Forwarded: [syzbot retest] llc: keep SAP and netdev alive during timer shutdown

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Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 08:58:41 EST


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Subject: [syzbot retest] llc: keep SAP and netdev alive during timer shutdown
Author: miguelgarciaroman8@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
2f2f7eeef8b0a1a9b9ca998231419873ccae8d4e

diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index b0447c33d..e34d1e7b5 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static int llc_ui_release(struct socket *sock)
{
struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
struct llc_sock *llc;
+ struct llc_sap *sap = NULL;

if (unlikely(sk == NULL))
goto out;
@@ -207,23 +208,21 @@ static int llc_ui_release(struct socket *sock)
if (!llc_send_disc(sk))
llc_ui_wait_for_disc(sk, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvtimeo));
if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED)) {
- struct llc_sap *sap = llc->sap;
+ sap = llc->sap;

- /* Hold this for release_sock(), so that llc_backlog_rcv()
- * could still use it.
- */
+ /* Keep SAP alive through backlog processing and timer shutdown. */
llc_sap_hold(sap);
llc_sap_remove_socket(llc->sap, sk);
release_sock(sk);
- llc_sap_put(sap);
} else {
release_sock(sk);
}
- netdev_put(llc->dev, &llc->dev_tracker);
sock_put(sk);
sock_orphan(sk);
sock->sk = NULL;
llc_sk_free(sk);
+ if (sap)
+ llc_sap_put(sap);
out:
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/llc/llc_conn.c b/net/llc/llc_conn.c
index 260460d50..2ad5a69dd 100644
--- a/net/llc/llc_conn.c
+++ b/net/llc/llc_conn.c
@@ -942,10 +942,10 @@ void llc_sk_stop_all_timers(struct sock *sk, bool sync)
struct llc_sock *llc = llc_sk(sk);

if (sync) {
- timer_delete_sync(&llc->pf_cycle_timer.timer);
- timer_delete_sync(&llc->ack_timer.timer);
- timer_delete_sync(&llc->rej_sent_timer.timer);
- timer_delete_sync(&llc->busy_state_timer.timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&llc->pf_cycle_timer.timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&llc->ack_timer.timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&llc->rej_sent_timer.timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&llc->busy_state_timer.timer);
} else {
timer_delete(&llc->pf_cycle_timer.timer);
timer_delete(&llc->ack_timer.timer);
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ void llc_sk_free(struct sock *sk)
skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
skb_queue_purge(&llc->pdu_unack_q);
+ netdev_put(llc->dev, &llc->dev_tracker);
#ifdef LLC_REFCNT_DEBUG
if (refcount_read(&sk->sk_refcnt) != 1) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG "Destruction of LLC sock %p delayed in %s, cnt=%d\n",