linux/net/core
Kirill Tkhai 328fbe747a net: Close race between {un, }register_netdevice_notifier() and setup_net()/cleanup_net()
{un,}register_netdevice_notifier() iterate over all net namespaces
hashed to net_namespace_list. But pernet_operations register and
unregister netdevices in unhashed net namespace, and they are not
seen for netdevice notifiers. This results in asymmetry:

1)Race with register_netdevice_notifier()
  pernet_operations::init(net)	...
   register_netdevice()		...
    call_netdevice_notifiers()  ...
      ... nb is not called ...
  ...				register_netdevice_notifier(nb) -> net skipped
  ...				...
  list_add_tail(&net->list, ..) ...

  Then, userspace stops using net, and it's destructed:

  pernet_operations::exit(net)
   unregister_netdevice()
    call_netdevice_notifiers()
      ... nb is called ...

This always happens with net::loopback_dev, but it may be not the only device.

2)Race with unregister_netdevice_notifier()
  pernet_operations::init(net)
   register_netdevice()
    call_netdevice_notifiers()
      ... nb is called ...

  Then, userspace stops using net, and it's destructed:

  list_del_rcu(&net->list)	...
  pernet_operations::exit(net)  unregister_netdevice_notifier(nb) -> net skipped
   dev_change_net_namespace()	...
    call_netdevice_notifiers()
      ... nb is not called ...
   unregister_netdevice()
    call_netdevice_notifiers()
      ... nb is not called ...

This race is more danger, since dev_change_net_namespace() moves real
network devices, which use not trivial netdevice notifiers, and if this
will happen, the system will be left in unpredictable state.

The patch closes the race. During the testing I found two places,
where register_netdevice_notifier() is called from pernet init/exit
methods (which led to deadlock) and fixed them (see previous patches).

The review moved me to one more unusual registration place:
raw_init() (can driver). It may be a reason of problems,
if someone creates in-kernel CAN_RAW sockets, since they
will be destroyed in exit method and raw_release()
will call unregister_netdevice_notifier(). But grep over
kernel tree does not show, someone creates such sockets
from kernel space.

Theoretically, there can be more places like this, and which are
hidden from review, but we found them on the first bumping there
(since there is no a race, it will be 100% reproducible).

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-03-30 10:59:35 -04:00
..
Makefile xdp: base API for new XDP rx-queue info concept 2018-01-05 15:21:20 -08:00
datagram.c vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
dev.c net: Close race between {un, }register_netdevice_notifier() and setup_net()/cleanup_net() 2018-03-30 10:59:35 -04:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: fix spelling for synchronized 2014-11-18 15:26:32 -05:00
dev_ioctl.c net: don't unnecessarily load kernel modules in dev_ioctl() 2018-03-07 15:12:58 -05:00
devlink.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
drop_monitor.c treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
dst.c net: Remove dst->next 2017-11-30 09:54:27 -05:00
dst_cache.c net: core: dst_cache_set_ip6: Rename 'addr' parameter to 'saddr' for consistency 2018-03-05 12:52:45 -05:00
ethtool.c sfp/phylink: move module EEPROM ethtool access into netdev core ethtool 2018-03-30 10:11:06 -04:00
fib_notifier.c net: Fix fib notifer to return errno 2018-03-29 14:10:30 -04:00
fib_rules.c net: Move call_fib_rule_notifiers up in fib_nl_newrule 2018-03-29 14:10:30 -04:00
filter.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
flow_dissector.c net: Remove unused get_hash_from_flow functions 2018-03-04 13:04:23 -05:00
gen_estimator.c net_sched: gen_estimator: fix broken estimators based on percpu stats 2018-02-23 12:35:46 -05:00
gen_stats.c net: sched: add support for TCQ_F_NOLOCK subqueues to sch_mq 2017-12-08 13:32:26 -05:00
gro_cells.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
hwbm.c net: hwbm: Fix unbalanced spinlock in error case 2016-05-25 12:35:09 -07:00
link_watch.c net: link_watch: mark bonding link events urgent 2018-01-23 19:43:30 -05:00
lwt_bpf.c bpf: rename bpf_compute_data_end into bpf_compute_data_pointers 2017-09-26 13:36:44 -07:00
lwtunnel.c ipv6: sr: define core operations for seg6local lightweight tunnel 2017-08-07 14:16:22 -07:00
neighbour.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-17 00:10:42 -05:00
net-procfs.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
net-sysfs.c net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
net-sysfs.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
net-traces.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
net_namespace.c net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
netclassid_cgroup.c cgroup: add @flags to css_task_iter_start() and implement CSS_TASK_ITER_PROCS 2017-07-21 11:14:51 -04:00
netevent.c netevent: remove automatic variable in register_netevent_notifier() 2015-05-31 00:03:21 -07:00
netpoll.c netpoll: Use lockdep to assert IRQs are disabled/enabled 2017-11-08 11:13:54 +01:00
netprio_cgroup.c net: remove duplicate includes 2017-12-13 13:18:46 -05:00
pktgen.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ptp_classifier.c ptp: Change ptp_class to a proper bitmask 2015-11-03 11:08:22 -05:00
request_sock.c ipv4: Namespaceify tcp_max_syn_backlog knob 2016-12-29 11:38:31 -05:00
rtnetlink.c net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
scm.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
secure_seq.c tcp: Namespaceify sysctl_tcp_timestamps 2017-06-08 10:53:29 -04:00
skbuff.c net: permit skb_segment on head_frag frag_list skb 2018-03-25 16:46:04 -04:00
sock.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
sock_diag.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
sock_reuseport.c soreuseport: fix mem leak in reuseport_add_sock() 2018-02-02 19:47:03 -05:00
stream.c vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
sysctl_net_core.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
timestamping.c net: skb_defer_rx_timestamp should check for phydev before setting up classify 2015-07-09 14:17:15 -07:00
tso.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
utils.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-05-02 16:40:27 -07:00
xdp.c xdp/qede: setup xdp_rxq_info and intro xdp_rxq_info_is_reg 2018-01-05 15:21:21 -08:00