Re: [PATCH bpf v3 0/2] bpf: cpumap/devmap: fix per-CPU bulk queue races on PREEMPT_RT

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-02-17T07:43:06Z

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On 2026-02-13 11:40:13 [+0800], Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> On PREEMPT_RT kernels, local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable()
> (when PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable
> preemption. This means CFS scheduling can preempt a task inside the
> per-CPU bulk queue (bq) operations in cpumap and devmap, allowing
> another task on the same CPU to concurrently access the same bq,
> leading to use-after-free, list corruption, and kernel panics.
>
> Patch 1 fixes the cpumap race in bq_flush_to_queue(), originally
> reported by syzbot [1].
>
> Patch 2 fixes the same class of race in devmap's bq_xmit_all(),
> identified by code inspection after Sebastian Andrzej Siewior pointed
> out that devmap has the same per-CPU bulk queue pattern [2].
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Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

Sebastian