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From 06a0716949c22e2aefb648526580671197151acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ziyang Xuan <william.xuanziyang@huawei.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:59:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6/addrconf: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev
Git-commit: 06a0716949c22e2aefb648526580671197151acc
Patch-mainline: v6.5-rc2
References: git-fixes

Now in addrconf_mod_rs_timer(), reference idev depends on whether
rs_timer is not pending. Then modify rs_timer timeout.

There is a time gap in [1], during which if the pending rs_timer
becomes not pending. It will miss to hold idev, but the rs_timer
is activated. Thus rs_timer callback function addrconf_rs_timer()
will be executed and put idev later without holding idev. A refcount
underflow issue for idev can be caused by this.

	if (!timer_pending(&idev->rs_timer))
		in6_dev_hold(idev);
		  <--------------[1]
	mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when);

To fix the issue, hold idev if mod_timer() return 0.

Fixes: b7b1bfce0bb6 ("ipv6: split duplicate address detection and router solicitation timer")
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ziyang Xuan <william.xuanziyang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Wiesner <jwiesner@suse.de>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 67ddc0d22609..4624e1fe7bdf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -325,9 +325,8 @@ static void addrconf_del_dad_work(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 static void addrconf_mod_rs_timer(struct inet6_dev *idev,
 				  unsigned long when)
 {
-	if (!timer_pending(&idev->rs_timer))
+	if (!mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when))
 		in6_dev_hold(idev);
-	mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when);
 }
 
 static void addrconf_mod_dad_work(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
-- 
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