From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] netdevsim: psp: only call nsim_psp_uninit() on PFs
Date: Wed, 06 May 2026 15:30:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.1dcf55066b2e@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260505-psd-rcu-v1-1-a8f69ec1ab96@gmail.com>
Daniel Zahka wrote:
> VFs go through nsim_init_netdevsim_vf() which never calls
> nsim_psp_init(), so ns->psp.dev stays NULL. nsim_psp_uninit() guards
> with !IS_ERR(ns->psp.dev), so destroying a VF reaches
> psp_dev_unregister(NULL) and dereferences NULL on the first
> mutex_lock(&psd->lock):
>
> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
> RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x1c/0x30
> Call Trace:
> psp_dev_unregister+0x2a/0x1a0
> nsim_psp_uninit+0x1f/0x40 [netdevsim]
> nsim_destroy+0x61/0x1e0 [netdevsim]
> __nsim_dev_port_del+0x47/0x90 [netdevsim]
> nsim_drv_configure_vfs+0xc9/0x130 [netdevsim]
> nsim_bus_dev_numvfs_store+0x79/0xb0 [netdevsim]
>
> Gate nsim_psp_uninit() on nsim_dev_port_is_pf(), matching the pattern
> already used for nsim_exit_netdevsim() and the bpf/ipsec/macsec/queue
> teardowns.
>
> Reproducer:
> modprobe netdevsim
> echo "10 1" > /sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device
> echo 1 > /sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim10/sriov_numvfs
> devlink dev eswitch set netdevsim/netdevsim10 mode switchdev
> echo 0 > /sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim10/sriov_numvfs
>
> Fixes: f857478d6206 ("netdevsim: a basic test PSP implementation")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-06 19:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-05 10:42 [PATCH net 0/3] netdevsim: psp: fix init and uninit bugs Daniel Zahka
2026-05-05 10:42 ` [PATCH net 1/3] netdevsim: psp: only call nsim_psp_uninit() on PFs Daniel Zahka
2026-05-06 19:30 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-05-05 10:42 ` [PATCH net 2/3] netdevsim: psp: serialize calls to nsim_psp_uninit() Daniel Zahka
2026-05-06 19:31 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-05-05 10:42 ` [PATCH net 3/3] netdevsim: psp: rcu protect psp_dev reference Daniel Zahka
2026-05-06 19:34 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-05-06 20:14 ` Daniel Zahka
2026-05-06 20:43 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-05-07 0:50 ` [PATCH net 0/3] netdevsim: psp: fix init and uninit bugs patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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