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 v11] vhost: fix use-after-free in fdset during shutdown
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:01:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218080155.67111-1-malikovyehor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260218075016.65429-2-malikovyehor@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>
---
.mailmap | 1 +
lib/vhost/fd_man.c | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index fc53ed2a55..711a6ceff5 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1840,6 +1840,7 @@ Yaroslav Brustinov <ybrustin@cisco.com>
Yash Sharma <ysharma@marvell.com>
Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> <yasufum.o@gmail.com>
Yelena Krivosheev <yelena@marvell.com>
+Yehor Malikov <Yehor.Malikov@solidigm.com>
Yerden Zhumabekov <e_zhumabekov@sts.kz> <yerden.zhumabekov@sts.kz>
Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@nvidia.com>
Yi Chen <chenyi221@huawei.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 8:02 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 ` [PATCH v10] " Yehor Malikov
2026-02-18 8:01 ` Yehor Malikov [this message]
2026-02-18 8:52 ` [PATCH v11] " 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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