net: if: Release the interface lock early in IPv6 RS timeout handler

The net_if.c:rs_timeout() is sending a new IPv6 router solicitation
message to network by calling net_if_start_rs(). That function will
then acquire iface->lock and call net_ipv6_start_rs() which will try
to send the RS message and acquire TX send lock.
During this RS send, we might receive TCP data that could try to
send an ack to peer. This will then in turn cause also TX lock
to be acquired. Depending on timing, the lock ordering between
rx thread and system workq might mix which could lead to deadlock.
Fix this issue by releasing the iface->lock before starting the
RS sending process. The net_if_start_rs() does not really need to
keep the interface lock for a long time as it is the only one sending
the RS message.

Fixes #86499

Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen <[email protected]>

Author: jukkar

subsys/net/ip/net_if.c

@@ -1519,6 +1519,8 @@ void net_if_start_rs(struct net_if *iface)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	net_if_unlock(iface);
+
 	NET_DBG("Starting ND/RS for iface %p", iface);
 
 	if (!net_ipv6_start_rs(iface)) {
@@ -1534,6 +1536,7 @@ void net_if_start_rs(struct net_if *iface)
 		}
 	}
 
+	return;
 out:
 	net_if_unlock(iface);
 }