From: Sunyang Wu <sunyang.wu@jaguarmicro.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: aman.deep.singh@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, stable@dpdk.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] app/testpmd: avoid cmdline use-after-free on SIGINT
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:57:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260427105741.14348-1-sunyang.wu@jaguarmicro.com> (raw)
When testpmd runs in interactive mode, SIGINT is handled by setting
the quit flag and calling prompt_exit() so the cmdline input path can
be interrupted.
However, prompt() frees the cmdline object with cmdline_stdin_exit()
after cmdline_interact() returns, while the global testpmd_cl pointer
may still be observed by a later signal during shutdown. If SIGINT
arrives after the cmdline object is freed, prompt_exit() may call
cmdline_quit() on stale state and trigger a use-after-free.
Keep the existing prompt_exit() behavior so interactive input can
still be cancelled, but move the cmdline object lifetime under a
local pointer and use atomic load/store for testpmd_cl so the signal
path cannot observe freed state.
This preserves the interactive-mode fix introduced for Windows while
avoiding a shutdown-time use-after-free.
Fixes: f1d0993e034e ("app/testpmd: fix interactive mode on Windows")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Sunyang Wu <sunyang.wu@jaguarmicro.com>
---
app/test-pmd/cmdline.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index c5abeb5730..bdc5c3e3eb 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -14500,22 +14500,31 @@ cmdline_read_from_file(const char *filename, bool echo)
void
prompt_exit(void)
{
- cmdline_quit(testpmd_cl);
+ struct cmdline *cl;
+
+ cl = __atomic_load_n(&testpmd_cl, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+ if (cl != NULL)
+ cmdline_quit(cl);
}
/* prompt function, called from main on MAIN lcore */
void
prompt(void)
{
- testpmd_cl = cmdline_stdin_new(main_ctx, "testpmd> ");
- if (testpmd_cl == NULL) {
+ struct cmdline *cl;
+
+ cl = cmdline_stdin_new(main_ctx, "testpmd> ");
+ if (cl == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr,
"Failed to create stdin based cmdline context\n");
return;
}
- cmdline_interact(testpmd_cl);
- cmdline_stdin_exit(testpmd_cl);
+ __atomic_store_n(&testpmd_cl, cl, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+ cmdline_interact(cl);
+ /* Clear global pointer before freeing cmdline object. */
+ __atomic_store_n(&testpmd_cl, NULL, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+ cmdline_stdin_exit(cl);
}
void
--
2.19.0.rc0.windows.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-27 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-27 10:57 Sunyang Wu [this message]
2026-04-27 11:13 ` [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: avoid cmdline use-after-free on SIGINT Sunyang Wu
2026-04-27 15:23 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-27 17:26 ` [PATCH] app/test-pmd: terminate process on second signal Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-28 8:00 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-04-28 13:52 ` [PATCH v2] " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-30 17:25 ` Stephen Hemminger
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