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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, vega@nebusec.ai,
	Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>,
	Davide Caratti <dcaratti@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain
Date: Sun,  9 Aug 2026 05:09:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260809090928.868186-1-jhs@mojatatu.com> (raw)

tcf_action_exec() handles TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN by first checking
rcu_access_pointer(a->goto_chain) and then calling
tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(), which does a second, independent
rcu_dereference_bh(a->goto_chain) read and immediately dereferences
chain->filter_chain. A concurrent tcf_action_set_ctrlact() (e.g. the gact
replace path) can clear a->goto_chain between the two reads, so the second
read returns NULL and tcf_action_goto_chain_exec() dereferences NULL.

Fix the race by doing a single rcu_dereference_bh() read of a->goto_chain
in tcf_action_exec(), checking it once for NULL, and passing the resulting
chain pointer into tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(). This turns the split
check/use into a single check/use on one value.

Fixes: ee3bbfe806cd ("net/sched: let actions use RCU to access 'goto_chain'")
Reported-by: vega@nebusec.ai
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
 net/sched/act_api.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index f141634df214..600b7804befd 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -41,11 +41,9 @@ int tcf_dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*xmit)(struct sk_buff *skb))
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcf_dev_queue_xmit);
 
-static void tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(const struct tc_action *a,
+static void tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(const struct tcf_chain *chain,
 				       struct tcf_result *res)
 {
-	const struct tcf_chain *chain = rcu_dereference_bh(a->goto_chain);
-
 	res->goto_tp = rcu_dereference_bh(chain->filter_chain);
 }
 
@@ -1170,12 +1168,14 @@ int tcf_action_exec(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action **actions,
 					return TC_ACT_OK;
 			}
 		} else if (TC_ACT_EXT_CMP(ret, TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN)) {
-			if (unlikely(!rcu_access_pointer(a->goto_chain))) {
+			struct tcf_chain *chain = rcu_dereference_bh(a->goto_chain);
+
+			if (unlikely(!chain)) {
 				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
 						    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_CHAIN_NOTFOUND);
 				return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 			}
-			tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(a, res);
+			tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(chain, res);
 		}
 
 		if (ret != TC_ACT_PIPE)
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-09  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-09  9:09 Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
2026-08-10  7:57 ` [PATCH net] net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain Davide Caratti
2026-08-10 23:45 ` Jakub Kicinski
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-08-09  9:07 Jamal Hadi Salim

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