[PATCH ovpn net v4 3/9] ovpn: fix data race reading cached local endpoint on TX path
Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:48:49 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.openvpn.devel |
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From: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> The cached local source address bind->local is updated in place on a live, RCU-published ovpn_bind while holding peer->lock: the UDP output error paths reset it (ovpn_udp4_output()/ovpn_udp6_output()) and the RX float path learns it (ovpn_peer_endpoints_update()). The UDP TX fast path and the netlink dump, however, read bind->local holding only rcu_read_lock(), never peer->lock. For bind->local.ipv6 this is a torn read: struct in6_addr is 128 bit and is copied as multiple words, so a concurrent in-place update can make a reader observe a mix of the old and new address. The mangled source address then feeds ip6_dst_lookup_flow() and udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb(). For bind->local.ipv4 (a single aligned word) it is a data race without tearing. A spinlock on the per-packet TX path is not acceptable, and READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() cannot atomically access the 128-bit IPv6 address (the >8-byte access is rejected at build time and per-word accesses still can't yield a consistent snapshot). Serialize the IPv6 field with a per-peer seqcount_spinlock_t tied to the existing peer->lock: the in-place writers (already under peer->lock) bump it, and readers take a lock-free read_seqcount_begin()/retry() snapshot via the new ovpn_peer_local_ipv6() helper. The single-word IPv4 field is handled with plain READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE(). bind->remote is untouched: it is immutable for a given bind object (only swapped via whole-bind RCU replacement), so reading it locklessly remains safe. Fixes: 08857b5ec5d9 ("ovpn: implement basic TX path (UDP)") Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c | 13 +++++++++++-- drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h | 6 ++++++ drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c index 4dad85294198..8e21fa3e7822 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c +++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c @@ -610,14 +610,23 @@ static int ovpn_nl_send_peer(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct genl_info *info, bind = rcu_dereference(peer->bind); if (bind) { if (bind->remote.in4.sin_family == AF_INET) { + /* bind->local is updated in place under peer->lock; + * READ_ONCE() pairs with the WRITE_ONCE() updaters + */ if (nla_put_in_addr(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV4, bind->remote.in4.sin_addr.s_addr) || nla_put_net16(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_PORT, bind->remote.in4.sin_port) || nla_put_in_addr(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_LOCAL_IPV4, - bind->local.ipv4.s_addr)) + READ_ONCE(bind->local.ipv4.s_addr))) goto err_unlock; } else if (bind->remote.in4.sin_family == AF_INET6) { + struct in6_addr local_ipv6; + + /* read the 128-bit local address under the peer + * seqcount to avoid a torn read + */ + ovpn_peer_local_ipv6(peer, bind, &local_ipv6); if (nla_put_in6_addr(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV6, &bind->remote.in6.sin6_addr) || nla_put_u32(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV6_SCOPE_ID, @@ -625,7 +634,7 @@ static int ovpn_nl_send_peer(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct genl_info *info, nla_put_net16(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_PORT, bind->remote.in6.sin6_port) || nla_put_in6_addr(skb, OVPN_A_PEER_LOCAL_IPV6, - &bind->local.ipv6)) + &local_ipv6)) goto err_unlock; } } diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c index a330892e82bf..3554da01e406 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c +++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c @@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct ovpn_peer *ovpn_peer_new(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, u32 id) RCU_INIT_POINTER(peer->bind, NULL); ovpn_crypto_state_init(&peer->crypto); spin_lock_init(&peer->lock); + seqcount_spinlock_init(&peer->bind_local_seq, &peer->lock); kref_init(&peer->refcount); ovpn_peer_stats_init(&peer->vpn_stats); ovpn_peer_stats_init(&peer->link_stats); @@ -176,6 +177,27 @@ int ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(struct ovpn_peer *peer, return 0; } +/** + * ovpn_peer_local_ipv6 - read the cached local IPv6 endpoint of a peer + * @peer: the peer owning the binding + * @bind: the binding to read the local address from + * @dst: where the local IPv6 address is copied to + * + * bind->local is updated in place under peer->lock (TX error path and RX + * float path). Read the 128-bit address under the peer seqcount so that + * lockless readers never observe a torn value. + */ +void ovpn_peer_local_ipv6(const struct ovpn_peer *peer, + const struct ovpn_bind *bind, struct in6_addr *dst) +{ + unsigned int seq; + + do { + seq = read_seqcount_begin(&peer->bind_local_seq); + *dst = bind->local.ipv6; + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&peer->bind_local_seq, seq)); +} + /* variable name __tbl2 needs to be different from __tbl1 * in the macro below to avoid confusing clang */ @@ -238,7 +260,7 @@ void ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sk_buff *skb) netdev_name(peer->ovpn->dev), peer->id, &bind->local.ipv4.s_addr, &ip_hdr(skb)->daddr); - bind->local.ipv4.s_addr = ip_hdr(skb)->daddr; + WRITE_ONCE(bind->local.ipv4.s_addr, ip_hdr(skb)->daddr); reset_cache = true; } break; @@ -269,7 +291,9 @@ void ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sk_buff *skb) netdev_name(peer->ovpn->dev), peer->id, &bind->local.ipv6, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr); + write_seqcount_begin(&peer->bind_local_seq); bind->local.ipv6 = ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr; + write_seqcount_end(&peer->bind_local_seq); reset_cache = true; } break; diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h index dfa5c0037e02..c0994c606554 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h +++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #ifndef _NET_OVPN_OVPNPEER_H_ #define _NET_OVPN_OVPNPEER_H_ +#include <linux/seqlock.h> #include <net/dst_cache.h> #include <net/strparser.h> @@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ * @link_stats: per-peer link/transport TX/RX stats * @delete_reason: why peer was deleted (i.e. timeout, transport error, ..) * @lock: protects binding to peer (bind) and keepalive* fields + * @bind_local_seq: seqcount serializing in-place updates of bind->local + * (done under @lock) against lockless readers on the TX path * @refcount: reference counter * @rcu: used to free peer in an RCU safe way * @release_entry: entry for the socket release list @@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ struct ovpn_peer { struct ovpn_peer_stats link_stats; enum ovpn_del_peer_reason delete_reason; spinlock_t lock; /* protects bind and keepalive* */ + seqcount_spinlock_t bind_local_seq; /* protects bind->local */ struct kref refcount; struct rcu_head rcu; struct llist_node release_entry; @@ -151,6 +155,8 @@ struct ovpn_peer *ovpn_peer_get_by_dst(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, struct sk_buff *skb); void ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip(struct ovpn_peer *peer); void ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(struct ovpn_peer *peer); +void ovpn_peer_local_ipv6(const struct ovpn_peer *peer, + const struct ovpn_bind *bind, struct in6_addr *dst); bool ovpn_peer_check_by_src(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ovpn_peer *peer); diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c index 7f69e8890b5b..17d65d1595ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c @@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, { struct rtable *rt; struct flowi4 fl = { - .saddr = bind->local.ipv4.s_addr, + /* bind->local is updated in place under peer->lock; a single + * aligned word is read/written atomically via {READ,WRITE}_ONCE + */ + .saddr = READ_ONCE(bind->local.ipv4.s_addr), .daddr = bind->remote.in4.sin_addr.s_addr, .fl4_sport = inet_sk(sk)->inet_sport, .fl4_dport = bind->remote.in4.sin_port, @@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, */ fl.saddr = 0; spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - bind->local.ipv4.s_addr = 0; + WRITE_ONCE(bind->local.ipv4.s_addr, 0); spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); dst_cache_reset(cache); } @@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, if (IS_ERR(rt) && PTR_ERR(rt) == -EINVAL) { fl.saddr = 0; spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - bind->local.ipv4.s_addr = 0; + WRITE_ONCE(bind->local.ipv4.s_addr, 0); spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); dst_cache_reset(cache); @@ -224,7 +227,6 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, int ret; struct flowi6 fl = { - .saddr = bind->local.ipv6, .daddr = bind->remote.in6.sin6_addr, .fl6_sport = inet_sk(sk)->inet_sport, .fl6_dport = bind->remote.in6.sin6_port, @@ -233,6 +235,11 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, .flowi6_oif = bind->remote.in6.sin6_scope_id, }; + /* bind->local is updated in place under peer->lock; read the 128-bit + * address under the peer seqcount to avoid a torn read + */ + ovpn_peer_local_ipv6(peer, bind, &fl.saddr); + local_bh_disable(); dst = dst_cache_get_ip6(cache, &fl.saddr); if (dst) @@ -245,7 +252,9 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, */ fl.saddr = in6addr_any; spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); + write_seqcount_begin(&peer->bind_local_seq); bind->local.ipv6 = in6addr_any; + write_seqcount_end(&peer->bind_local_seq); spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); dst_cache_reset(cache); } -- 2.54.0