[PATCH net 17/19] can: isotp: use unconditional synchronize_rcu() in isotp_release()

Marc Kleine-Budde <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:47:42 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-can,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Oliver Hartkopp <[email protected]>

isotp_notify() unregisters the (RCU) CAN filters via can_rx_unregister()
and clears so->bound without waiting for a grace period. isotp_release()
uses so->bound to decide whether it needs to call synchronize_rcu()
before cancelling so->rxtimer, so when NETDEV_UNREGISTER runs first it
skips that synchronize_rcu() and can cancel the timer while an
in-flight isotp_rcv() is still executing and about to re-arm it via
isotp_send_fc(), leading to a use-after-free timer callback on the
freed socket.

sakisho-bot remarked a problem with rtnl_lock held in isotp_notify(),
therefore make isotp_release() always call synchronize_rcu() before
cancelling the timers, regardless of so->bound. This still closes the
original race (isotp_notify() clearing so->bound without waiting for
in-flight isotp_rcv() callers before isotp_release() cancels the RX
timer) without adding any RCU wait to the netdevice notifier path.

Fixes: 14a4696bc311 ("can: isotp: isotp_release(): omit unintended hrtimer restart on socket release")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/[email protected]/
Reported-by: Nico Yip <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <[email protected]>
---
 net/can/isotp.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/can/isotp.c b/net/can/isotp.c
index c48b4a818297..d30937345bcd 100644
--- a/net/can/isotp.c
+++ b/net/can/isotp.c
@@ -1237,11 +1237,18 @@ static int isotp_release(struct socket *sock)
 						  SINGLE_MASK(so->txid),
 						  isotp_rcv_echo, sk);
 				dev_put(dev);
-				synchronize_rcu();
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Always wait for a grace period before touching the timers below.
+	 * A concurrent NETDEV_UNREGISTER may have already unregistered our
+	 * filters and cleared so->bound in isotp_notify() without waiting
+	 * for in-flight isotp_rcv() callers to finish, so this call must not
+	 * be skipped just because so->bound is already 0 here.
+	 */
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	hrtimer_cancel(&so->txfrtimer);
 	hrtimer_cancel(&so->txtimer);
 	hrtimer_cancel(&so->rxtimer);
-- 
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