffy delay (via queue_delayed_work()) to prevent high CPU contention while waiting for RTNL lock. The utn->work_pending bookkeeping is no longer needed and is removed, as the workqueue core already tracks the pending/running state of the work. [1] BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888127d5f840 (size 96): comm "syz-executor", pid 5806, jiffies 4294942188 backtrace (crc 99fdb6c8): __kmalloc_noprof+0x3bf/0x550 udp_tunnel_nic_alloc net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:756 [inline] udp_tunnel_nic_register net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:833 [inline] udp_tunnel_nic_netdevice_event+0x804/0xab0 net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:931 notifier_call_chain+0x59/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:85 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7d/0xb0 net/core/dev.c:2250 register_netdevice+0xc10/0xeb0 net/core/dev.c:11478 Fixes: cc4e3835eff4 ("udp_tunnel: add central NIC RX port offload infrastructure") Reported-by: syzbot+eca845fb8c18dd6b44c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a632b15.dde6c935.cf6c8.0011.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724091137.1792543-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c b/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c index 3b32a0afa979..53a1a9c1f8bf 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c +++ b/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c @@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ struct udp_tunnel_nic_table_entry { * @lock: protects all fields * @need_sync: at least one port start changed * @need_replay: space was freed, we need a replay of all ports - * @work_pending: @work is currently scheduled * @n_tables: number of tables under @entries * @missed: bitmap of tables which overflown * @entries: table of tables of ports currently offloaded */ struct udp_tunnel_nic { - struct work_struct work; + struct delayed_work work; struct net_device *dev; @@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ struct udp_tunnel_nic { u8 need_sync:1; u8 need_replay:1; - u8 work_pending:1; unsigned int n_tables; unsigned long missed; @@ -301,11 +299,10 @@ __udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync(struct net_device *dev, struct udp_tunnel_nic *utn) static void udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync(struct net_device *dev, struct udp_tunnel_nic *utn) { - if (!utn->need_sync || utn->work_pending) + if (!utn->need_sync) return; - queue_work(udp_tunnel_nic_workqueue, &utn->work); - utn->work_pending = 1; + queue_delayed_work(udp_tunnel_nic_workqueue, &utn->work, 0); } static bool @@ -731,12 +728,17 @@ udp_tunnel_nic_replay(struct net_device *dev, struct udp_tunnel_nic *utn) static void udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work(struct work_struct *work) { struct udp_tunnel_nic *utn = - container_of(work, struct udp_tunnel_nic, work); + container_of(work, struct udp_tunnel_nic, work.work); - rtnl_lock(); + /* We cannot block on RTNL here, otherwise we would deadlock with + * udp_tunnel_nic_unregister() calling cancel_delayed_work_sync() + * while holding RTNL. Requeue with 1 jiffy delay if RTNL is contended. + */ + if (!rtnl_trylock()) { + queue_delayed_work(udp_tunnel_nic_workqueue, &utn->work, 1); + return; + } mutex_lock(&utn->lock); - - utn->work_pending = 0; __udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync(utn->dev, utn); if (utn->need_replay) @@ -757,7 +759,7 @@ udp_tunnel_nic_alloc(const struct udp_tunnel_nic_info *info, if (!utn) return NULL; utn->n_tables = n_tables; - INIT_WORK(&utn->work, udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&utn->work, udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work); mutex_init(&utn->lock); for (i = 0; i < n_tables; i++) { @@ -901,11 +903,11 @@ udp_tunnel_nic_unregister(struct net_device *dev, struct udp_tunnel_nic *utn) udp_tunnel_nic_flush(dev, utn); udp_tunnel_nic_unlock(dev); - /* Wait for the work to be done using the state, netdev core will - * retry unregister until we give up our reference on this device. + /* Make sure no work is running or queued before freeing @utn. + * The work handler uses rtnl_trylock(), so it will not deadlock + * against the RTNL we are holding here. */ - if (utn->work_pending) - return; + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&utn->work); udp_tunnel_nic_free(utn); release_dev: