* [PATCH net] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()
@ 2026-07-24 16:47 Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
2026-07-24 22:45 ` Stanislav Fomichev
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) @ 2026-07-24 16:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: magnus.karlsson, maciej.fijalkowski, sdf, davem, edumazet, kuba,
pabeni, horms
Cc: netdev, bpf, linux-kernel, AutonomousCodeSecurity, tgopinath, kys,
blbllhy
In __xsk_rcv() multi-buffer path, xsk_buff_alloc() is called in a
do-while loop without checking its return value for NULL. The pre-check
xsk_buff_can_alloc() only counts fill queue entries without validating
descriptor addresses, so it can pass while xsk_buff_alloc() rejects
all entries as invalid and returns NULL.
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xdffffc0000000000
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
[0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:__xsk_rcv+0x426/0xc20 (net/xdp/xsk.c:350)
Call Trace:
xsk_generic_rcv+0x26d/0x5f0
xdp_do_generic_redirect+0x3c5/0xcf0
do_xdp_generic+0x92f/0xe70
__netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xf7e/0x2b30
Fixed by adding a NULL check after xsk_buff_alloc() and use
xskq_prod_cancel_n() to roll back any partially submitted RX ring
descriptors, ensuring no incomplete multi-buffer packet is delivered
to userspace.
Fixes: 804627751b42 ("xsk: add support for AF_XDP multi-buffer on Rx path")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
---
net/xdp/xsk.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
index b970f30ea9b9..76e0cdd43722 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static int __xsk_rcv(struct xdp_sock *xs, struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 len)
struct xdp_buff_xsk *xskb;
struct xdp_buff *xsk_xdp;
+ u32 nb_submitted = 0;
skb_frag_t *frag;
from_len = xdp->data_end - copy_from;
meta_len = xdp->data - copy_from;
@@ -348,6 +349,11 @@ static int __xsk_rcv(struct xdp_sock *xs, struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 len)
u32 copied;
xsk_xdp = xsk_buff_alloc(xs->pool);
+ if (!xsk_xdp) {
+ xskq_prod_cancel_n(xs->rx, nb_submitted);
+ xs->rx_dropped++;
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
copy_to = xsk_xdp->data - meta_len;
copied = xsk_copy_xdp(copy_to, ©_from, to_len, &from_len, &frag, rem);
@@ -356,6 +362,7 @@ static int __xsk_rcv(struct xdp_sock *xs, struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 len)
xskb = container_of(xsk_xdp, struct xdp_buff_xsk, xdp);
__xsk_rcv_zc_safe(xs, xskb, copied - meta_len,
rem ? XDP_PKT_CONTD : 0);
+ nb_submitted++;
meta_len = 0;
} while (rem);
--
2.53.0
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH net] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()
2026-07-24 16:47 [PATCH net] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv() Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
@ 2026-07-24 22:45 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-07-25 3:00 ` Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stanislav Fomichev @ 2026-07-24 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
Cc: magnus.karlsson, maciej.fijalkowski, sdf, davem, edumazet, kuba,
pabeni, horms, netdev, bpf, linux-kernel, AutonomousCodeSecurity,
tgopinath, kys
On 07/24, Cen Zhang (Microsoft) wrote:
> In __xsk_rcv() multi-buffer path, xsk_buff_alloc() is called in a
> do-while loop without checking its return value for NULL. The pre-check
> xsk_buff_can_alloc() only counts fill queue entries without validating
> descriptor addresses, so it can pass while xsk_buff_alloc() rejects
> all entries as invalid and returns NULL.
Agreed, looks like a valid issue :-( (!ok branch in _xp_alloc) ..
> Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> 0xdffffc0000000000
> KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
> [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
> RIP: 0010:__xsk_rcv+0x426/0xc20 (net/xdp/xsk.c:350)
> Call Trace:
> xsk_generic_rcv+0x26d/0x5f0
> xdp_do_generic_redirect+0x3c5/0xcf0
> do_xdp_generic+0x92f/0xe70
> __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xf7e/0x2b30
>
> Fixed by adding a NULL check after xsk_buff_alloc() and use
> xskq_prod_cancel_n() to roll back any partially submitted RX ring
> descriptors, ensuring no incomplete multi-buffer packet is delivered
> to userspace.
>
> Fixes: 804627751b42 ("xsk: add support for AF_XDP multi-buffer on Rx path")
> Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
> Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/xdp/xsk.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> index b970f30ea9b9..76e0cdd43722 100644
> --- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
> +++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> @@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static int __xsk_rcv(struct xdp_sock *xs, struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 len)
> struct xdp_buff_xsk *xskb;
> struct xdp_buff *xsk_xdp;
> + u32 nb_submitted = 0;
> skb_frag_t *frag;
>
> from_len = xdp->data_end - copy_from;
> meta_len = xdp->data - copy_from;
> @@ -348,6 +349,11 @@ static int __xsk_rcv(struct xdp_sock *xs, struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 len)
> u32 copied;
>
> xsk_xdp = xsk_buff_alloc(xs->pool);
> + if (!xsk_xdp) {
[..]
> + xskq_prod_cancel_n(xs->rx, nb_submitted);
.. but I don't think doing xskq_prod_cancel_n is enough? The descriptors
from the fill ring have been consumed, and the prog ring stuff is
cancelled, which means they are "lost"?
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH net] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()
2026-07-24 22:45 ` Stanislav Fomichev
@ 2026-07-25 3:00 ` Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) @ 2026-07-25 3:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sdf.kernel
Cc: AutonomousCodeSecurity, blbllhy, bpf, davem, edumazet, horms,
kuba, kys, linux-kernel, maciej.fijalkowski, magnus.karlsson,
netdev, pabeni, sdf, tgopinath
> ... which means they are "lost"?
You are right. The UMEM frames already consumed from the Fill Ring must
be recycled into free_list when the packet cannot be completed.
Since the current loop calls __xsk_rcv_zc_safe(), and therefore
xp_release(), after every allocation, they cannot simply be recycled
after a later failure. I will rework v2 as a two-stage transaction:
first allocate and stage all required buffers, recycling all staged
buffers if any allocation fails; then run the error-free
copy/submit/release loop only after the allocation stage succeeds.
Thanks.
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