smc_lgr_cleanup_early() enters __smc_lgr_terminate() even when another
teardown path has already claimed lgr->freeing. Both callers can observe
lgr->terminating clear before either sets it, then tear down the same
link group, causing use-after-free and duplicate resource release.

  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __smc_lgr_terminate+0x393/0x3a0
  Write of size 1 at addr ffff8880bf2c0300 by task poc/106
  Call Trace:
   __smc_lgr_terminate+0x393/0x3a0
   __smc_connect+0x2e3d/0x4930
   smc_connect+0x42c/0x580
   __sys_connect+0xfc/0x130
   __x64_sys_connect+0x6d/0xb0

Check freeing under the link group list lock before unlinking the group
or entering termination. The existing locked freeing transition then
claims exclusive teardown ownership; an early cleanup that loses the
claim leaves teardown to the existing owner and does not remove the group
from a device teardown's private list.

Keep a temporary link group reference across smc_conn_free() and early
cleanup in smc_conn_abort(). Once the connection is unregistered, a
termination worker can finish without taking its socket lock. The extra
reference keeps the allocation alive until the ownership check returns.

The registration failure path in smc_conn_create() needs the same
protection. A new group is published before registration, but the
connection reference is taken only on success. Concurrent termination
can release the group after conns_lock is dropped and before early
cleanup. Hold the new group before publication and release that temporary
reference after failed-registration cleanup. On success, acquire the
ordinary connection reference before releasing the temporary hold.
Reused groups retain their existing reference protocol.

Fixes: f9aab6f2ce57 ("net/smc: immediate freeing in smc_lgr_cleanup_early()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: GPT-6.1-Sol
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Pin newly created link groups before publication, covering the
  registration failure handoff to early cleanup. Drop the temporary hold
  after cleanup on failure, or after the connection hold on success.
- Send after the free-work scheduling fix and reuse its standalone
  freeing bool and locked early-cleanup transition.
- Pin the link group across the smc_conn_abort() early-cleanup ownership
  check.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260927063607.3691520-1-nicoyip.dev@gmail.com/

 net/smc/af_smc.c   | 8 ++++++--
 net/smc/smc_core.c | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index e9f93b3ab435..97b0a0b51066 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1011,12 +1011,16 @@ static void smc_conn_abort(struct smc_sock *smc, int local_first)
 	struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
 	bool lgr_valid = false;
 
-	if (smc_conn_lgr_valid(conn))
+	if (local_first && smc_conn_lgr_valid(conn)) {
 		lgr_valid = true;
+		smc_lgr_hold(lgr);
+	}
 
 	smc_conn_free(conn);
-	if (local_first && lgr_valid)
+	if (lgr_valid) {
 		smc_lgr_cleanup_early(lgr);
+		smc_lgr_put(lgr);
+	}
 }
 
 /* check if there is a rdma device available for this connection. */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 478c8bc2759a..1918a79ff60e 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ void smc_lgr_cleanup_early(struct smc_link_group *lgr)
 
 	smc_lgr_list_head(lgr, &lgr_lock);
 	spin_lock_bh(lgr_lock);
+	if (lgr->freeing) {
+		spin_unlock_bh(lgr_lock);
+		return;
+	}
 	/* do not use this link group for new connections */
 	if (!list_empty(&lgr->list))
 		list_del_init(&lgr->list);
@@ -999,6 +1003,7 @@ static int smc_lgr_create(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 		lgr->buf_type = lgr->net->smc.sysctl_smcr_buf_type;
 		atomic_inc(&lgr_cnt);
 	}
+	smc_lgr_hold(lgr); /* lgr_put in smc_conn_create() */
 	smc->conn.lgr = lgr;
 	spin_lock_bh(lgr_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&lgr->list, lgr_list);
@@ -2054,10 +2059,13 @@ int smc_conn_create(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 		write_unlock_bh(&lgr->conns_lock);
 		if (rc) {
 			smc_lgr_cleanup_early(lgr);
+			smc_lgr_put(lgr); /* lgr_hold in smc_lgr_create() */
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 	smc_lgr_hold(conn->lgr); /* lgr_put in smc_conn_free() */
+	if (ini->first_contact_local)
+		smc_lgr_put(conn->lgr); /* lgr_hold in smc_lgr_create() */
 	if (!conn->lgr->is_smcd)
 		smcr_link_hold(conn->lnk); /* link_put in smc_conn_free() */
 	conn->freed = 0;
-- 
2.43.0