[PATCH v1 net-next] af_unix: Unlink scc_entry in unix_del_edge().

Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 00:21:54 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Kyle Zeng reported that GC could free a dead SCC partially.

The scenario is as follows:

   1) Create two SCCs:

       X -.   A <-> B
       ^--'

   2) Run the following concurrently:

      2-1) send() sk-B to sk-B from sk-X
      2-2) close() both A and B

At 2-1), there is a small window where unix_add_edges()
publishes a new edge (B <-> B) to GC but its skb is not queued
by skb_queue_tail().

If 2-2) completes before skb_queue_tail() and GC is triggered,
it judges A <-> B as dead, but B is not freed because GC cannot
collect the not-yet-queued skb holding the B <-> B edge.

       X -.   A <-> B -. This edge is visible
       ^--'         ^..'  but skb is not

This itself is not a problem since the next GC run will judge
B as dead as well and free it finally.

       X -.   A <.> B -.
       ^--'         ^--'

However, X's SCC forces the next GC to call unix_walk_scc_fast(),
and it iterates over A through B's scc_entry.

Let's unlink scc_entry before freeing the vertex in unix_del_edge().

Fixes: 4090fa373f0e ("af_unix: Replace garbage collection algorithm.")
Reported-by: Kyle Zeng <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
---
 net/unix/garbage.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index 0783555e2526..9fcaaf55cba5 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ static void unix_del_edge(struct scm_fp_list *fpl, struct unix_edge *edge)
 	if (!vertex->out_degree) {
 		edge->predecessor->vertex = NULL;
 		list_move_tail(&vertex->entry, &fpl->vertices);
+		list_del(&vertex->scc_entry);
 	}
 }
 
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