Re: [PATCH net] bonding: hold ops lock around get_link

From: Hangbin Liu
Date: Tue Apr 08 2025 - 21:55:12 EST


On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 10:14:51AM -0700, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> syzbot reports a case of ethtool_ops->get_link being called without
> ops lock:
>
> ethtool_op_get_link+0x15/0x60 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:63
> bond_check_dev_link+0x1fb/0x4b0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:864
> bond_miimon_inspect drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:2734 [inline]
> bond_mii_monitor+0x49d/0x3170 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:2956
> process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
> process_scheduled_works+0xac3/0x18e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
> worker_thread+0x870/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
> kthread+0x7b7/0x940 kernel/kthread.c:464
> ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153
> ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
>
> Commit 04efcee6ef8d ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE")
> changed to lockless __linkwatch_sync_dev in ethtool_op_get_link.
> All paths except bonding are coming via locked ioctl. Add necessary
> locking to bonding.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+48c14f61594bdfadb086@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=48c14f61594bdfadb086
> Fixes: 04efcee6ef8d ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE")
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 12 +++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> index 950d8e4d86f8..d1ec5ec6f7e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> @@ -850,8 +850,9 @@ static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond,
> struct net_device *slave_dev, int reporting)
> {
> const struct net_device_ops *slave_ops = slave_dev->netdev_ops;
> - struct ifreq ifr;
> struct mii_ioctl_data *mii;
> + struct ifreq ifr;
> + int ret;
>
> if (!reporting && !netif_running(slave_dev))
> return 0;
> @@ -860,9 +861,14 @@ static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond,
> return netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev) ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
>
> /* Try to get link status using Ethtool first. */
> - if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link)
> - return slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev) ?
> + if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link) {
> + netdev_lock_ops(slave_dev);
> + ret = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev) ?
> BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
> + netdev_unlock_ops(slave_dev);
> +
> + return ret;
> + }
>
> /* Ethtool can't be used, fallback to MII ioctls. */
> if (slave_ops->ndo_eth_ioctl) {
> --
> 2.49.0
>

Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx>