Re: [PATCH net v4] psp: fix NULL genl_sock deref race with concurrent netns teardown
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 20:09:01 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:16:28 -0700 you wrote:
> The race occurs between network namespace removal and PSP device
> unregistration. When a netns is deleted while a PSP device associated
> with that netns is concurrently being removed, psp_dev_unregister()
> triggers psp_nl_notify_dev() to send a device change notification.
> Concurrently, cleanup_net() running in the netns workqueue calls
> genl_pernet_exit(), which sets net->genl_sock to NULL. If
> genl_pernet_exit() wins the race, two sites in psp_nl_multicast_per_ns()
> then dereference the NULL socket and crash:
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net,v4] psp: fix NULL genl_sock deref race with concurrent netns teardown
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/fc9c7ca5fcbf
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