[PATCH net] amt: fix tunnel list corruption on device stop
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 00:54:23 EST
amt_dev_stop() calls list_del_rcu() on each tunnel without holding
amt->lock. amt_tunnel_expire() does the same under amt->lock. When both
race on the same tunnel, the second list_del_rcu() hits LIST_POISON2 and
panics the kernel. An unprivileged user can trigger this inside its own
user/network namespace.
list_del corruption, prev is LIST_POISON2 (dead000000000122)
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:59!
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x13a/0x200
Call Trace:
amt_dev_stop+0x2c3/0x500 (drivers/net/amt.c:3097)
__dev_close_many+0x17e/0x470
unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x729/0x1f00
Fix:
1. Quiesce RX: clear sk_user_data and call synchronize_net() to ensure
no RCU readers are traversing tunnel_list. This makes list_del_init()
safe (it is not RCU-reader-safe unlike list_del_rcu()).
2. Hold amt->lock when unlinking tunnels in stop, using list_del_init()
so amt_tunnel_expire() can detect already-claimed tunnels via
list_empty() and skip them.
3. Use while/list_first_entry instead of list_for_each_entry_safe,
because cancel_delayed_work_sync() can sleep and the cached next
pointer may become stale.
4. Use disable_delayed_work_sync() instead of cancel_delayed_work_sync()
to prevent amt_update_handler() from rearming the GC timer in a rare
race where a packet arrives before the socket is fully released.
Fixes: cbc21dc1cfe9 ("amt: add data plane of amt interface")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/amt.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/amt.c b/drivers/net/amt.c
index bddc24e1856d..a5db02d81291 100644
--- a/drivers/net/amt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/amt.c
@@ -1348,6 +1348,11 @@ static void amt_tunnel_expire(struct work_struct *work)
struct amt_dev *amt = tunnel->amt;
spin_lock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ /* amt_dev_stop() marks tunnels it owns with list_del_init(). */
+ if (list_empty(&tunnel->list)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ return;
+ }
rcu_read_lock();
list_del_rcu(&tunnel->list);
amt->nr_tunnels--;
@@ -3068,7 +3073,7 @@ static int amt_dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
static int amt_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct amt_dev *amt = netdev_priv(dev);
- struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel, *tmp;
+ struct amt_tunnel_list *tunnel;
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct sock *sk;
int i;
@@ -3077,9 +3082,11 @@ static int amt_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev)
disable_delayed_work_sync(&amt->discovery_wq);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&amt->secret_wq);
- /* shutdown */
+ /* Quiesce RX path before tearing down tunnels. */
sk = rtnl_dereference(amt->sk);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(amt->sk, NULL);
+ if (sk)
+ rcu_assign_sk_user_data(sk, NULL);
synchronize_net();
if (sk)
udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
@@ -3097,13 +3104,21 @@ static int amt_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev)
amt->req_cnt = 0;
WRITE_ONCE(amt->remote_ip, 0);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(tunnel, tmp, &amt->tunnel_list, list) {
- list_del_rcu(&tunnel->list);
+ spin_lock_bh(&amt->lock);
+ while (!list_empty(&amt->tunnel_list)) {
+ tunnel = list_first_entry(&amt->tunnel_list,
+ struct amt_tunnel_list, list);
+ list_del_init(&tunnel->list);
amt->nr_tunnels--;
- cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tunnel->gc_wq);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
+
+ disable_delayed_work_sync(&tunnel->gc_wq);
amt_clear_groups(tunnel);
kfree_rcu(tunnel, rcu);
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&amt->lock);
}
+ spin_unlock_bh(&amt->lock);
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0