Re: [PATCH net v3] gtp: serialize PDP context updates

From: Qing Ming <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:20:12 +0800
> PDP contexts can be deleted through GTP_CMD_DELPDP or while the GTP
> network device is being unregistered. The latter is serialized by RTNL,
> but the generic-netlink delete path only holds RCU.
> 
> Running both paths concurrently can therefore make both paths delete the
> same PDP context. The issue was found through static analysis and
> reproduced on a KASAN-enabled kernel by a two-thread program
> racing GTP_CMD_DELPDP against RTM_DELLINK:
> 
>   Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
>   KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range
>          [0xdead000000000120-0xdead000000000127]
>   RIP: gtp_genl_del_pdp+0x1c1/0x420 [gtp]
>   RBP: dead000000000122
> 
> The second deletion dereferenced the poisoned hlist pprev pointer.
> 
> Serialize PDP context updates with a mutex shared by gtp_pdp_add(),
> gtp_genl_del_pdp(), and gtp_dellink().
> 
> Fixes: 459aa660eb1d ("gtp: add initial driver for datapath of GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP-U)")
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
> Signed-off-by: Qing Ming <[email protected]>
> ---
> v3:
> - Rebase onto net/main.
> 
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
> - Use a dedicated mutex instead of RTNL.
> - Protect PDP add, delete, and link teardown with the same mutex.
> 
>  drivers/net/gtp.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
> index 9a12cc53da00..8ee516debeed 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>  
>  #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>  #include <linux/skbuff.h>
>  #include <linux/udp.h>
>  #include <linux/rculist.h>
> @@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ struct gtp_net {
>  };
>  
>  static u32 gtp_h_initval;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(gtp_pdp_lock);
>  
>  static struct genl_family gtp_genl_family;
>  
> @@ -1555,9 +1557,11 @@ static void gtp_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
>  	struct pdp_ctx *pctx;
>  	int i;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&gtp_pdp_lock);
>  	for (i = 0; i < gtp->hash_size; i++)
>  		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(pctx, next, &gtp->tid_hash[i], hlist_tid)
>  			pdp_context_delete(pctx);
> +	mutex_unlock(&gtp_pdp_lock);
>  
>  	list_del(&gtp->list);
>  	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
> @@ -1833,6 +1837,8 @@ static struct pdp_ctx *gtp_pdp_add(struct gtp_dev *gtp, struct sock *sk,
>  	__be32 ms_addr;
>  	int family;
>  
> +	guard(mutex)(&gtp_pdp_lock);
> +

Please use the plain mutex_lock() / mutex_unlock().

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$ cat Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
...
Using device-managed and cleanup.h constructs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Netdev remains skeptical about promises of all "auto-cleanup" APIs,
including even ``devm_`` helpers, historically. They are not the preferred
style of implementation, merely an acceptable one.

Use of ``guard()`` is discouraged within any function longer than 20 lines,
``scoped_guard()`` is considered more readable. Using normal lock/unlock is
still (weakly) preferred.
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