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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: fix locking for in-kernel listener creation" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

Possible dependencies:

ad2171009d96 ("mptcp: fix locking for in-kernel listener creation") 976d302fb616 ("mptcp: deduplicate error paths on endpoint creation")

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From ad2171009d968104ccda9dc517f5a3ba891515db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 14:04:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: fix locking for in-kernel listener creation

For consistency, in mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(), we need to call the __mptcp_nmpc_socket() under the msk socket lock.

Note that as a side effect, mptcp_subflow_create_socket() needs a 'nested' lockdep annotation, as it will acquire the subflow (kernel) socket lock under the in-kernel listener msk socket lock.

The current lack of locking is almost harmless, because the relevant socket is not exposed to the user space, but in future we will add more complexity to the mentioned helper, let's play safe.

Fixes 1729cf186d8a ("mptcp: create the listening socket for new port")
net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c +6 -4
index 2ea7eae43bdb..10fe9771a852 100644
@@ -998,8 +998,8 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 {
 	int addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
-	struct mptcp_sock *msk;
 	struct socket *ssock;
+	struct sock *newsk;
 	int backlog = 1024;
 	int err;
 
@@ -1008,11 +1008,13 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	msk = mptcp_sk(entry->lsk->sk);
-	if (!msk)
+	newsk = entry->lsk->sk;
+	if (!newsk)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ssock = __mptcp_nmpc_socket(msk);
+	lock_sock(newsk);
+	ssock = __mptcp_nmpc_socket(mptcp_sk(newsk));
+	release_sock(newsk);
 	if (!ssock)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
net/mptcp/subflow.c +1 -1
index ec54413fb31f..a3e5026bee5b 100644
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, unsigned short family,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	lock_sock(sf->sk);
+	lock_sock_nested(sf->sk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	/* the newly created socket has to be in the same cgroup as its parent */
 	mptcp_attach_cgroup(sk, sf->sk);