Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet
From: Sidraya Jayagond
Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 01:47:35 EST
On 08/08/26 12:51 pm, Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> smc_conn_free() calls smc_ism_unset_conn() only while the link group is
> still on its device list, and never sets conn->killed.
> smc_lgr_terminate_sched() unlinks the group immediately and defers killing
> its connections to a work item, so a connection freed in that window keeps
> its smcd->conn[] slot with both gates in smcd_handle_irq() open, and the
> device can re-arm the receive tasklet after tasklet_kill() has returned. On
> the DMB-nocopy path the ghost send buffer is freed right after that drain,
> so the re-armed tasklet dereferences it.
>
> Unregister unconditionally and drain before the detach at both teardown
> sites, mirroring rmb_desc, which smc_buf_unuse() releases after the drain.
> Clear conn->sndbuf_desc before freeing it as well, so a reader that samples
> the pointer cannot get one that is already freed.
>
> Fixes: ae2be35cbed2 ("net/smc: {at|de}tach sndbuf to peer DMB if supported")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/smc/smc_core.c | 13 +++++++------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
> index b4208cb186c5..181647982490 100644
> --- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
> +++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
> @@ -1209,14 +1209,16 @@ static void smcd_buf_detach(struct smc_connection *conn)
> {
> struct smcd_dev *smcd = conn->lgr->smcd;
> u64 peer_token = conn->peer_token;
> + struct smc_buf_desc *buf_desc;
>
> if (!conn->sndbuf_desc)
> return;
>
> smc_ism_detach_dmb(smcd, peer_token);
>
> - kfree(conn->sndbuf_desc);
> + buf_desc = conn->sndbuf_desc;
> conn->sndbuf_desc = NULL;
> + kfree(buf_desc);
> }
>
> static void smc_buf_unuse(struct smc_connection *conn,
> @@ -1268,11 +1270,10 @@ void smc_conn_free(struct smc_connection *conn)
> goto lgr_put;
>
> if (lgr->is_smcd) {
> - if (!list_empty(&lgr->list))
> - smc_ism_unset_conn(conn);
> + smc_ism_unset_conn(conn);
> + tasklet_kill(&conn->rx_tsklet);
> if (smc_ism_support_dmb_nocopy(lgr->smcd))
> smcd_buf_detach(conn);
> - tasklet_kill(&conn->rx_tsklet);
> } else {
> smc_cdc_wait_pend_tx_wr(conn);
> if (current_work() != &conn->abort_work)
> @@ -1525,12 +1526,12 @@ static void smc_conn_kill(struct smc_connection *conn, bool soft)
> smc_sk_wake_ups(smc);
> if (conn->lgr->is_smcd) {
> smc_ism_unset_conn(conn);
> - if (smc_ism_support_dmb_nocopy(conn->lgr->smcd))
> - smcd_buf_detach(conn);
> if (soft)
> tasklet_kill(&conn->rx_tsklet);
> else
> tasklet_unlock_wait(&conn->rx_tsklet);
> + if (smc_ism_support_dmb_nocopy(conn->lgr->smcd))
> + smcd_buf_detach(conn);
> } else {
> smc_cdc_wait_pend_tx_wr(conn);
> }
>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>