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fib6_metric_set() may be called concurrently from softirq context without
holding the FIB table lock. A typical path is:
ndisc_router_discovery()
spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock) <- lock released
fib6_metric_set(rt, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, ...) <- lockless call
When two CPUs process Router Advertisement packets for the same router
simultaneously, they can both arrive at fib6_metric_set() with the same
fib6_info pointer whose fib6_metrics still points to dst_default_metrics.
if (f6i->fib6_metrics == &dst_default_metrics) { /* both CPUs: true */
struct dst_metrics *p = kzalloc_obj(*p, GFP_ATOMIC);
refcount_set(&p->refcnt, 1);
f6i->fib6_metrics = p; /* CPU1 overwrites CPU0's p -> p0 leaked */
}
The dst_metrics allocated by the losing CPU has refcnt=1 but no pointer
to it anywhere in memory, producing a kmemleak report:
unreferenced object 0xff1100025aca1400 (size 96):
comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4299271239
backtrace:
kmalloc_trace+0x28a/0x380
fib6_metric_set+0xcd/0x180
ndisc_router_discovery+0x12dc/0x24b0
icmpv6_rcv+0xc16/0x1360
Fix this by:
- Set val for p->metrics before published via cmpxchg() so the metrics
value is ready before the pointer becomes visible to other CPUs.
- Replace the plain pointer store with cmpxchg() and free the allocation
safely when competition failed.
- Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for metrics[] setting in the non-default
metrics path to prevent compiler-based data races.
Fixes: d4ead6b34b ("net/ipv6: move metrics from dst to rt6_info")
Reported-by: Fei Liu <feliu@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260331-b4-fib6_metric_set-kmemleak-v3-1-88d27f4d8825@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>