request_module can sleep, thus we cannot hold rcu_read_lock() while calling it. The function also jumps back and takes rcu_read_lock() again (in xfrm_state_get_afinfo()), resulting in an imbalance.
This codepath is triggered whenever a new offloaded state is created. Fixes: ffdb5211da1c ("xfrm: Auto-load xfrm offload modules") Reported-by: syzbot+ca425f44816d749e8eb49755567a75ee48cf4...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <s...@queasysnail.net> --- net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c index 500b3391f474..7e6c297a3924 100644 --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c @@ -313,13 +313,14 @@ xfrm_get_type_offload(u8 proto, unsigned short family, bool try_load) if ((type && !try_module_get(type->owner))) type = NULL; + rcu_read_unlock(); + if (!type && try_load) { request_module("xfrm-offload-%d-%d", family, proto); try_load = 0; goto retry; } - rcu_read_unlock(); return type; } -- 2.15.1