[rds-devel] [External] : Re: [PATCH net v4] rds: tcp: hold the RCU lock across ipv6_chk_addr() in rds_tcp_laddr_check()

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:02:03 -0700 you wrote:
> rds_tcp_laddr_check() looks up a scoped IPv6 interface with
> dev_get_by_index_rcu(), drops the RCU read-side lock, and only then
> passes the bare struct net_device * into ipv6_chk_addr().
> 
> dev_get_by_index_rcu() only keeps the device alive within the same RCU
> read-side section. After rcu_read_unlock(), a concurrent RTM_DELLINK can
> free the net_device; ipv6_chk_addr() then dereferences the stale pointer
> in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags() (e.g. l3mdev_master_dev_rcu(dev)), reading
> freed memory.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v4] rds: tcp: hold the RCU lock across ipv6_chk_addr() in rds_tcp_laddr_check()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/78f75d632f74

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