Patch "xfrm: fix rcu usage in xfrm_get_type_offload" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

xfrm: fix rcu usage in xfrm_get_type_offload

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
xfrm-fix-rcu-usage-in-xfrm_get_type_offload.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Sabrina Dubroca <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:18:56 +0100
Subject: xfrm: fix rcu usage in xfrm_get_type_offload

From: Sabrina Dubroca <[email protected]>

commit 2f10a61cee8fdb9f8da90f5db687e1862b22cf06 upstream.

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.

---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

@@ -313,13 +313,14 @@ retry:
 	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;
 }
 

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/xfrm-fix-rcu-usage-in-xfrm_get_type_offload.patch