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From: Yehor Malikov <malikovyehor@gmail.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, david.marchand@redhat.com,
	chenbox@nvidia.com, stephen@networkplumber.org,
	Yehor Malikov <Yehor.Malikov@solidigm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10] vhost: fix use-after-free in fdset during shutdown
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:50:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218075016.65429-2-malikovyehor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8zTzM5vXEckOvLsH54p50PGO9n5Uj0R5krHSmUmnzKFUg@mail.gmail.com>

From: Yehor Malikov <Yehor.Malikov@solidigm.com>

The fdset_event_dispatch thread runs in a loop checking the destroy
flag after each epoll_wait iteration. During process exit,
rte_eal_cleanup() frees hugepage memory while the fdset thread is
still running. Since the fdset structure was allocated with
rte_zmalloc() (hugepage-backed), accessing it after rte_eal_cleanup()
causes use-after-free.

Switch fdset allocation from rte_zmalloc/rte_free to libc
calloc/free. The fdset is a control-path structure that does not
need hugepage memory. Using libc allocation ensures the fdset
remains valid after rte_eal_cleanup() releases hugepages.

Fixes: e68a6feaa3b3 ("vhost: improve fdset initialization")

Signed-off-by: Yehor Malikov <Yehor.Malikov@solidigm.com>
---
 lib/vhost/fd_man.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vhost/fd_man.c b/lib/vhost/fd_man.c
index f9147edee7..fae6d787b6 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/fd_man.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/fd_man.c
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
-#include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_thread.h>
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ fdset_init(const char *name)
 		return fdset;
 	}
 
-	fdset = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(*fdset), 0);
+	fdset = calloc(1, sizeof(*fdset));
 	if (!fdset) {
 		VHOST_FDMAN_LOG(ERR, "failed to alloc fdset %s", name);
 		goto err_unlock;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ fdset_init(const char *name)
 err_epoll:
 	close(fdset->epfd);
 err_free:
-	rte_free(fdset);
+	free(fdset);
 err_unlock:
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&fdsets_mutex);
 
-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-18  7:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-04 18:03 [PATCH] vhost: fix use-after-free in fdset during shutdown Yehor Malikov
2026-02-04 18:48 ` [PATCH v2] " malikovyehor
2026-02-04 18:58   ` [PATCH v3] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-04 20:34     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-02-04 21:32     ` Yehor Malikov
2026-02-04 21:35     ` [PATCH v4] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-04 22:00       ` [PATCH v5] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-04 23:05         ` [PATCH v6] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-05  1:17           ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-02-05 11:16           ` [PATCH v7] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-05 11:20           ` Yehor Malikov
2026-02-05 18:30             ` [PATCH v8] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-05 18:35               ` [PATCH v9] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-16 10:17                 ` Yehor Malikov
2026-02-17 14:31                 ` David Marchand
2026-02-18  7:50                   ` Yehor Malikov [this message]
2026-02-18  8:01                     ` [PATCH v11] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-18  8:52                       ` David Marchand
2026-02-18  9:05                         ` [PATCH v12] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-18 10:27                           ` David Marchand
2026-02-27  9:00                             ` fengchengwen
2026-03-05 10:50                           ` Maxime Coquelin
2026-03-05 13:52                             ` Maxime Coquelin

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