[PATCH net v2 v2 3/3] macsec: use rcu_work to defer TX SA crypto cleanup out of softirq

From: alexjlzheng

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 22:14:26 EST


From: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>

free_txsa() is an RCU callback running in softirq context, but calls
crypto_free_aead() which can invoke vunmap() internally on hardware
crypto drivers (e.g. hisi_sec2), triggering a kernel crash.

Use rcu_work to defer the cleanup to a workqueue, for the same reasons
as the analogous fix to free_rxsa() in the previous patch.

Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Signed-off-by: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/macsec.c | 8 +++++---
include/net/macsec.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index e0862ecd23f2..c3eefeef9526 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@ static struct macsec_tx_sa *macsec_txsa_get(struct macsec_tx_sa __rcu *ptr)
return sa;
}

-static void free_txsa(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void free_txsa_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct macsec_tx_sa *sa = container_of(head, struct macsec_tx_sa, rcu);
+ struct macsec_tx_sa *sa =
+ container_of(to_rcu_work(work), struct macsec_tx_sa, destroy_work);

crypto_free_aead(sa->key.tfm);
free_percpu(sa->stats);
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ static void free_txsa(struct rcu_head *head)
static void macsec_txsa_put(struct macsec_tx_sa *sa)
{
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sa->refcnt))
- call_rcu(&sa->rcu, free_txsa);
+ queue_rcu_work(macsec_wq, &sa->destroy_work);
}

static struct macsec_cb *macsec_skb_cb(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1510,6 +1511,7 @@ static int init_tx_sa(struct macsec_tx_sa *tx_sa, char *sak, int key_len,
tx_sa->active = false;
refcount_set(&tx_sa->refcnt, 1);
spin_lock_init(&tx_sa->lock);
+ INIT_RCU_WORK(&tx_sa->destroy_work, free_txsa_work);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/net/macsec.h b/include/net/macsec.h
index d6136debe1c8..cf92f57733df 100644
--- a/include/net/macsec.h
+++ b/include/net/macsec.h
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct macsec_tx_sa {
refcount_t refcnt;
bool active;
struct macsec_tx_sa_stats __percpu *stats;
- struct rcu_head rcu;
+ struct rcu_work destroy_work;
};

/**
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