From cae23ae3f7887a1cf8a75da38edcebeef695040f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xin Long Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:03:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] sctp: hold asoc or transport before mod_timer() in timer handlers Take the association or transport reference before rearming a timer in the timer handlers. The existing code calls mod_timer() before taking the reference needed by the rearmed timer without holding the sock lock. This creates a race with timer cleanup: if the timer is deleted after mod_timer() returns but before the reference is taken, the cleanup path can drop the timer's reference and destroy the transport or association. The timer handler then takes a reference on the already freed object and eventually drops it, causing a refcount underflow. Hold the object before mod_timer() and drop the reference if mod_timer() reports that the timer was already pending in timer handlers. Apply the same ordering to the proto-unreachable path, which can rearm a transport timer outside the timer handlers without holding the sock lock. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: Tangxin Xie Signed-off-by: Xin Long Link: https://patch.msgid.link/c31b5e3ee2b7274e804f5eba2f21e2412e7eef7a.1790013825.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/sctp/input.c | 7 ++++--- net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c index 864741fae418..9494cfa51106 100644 --- a/net/sctp/input.c +++ b/net/sctp/input.c @@ -436,9 +436,10 @@ void sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable(struct sock *sk, if (timer_pending(&t->proto_unreach_timer)) return; else { - if (!mod_timer(&t->proto_unreach_timer, - jiffies + (HZ/20))) - sctp_transport_hold(t); + sctp_transport_hold(t); + if (mod_timer(&t->proto_unreach_timer, + jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_transport_put(t); } } else { struct net *net = sock_net(sk); diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c index 0d99b7e8c082..35f540fb15fc 100644 --- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c +++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c @@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ void sctp_generate_t3_rtx_event(struct timer_list *t) pr_debug("%s: sock is busy\n", __func__); /* Try again later. */ - if (!mod_timer(&transport->T3_rtx_timer, jiffies + (HZ/20))) - sctp_transport_hold(transport); + sctp_transport_hold(transport); + if (mod_timer(&transport->T3_rtx_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_transport_put(transport); goto out_unlock; } @@ -280,8 +281,9 @@ static void sctp_generate_timeout_event(struct sctp_association *asoc, timeout_type); /* Try again later. */ - if (!mod_timer(&asoc->timers[timeout_type], jiffies + (HZ/20))) - sctp_association_hold(asoc); + sctp_association_hold(asoc); + if (mod_timer(&asoc->timers[timeout_type], jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_association_put(asoc); goto out_unlock; } @@ -378,8 +380,9 @@ void sctp_generate_heartbeat_event(struct timer_list *t) pr_debug("%s: sock is busy\n", __func__); /* Try again later. */ - if (!mod_timer(&transport->hb_timer, jiffies + (HZ/20))) - sctp_transport_hold(transport); + sctp_transport_hold(transport); + if (mod_timer(&transport->hb_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_transport_put(transport); goto out_unlock; } @@ -388,8 +391,9 @@ void sctp_generate_heartbeat_event(struct timer_list *t) timeout = sctp_transport_timeout(transport); if (elapsed < timeout) { elapsed = timeout - elapsed; - if (!mod_timer(&transport->hb_timer, jiffies + elapsed)) - sctp_transport_hold(transport); + sctp_transport_hold(transport); + if (mod_timer(&transport->hb_timer, jiffies + elapsed)) + sctp_transport_put(transport); goto out_unlock; } @@ -422,9 +426,10 @@ void sctp_generate_proto_unreach_event(struct timer_list *t) pr_debug("%s: sock is busy\n", __func__); /* Try again later. */ - if (!mod_timer(&transport->proto_unreach_timer, - jiffies + (HZ/20))) - sctp_transport_hold(transport); + sctp_transport_hold(transport); + if (mod_timer(&transport->proto_unreach_timer, + jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_transport_put(transport); goto out_unlock; } @@ -458,8 +463,9 @@ void sctp_generate_reconf_event(struct timer_list *t) pr_debug("%s: sock is busy\n", __func__); /* Try again later. */ - if (!mod_timer(&transport->reconf_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20))) - sctp_transport_hold(transport); + sctp_transport_hold(transport); + if (mod_timer(&transport->reconf_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_transport_put(transport); goto out_unlock; } @@ -495,8 +501,9 @@ void sctp_generate_probe_event(struct timer_list *t) pr_debug("%s: sock is busy\n", __func__); /* Try again later. */ - if (!mod_timer(&transport->probe_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20))) - sctp_transport_hold(transport); + sctp_transport_hold(transport); + if (mod_timer(&transport->probe_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20))) + sctp_transport_put(transport); goto out_unlock; }