[PATCH net v2 0/2] gtp: fix sk_created race conditions
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 01:25:00 EST
Two races exist around the sk_created flag in the GTP driver: an
initialization ordering issue where sk_created is published before the
socket pointers are assigned, and a teardown lifetime issue where
concurrent readers can still use the sockets after they are freed. They
are split into separate patches because they require fundamentally
different fixes -- memory barriers for ordering vs synchronize_net() and
RTNL for lifetime.
Changes since v1 [1]:
- Use smp_store_release()/smp_load_acquire() for proper memory ordering
as suggested by Simon Horman.
- Add patch 2/2 to fix teardown races in gtp_encap_disable(): reorder
to clear sk_created first, add synchronize_net() for softirq paths,
and hold RTNL in gtp_genl_send_echo_req() for the process-context
path that synchronize_net() cannot protect.
Patch 1/2 fixes the initialization ordering race.
Patch 2/2 fixes the teardown lifetime races (softirq + genl).
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260816035205.57966-1-blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx/
Cen Zhang (Microsoft) (2):
gtp: fix sk_created publication race in gtp_create_sockets()
gtp: fix use-after-free during GTP device teardown
drivers/net/gtp.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
base-commit: b70b7b71561f2be1183b6046964d950c2b203bfc
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