Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values
From: Oliver Hartkopp
Date: Thu Feb 19 2026 - 09:38:48 EST
On 19.02.26 13:47, Oliver Hartkopp via B4 Relay wrote:
From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
KCSAN detected a simultaneous access to timer values that can be
overwritten in bcm_rx_setup when updating timer and filter content.
This caused no functional issues in the past as the new values might
show up at any time without losing its intended functionality.
Btw. the KCSAN report can be resolved by protecting the 'lockless'
data updates with a spin_lock_bh().
Fixes: ffd980f976e7 ("[CAN]: Add broadcast manager (bcm) protocol")
Reported-by: syzbot+75e5e4ae00c3b4bb544e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/6975d5cf.a00a0220.33ccc7.0022.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
The bcm KCSAN splats have gone with this patch.
Best regards,
Oliver
---
net/can/bcm.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/can/bcm.c b/net/can/bcm.c
index fd9fa072881e..0a3dc5500e14 100644
--- a/net/can/bcm.c
+++ b/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ struct bcm_op {
struct canfd_frame sframe;
struct canfd_frame last_sframe;
struct sock *sk;
struct net_device *rx_reg_dev;
spinlock_t bcm_tx_lock; /* protect currframe/count in runtime updates */
+ spinlock_t bcm_rx_update_lock; /* protect update of filter data */
};
struct bcm_sock {
struct sock sk;
int bound;
@@ -1141,10 +1142,12 @@ static int bcm_rx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
return -EINVAL;
/* check the given can_id */
op = bcm_find_op(&bo->rx_ops, msg_head, ifindex);
if (op) {
+ void *new_frames = NULL;
+
/* update existing BCM operation */
/*
* Do we need more space for the CAN frames than currently
* allocated? -> This is a _really_ unusual use-case and
@@ -1152,33 +1155,53 @@ static int bcm_rx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
*/
if (msg_head->nframes > op->nframes)
return -E2BIG;
if (msg_head->nframes) {
- /* update CAN frames content */
- err = memcpy_from_msg(op->frames, msg,
+ /* get new CAN frames content before locking */
+ new_frames = kmalloc(msg_head->nframes * op->cfsiz,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_frames)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ err = memcpy_from_msg(new_frames, msg,
msg_head->nframes * op->cfsiz);
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
+ kfree(new_frames);
return err;
-
- /* clear last_frames to indicate 'nothing received' */
- memset(op->last_frames, 0, msg_head->nframes * op->cfsiz);
+ }
}
+ spin_lock_bh(&op->bcm_rx_update_lock);
op->nframes = msg_head->nframes;
op->flags = msg_head->flags;
+ if (msg_head->nframes) {
+ /* update CAN frames content */
+ memcpy(op->frames, new_frames,
+ msg_head->nframes * op->cfsiz);
+
+ /* clear last_frames to indicate 'nothing received' */
+ memset(op->last_frames, 0,
+ msg_head->nframes * op->cfsiz);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&op->bcm_rx_update_lock);
+
+ /* free temporary frames / kfree(NULL) is safe */
+ kfree(new_frames);
+
/* Only an update -> do not call can_rx_register() */
do_rx_register = 0;
} else {
/* insert new BCM operation for the given can_id */
op = kzalloc(OPSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!op)
return -ENOMEM;
spin_lock_init(&op->bcm_tx_lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&op->bcm_rx_update_lock);
op->can_id = msg_head->can_id;
op->nframes = msg_head->nframes;
op->cfsiz = CFSIZ(msg_head->flags);
op->flags = msg_head->flags;
@@ -1261,24 +1284,26 @@ static int bcm_rx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
} else {
if (op->flags & SETTIMER) {
/* set timer value */
+ spin_lock_bh(&op->bcm_rx_update_lock);
op->ival1 = msg_head->ival1;
op->ival2 = msg_head->ival2;
op->kt_ival1 = bcm_timeval_to_ktime(msg_head->ival1);
op->kt_ival2 = bcm_timeval_to_ktime(msg_head->ival2);
+ op->kt_lastmsg = 0;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&op->bcm_rx_update_lock);
/* disable an active timer due to zero value? */
if (!op->kt_ival1)
hrtimer_cancel(&op->timer);
/*
* In any case cancel the throttle timer, flush
* potentially blocked msgs and reset throttle handling
*/
- op->kt_lastmsg = 0;
hrtimer_cancel(&op->thrtimer);
bcm_rx_thr_flush(op);
}
if ((op->flags & STARTTIMER) && op->kt_ival1)