Eric reported that syzkaller triggered a splat in tcp_cleanup_ulp() where assertion sock_owned_by_me() failed. This happened through inet_csk_prepare_forced_close() first releasing the socket lock, then calling into tcp_done(newsk) which is called after the inet_csk_prepare_forced_close() and therefore without the socket lock held. The sock_owned_by_me() assertion can generally be removed as the only place where tcp_cleanup_ulp() is called from now is out of inet_csk_destroy_sock() -> sk->sk_prot->destroy() where socket is in dead state and unreachable. Therefore, add a comment why the check is not needed instead.
Fixes: 8b9088f806e1 ("tcp, ulp: enforce sock_owned_by_me upon ulp init and cleanup") Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dan...@iogearbox.net> --- net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c index a9162aa..95df7f7 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c @@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ void tcp_cleanup_ulp(struct sock *sk) { struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk); - sock_owned_by_me(sk); - + /* No sock_owned_by_me() check here as at the time the + * stack calls this function, the socket is dead and + * about to be destroyed. + */ if (!icsk->icsk_ulp_ops) return; -- 2.9.5