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ax25: Fix refcount imbalance on inbound connections
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When releasing a socket in ax25_release(), we call netdev_put() to
decrease the refcount on the associated ax.25 device. However, the
execution path for accepting an incoming connection never calls
netdev_hold(). This imbalance leads to refcount errors, and ultimately
to kernel crashes.

A typical call trace for the above situation looks like this:

    Call Trace:
    <TASK>
    ? show_regs+0x64/0x70
    ? __warn+0x83/0x120
    ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb2/0x100
    ? report_bug+0x158/0x190
    ? prb_read_valid+0x20/0x30
    ? handle_bug+0x3e/0x70
    ? exc_invalid_op+0x1c/0x70
    ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30
    ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb2/0x100
    ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb2/0x100
    ax25_release+0x2ad/0x360
    __sock_release+0x35/0xa0
    sock_close+0x19/0x20
    [...]

On reboot (or any attempt to remove the interface), the kernel gets
stuck in an infinite loop:

    unregister_netdevice: waiting for ax0 to become free. Usage count = 0

This patch corrects these issues by ensuring that we call netdev_hold()
and ax25_dev_hold() for new connections in ax25_accept().

Fixes: 7d8a3a4 ("ax25: Fix ax25 session cleanup problems")
Signed-off-by: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@oddbit.com>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
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larsks authored and NipaLocal committed May 27, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -1378,8 +1378,10 @@ static int ax25_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct sock *newsk;
ax25_dev *ax25_dev;
DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
struct sock *sk;
ax25_cb *ax25;
int err = 0;

if (sock->state != SS_UNCONNECTED)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1434,6 +1436,10 @@ static int ax25_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
kfree_skb(skb);
sk_acceptq_removed(sk);
newsock->state = SS_CONNECTED;
ax25 = sk_to_ax25(newsk);
ax25_dev = ax25->ax25_dev;
netdev_hold(ax25_dev->dev, &ax25->dev_tracker, GFP_ATOMIC);
ax25_dev_hold(ax25_dev);

out:
release_sock(sk);
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