From 3715a00855316066cdda69d43648336367422127 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hyunwoo Kim Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:18:09 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] bridge: cfm: Fix race condition in peer_mep deletion When a peer MEP is being deleted, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called on ccm_rx_dwork before freeing. However, br_cfm_frame_rx() runs in softirq context under rcu_read_lock (without RTNL) and can re-schedule ccm_rx_dwork via ccm_rx_timer_start() between cancel_delayed_work_sync() returning and kfree_rcu() being called. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 mep_delete_implementation() cancel_delayed_work_sync(ccm_rx_dwork); br_cfm_frame_rx() // peer_mep still in hlist if (peer_mep->ccm_defect) ccm_rx_timer_start() queue_delayed_work(ccm_rx_dwork) hlist_del_rcu(&peer_mep->head); kfree_rcu(peer_mep, rcu); ccm_rx_work_expired() // on freed peer_mep To prevent this, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync() in both peer MEP deletion paths, so that subsequent queue_delayed_work() calls from br_cfm_frame_rx() are silently rejected. The cc_peer_disable() helper retains cancel_delayed_work_sync() because it is also used for the CC enable/disable toggle path where the work must remain re-schedulable. Fixes: dc32cbb3dbd7 ("bridge: cfm: Kernel space implementation of CFM. CCM frame RX added.") Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/abBgYT5K_FI9rD1a@v4bel Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/bridge/br_cfm.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_cfm.c b/net/bridge/br_cfm.c index 2c70fe47de38..118c7ea48c35 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_cfm.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_cfm.c @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static void mep_delete_implementation(struct net_bridge *br, /* Empty and free peer MEP list */ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(peer_mep, n_store, &mep->peer_mep_list, head) { - cancel_delayed_work_sync(&peer_mep->ccm_rx_dwork); + disable_delayed_work_sync(&peer_mep->ccm_rx_dwork); hlist_del_rcu(&peer_mep->head); kfree_rcu(peer_mep, rcu); } @@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int br_cfm_cc_peer_mep_remove(struct net_bridge *br, const u32 instance, return -ENOENT; } - cc_peer_disable(peer_mep); + disable_delayed_work_sync(&peer_mep->ccm_rx_dwork); hlist_del_rcu(&peer_mep->head); kfree_rcu(peer_mep, rcu);