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hv_sock: Fix hang when a connection is closed
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There is a race condition for an established connection that is being closed
by the guest: the refcnt is 4 at the end of hvs_release() (Note: here the
'remove_sock' is false):

1 for the initial value;
1 for the sk being in the bound list;
1 for the sk being in the connected list;
1 for the delayed close_work.

After hvs_release() finishes, __vsock_release() -> sock_put(sk) *may*
decrease the refcnt to 3.

Concurrently, hvs_close_connection() runs in another thread:
  calls vsock_remove_sock() to decrease the refcnt by 2;
  call sock_put() to decrease the refcnt to 0, and free the sk;
  next, the "release_sock(sk)" may hang due to use-after-free.

In the above, after hvs_release() finishes, if hvs_close_connection() runs
faster than "__vsock_release() -> sock_put(sk)", then there is not any issue,
because at the beginning of hvs_close_connection(), the refcnt is still 4.

The issue can be resolved if an extra reference is taken when the
connection is established.

Fixes: a9eeb99 ("hv_sock: Add support for delayed close")
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Dexuan Cui authored and David S. Miller committed Aug 3, 2019
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
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Expand Up @@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ static void hvs_close_connection(struct vmbus_channel *chan)
lock_sock(sk);
hvs_do_close_lock_held(vsock_sk(sk), true);
release_sock(sk);

/* Release the refcnt for the channel that's opened in
* hvs_open_connection().
*/
sock_put(sk);
}

static void hvs_open_connection(struct vmbus_channel *chan)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -407,6 +412,9 @@ static void hvs_open_connection(struct vmbus_channel *chan)
}

set_per_channel_state(chan, conn_from_host ? new : sk);

/* This reference will be dropped by hvs_close_connection(). */
sock_hold(conn_from_host ? new : sk);
vmbus_set_chn_rescind_callback(chan, hvs_close_connection);

/* Set the pending send size to max packet size to always get
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