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authorJinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@tencent.com>2026-05-11 23:31:00 +0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-05-13 19:03:05 -0700
commit552cc2306c3d87632f44a655737d1d367c2a3295 (patch)
tree873d43259e428b340f6dd02e6538323674bae4c2
parent6624bba469a325ecd699feae400b77cd11c76b98 (diff)
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macsec: use rcu_work to defer TX SA crypto cleanup out of softirq
free_txsa() is an RCU callback running in softirq context, but calls crypto_free_aead() which can invoke vunmap() internally on hardware crypto drivers (e.g. hisi_sec2), triggering a kernel crash. Use rcu_work to defer the cleanup to a workqueue, for the same reasons as the analogous fix to free_rxsa() in the previous patch. Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver") Signed-off-by: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@tencent.com> Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260511153102.2640368-4-alexjlzheng@tencent.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/macsec.c8
-rw-r--r--include/net/macsec.h3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index e7ad24f1ea5b..f904f4d16b45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@ static struct macsec_tx_sa *macsec_txsa_get(struct macsec_tx_sa __rcu *ptr)
return sa;
}
-static void free_txsa(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void free_txsa_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct macsec_tx_sa *sa = container_of(head, struct macsec_tx_sa, rcu);
+ struct macsec_tx_sa *sa =
+ container_of(to_rcu_work(work), struct macsec_tx_sa, destroy_work);
crypto_free_aead(sa->key.tfm);
free_percpu(sa->stats);
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ static void free_txsa(struct rcu_head *head)
static void macsec_txsa_put(struct macsec_tx_sa *sa)
{
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sa->refcnt))
- call_rcu(&sa->rcu, free_txsa);
+ queue_rcu_work(macsec_wq, &sa->destroy_work);
}
static struct macsec_cb *macsec_skb_cb(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1510,6 +1511,7 @@ static int init_tx_sa(struct macsec_tx_sa *tx_sa, char *sak, int key_len,
tx_sa->active = false;
refcount_set(&tx_sa->refcnt, 1);
spin_lock_init(&tx_sa->lock);
+ INIT_RCU_WORK(&tx_sa->destroy_work, free_txsa_work);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/net/macsec.h b/include/net/macsec.h
index 0980ef36fbf0..d962093ee923 100644
--- a/include/net/macsec.h
+++ b/include/net/macsec.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ struct macsec_rx_sc {
* @key: key structure
* @ssci: short secure channel identifier
* @stats: per-SA stats
+ * @destroy_work: deferred work to free the SA in process context after RCU grace period
*/
struct macsec_tx_sa {
struct macsec_key key;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ struct macsec_tx_sa {
refcount_t refcnt;
bool active;
struct macsec_tx_sa_stats __percpu *stats;
- struct rcu_head rcu;
+ struct rcu_work destroy_work;
};
/**