This is fixed in any release based on 2.6.16.31 or later.
The relevant mainline patch is
1a047060a99f274a7c52cfea8159e4142a14b8a7
as below.
So update your kernel package.
NeilBrown
commit 1a047060a99f274a7c52cfea8159e4142a14b8a7
Author: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Date: Thu Oct 19 23:29:13 2006 -0700
[PATCH] knfsd: fix race that can disable NFS server
This patch is suitable for just about any 2.6 kernel. It should go in
2.6.19 and 2.6.18.2 and possible even the .17 and .16 stable series.
This is a long standing bug that seems to have only recently become
apparent, presumably due to increasing use of NFS over TCP - many
distros seem to be making it the default.
The SK_CONN bit gets set when a listening socket may be ready
for an accept, just as SK_DATA is set when data may be available.
It is entirely possible for svc_tcp_accept to be called with neither
of these set. It doesn't happen often but there is a small race in
svc_sock_enqueue as SK_CONN and SK_DATA are tested outside the
spin_lock. They could be cleared immediately after the test and
before the lock is gained.
This normally shouldn't be a problem. The sockets are non-blocking so
trying to read() or accept() when ther is nothing to do is not a problem.
However: svc_tcp_recvfrom makes the decision "Should I accept() or
should I read()" based on whether SK_CONN is set or not. This usually
works but is not safe. The decision should be based on whether it is
a TCP_LISTEN socket or a TCP_CONNECTED socket.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 61e307c..96521f1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ svc_tcp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
return 0;
}
- if (test_bit(SK_CONN, &svsk->sk_flags)) {
+ if (svsk->sk_sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
svc_tcp_accept(svsk);
svc_sock_received(svsk);
return 0;
-
