[PATCH net 2/2] hamradio: ignore ops-locked netdevs
Stanislav Fomichev <[email protected]> Wed, 6 Aug 2025 14:37:26 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-x25,org.kernel.vger.bpf,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Syzkaller managed to trigger lock dependency in xsk_notify via
register_netdevice. As discussed in [0], using register_netdevice
in the notifiers is problematic so skip adding hamradio for ops-locked
devices.
xsk_notifier+0x89/0x230 net/xdp/xsk.c:1664
notifier_call_chain+0x1b6/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:85
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2267 [inline]
call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2281 [inline]
unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x14d7/0x1ff0 net/core/dev.c:12156
unregister_netdevice_many net/core/dev.c:12219 [inline]
unregister_netdevice_queue+0x33c/0x380 net/core/dev.c:12063
register_netdevice+0x1689/0x1ae0 net/core/dev.c:11241
bpq_new_device drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c:481 [inline]
bpq_device_event+0x491/0x600 drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c:523
notifier_call_chain+0x1b6/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:85
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2267 [inline]
call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2281 [inline]
__dev_notify_flags+0x18d/0x2e0 net/core/dev.c:-1
netif_change_flags+0xe8/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:9608
dev_change_flags+0x130/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:68
devinet_ioctl+0xbb4/0x1b50 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1200
inet_ioctl+0x3c0/0x4c0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1001
0: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
Fixes: 4c975fd70002 ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_REGISTER/UP")
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Reported-by: [email protected]
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e6300f66a999a6612477
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
index 0e0fe32d2da4..045c5177262e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static inline struct net_device *bpq_get_ax25_dev(struct net_device *dev)
static inline int dev_is_ethdev(struct net_device *dev)
{
- return dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER && strncmp(dev->name, "dummy", 5);
+ return dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER && !netdev_need_ops_lock(dev);
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
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2.50.1