From: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>,
Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>,
Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: take ownership of saved RX state at poll entry
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:53:26 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930-stmmac-rx-state-v1-1-c286c43813c1@gmail.com> (raw)
When a saved partial packet completes with a poll budget of one, the
old loop can leave state_saved and state.skb pointing at an skb that
has already been delivered or freed. The next poll then reuses that
pointer, causing a use-after-free or double free.
Take the saved state at poll entry and clear the stored ownership
immediately. Save it again only if the packet remains incomplete,
including when the next descriptor is still DMA-owned. Release a
saved partial skb when the RX ring is destroyed.
Fixes: ec222003bd94 ("net: stmmac: Prepare to add Split Header support")
Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index ec62fa7418f4..1a4d03aaaf78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2149,6 +2149,11 @@ static void __free_dma_rx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
else
dma_free_rx_skbufs(priv, dma_conf, queue);
+ if (rx_q->state_saved)
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(rx_q->state.skb);
+ rx_q->state.skb = NULL;
+ rx_q->state_saved = 0;
+
rx_q->buf_alloc_num = 0;
rx_q->xsk_pool = NULL;
@@ -5726,6 +5731,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
struct stmmac_xdp_buff ctx;
bool fcs_stripped = false;
int xdp_status = 0;
+ bool in_progress = rx_q->state_saved;
int bufsz;
dma_dir = page_pool_get_dma_dir(rx_q->page_pool);
@@ -5740,6 +5746,14 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
stmmac_display_ring(priv, rx_head, priv->dma_conf.dma_rx_size, true,
rx_q->dma_rx_phy, desc_size);
}
+ if (in_progress) {
+ skb = rx_q->state.skb;
+ error = rx_q->state.error;
+ len = rx_q->state.len;
+ rx_q->state.skb = NULL;
+ rx_q->state_saved = false;
+ }
+
while (count < limit) {
unsigned int buf1_len = 0, buf2_len = 0;
enum pkt_hash_types hash_type;
@@ -5748,12 +5762,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
int entry;
u32 hash;
- if (!count && rx_q->state_saved) {
- skb = rx_q->state.skb;
- error = rx_q->state.error;
- len = rx_q->state.len;
- } else {
- rx_q->state_saved = false;
+ if (!in_progress) {
skb = NULL;
error = 0;
len = 0;
@@ -5787,6 +5796,8 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
prefetch(np);
+ in_progress = status & rx_not_ls;
+
if (priv->extend_desc)
stmmac_rx_extended_status(priv, &priv->xstats, rx_q->dma_erx + entry);
if (unlikely(status == discard_frame)) {
@@ -5971,7 +5982,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
count++;
}
- if (status & rx_not_ls || skb) {
+ if (in_progress || skb) {
rx_q->state_saved = true;
rx_q->state.skb = skb;
rx_q->state.error = error;
---
base-commit: 7375d38364a9aa66fb31716bcefef38aecad75d8
change-id: 20260930-stmmac-rx-state-041371e43e8c
Best regards,
--
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 4:53 UTC|newest]
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2026-10-01 4:53 James Hilliard [this message]
2026-10-01 4:59 ` [PATCH net] net: stmmac: take ownership of saved RX state at poll entry netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-06 4:35 ` James Hilliard
2026-10-01 8:32 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
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