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From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
	<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>,
	Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net V2 1/3] net/mlx5e: Harden uplink netdev access against device unbind
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:24:32 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1757939074-617281-2-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1757939074-617281-1-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com>

From: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>

The function mlx5_uplink_netdev_get() gets the uplink netdevice
pointer from mdev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev. However, the netdevice can
be removed and its pointer cleared when unbound from the mlx5_core.eth
driver. This results in a NULL pointer, causing a kernel panic.

 BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001300
 at RIP: 0010:mlx5e_vport_rep_load+0x22a/0x270 [mlx5_core]
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0x68/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
  esw_offloads_enable+0x593/0x910 [mlx5_core]
  mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x341/0x420 [mlx5_core]
  mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x17e/0x3a0 [mlx5_core]
  devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x60/0xd0
  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe0/0x130
  genl_rcv_msg+0x183/0x290
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x4b/0xf0
  genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
  netlink_unicast+0x255/0x380
  netlink_sendmsg+0x1f3/0x420
  __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60
  __sys_sendto+0x119/0x180
  do_syscall_64+0x53/0x1d0
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

Ensure the pointer is valid before use by checking it for NULL. If it
is valid, immediately call netdev_hold() to take a reference, and
preventing the netdevice from being freed while it is in use.

Fixes: 7a9fb35e8c3a ("net/mlx5e: Do not reload ethernet ports when changing eswitch mode")
Signed-off-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c  | 27 +++++++++++++++----
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c |  1 +
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h    | 15 ++++++++++-
 include/linux/mlx5/driver.h                   |  1 +
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 63a7a788fb0d..cd0242eb008c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -1506,12 +1506,21 @@ static const struct mlx5e_profile mlx5e_uplink_rep_profile = {
 static int
 mlx5e_vport_uplink_rep_load(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_eswitch_rep *rep)
 {
-	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(mlx5_uplink_netdev_get(dev));
 	struct mlx5e_rep_priv *rpriv = mlx5e_rep_to_rep_priv(rep);
+	struct net_device *netdev;
+	struct mlx5e_priv *priv;
+	int err;
+
+	netdev = mlx5_uplink_netdev_get(dev);
+	if (!netdev)
+		return 0;
 
+	priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	rpriv->netdev = priv->netdev;
-	return mlx5e_netdev_change_profile(priv, &mlx5e_uplink_rep_profile,
-					   rpriv);
+	err = mlx5e_netdev_change_profile(priv, &mlx5e_uplink_rep_profile,
+					  rpriv);
+	mlx5_uplink_netdev_put(dev, netdev);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1638,8 +1647,16 @@ mlx5e_vport_rep_unload(struct mlx5_eswitch_rep *rep)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_rep_priv *rpriv = mlx5e_rep_to_rep_priv(rep);
 	struct net_device *netdev = rpriv->netdev;
-	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	void *ppriv = priv->ppriv;
+	struct mlx5e_priv *priv;
+	void *ppriv;
+
+	if (!netdev) {
+		ppriv = rpriv;
+		goto free_ppriv;
+	}
+
+	priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	ppriv = priv->ppriv;
 
 	if (rep->vport == MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK) {
 		mlx5e_vport_uplink_rep_unload(rpriv);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
index 8b4977650183..5f2d6c35f1ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,7 @@ static u32 mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get_locked(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 		speed = lksettings.base.speed;
 
 out:
+	mlx5_uplink_netdev_put(mdev, slave);
 	return speed;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h
index b111ccd03b02..74ea5da58b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h
@@ -47,7 +47,20 @@ int mlx5_crdump_collect(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u32 *cr_data);
 
 static inline struct net_device *mlx5_uplink_netdev_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 {
-	return mdev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev;
+	struct mlx5e_resources *mlx5e_res = &mdev->mlx5e_res;
+	struct net_device *netdev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mlx5e_res->uplink_netdev_lock);
+	netdev = mlx5e_res->uplink_netdev;
+	netdev_hold(netdev, &mlx5e_res->tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+	mutex_unlock(&mlx5e_res->uplink_netdev_lock);
+	return netdev;
+}
+
+static inline void mlx5_uplink_netdev_put(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
+					  struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	netdev_put(netdev, &mdev->mlx5e_res.tracker);
 }
 
 struct mlx5_sd;
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 8c5fbfb85749..10fe492e1fed 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ struct mlx5e_resources {
 		bool			   tisn_valid;
 	} hw_objs;
 	struct net_device *uplink_netdev;
+	netdevice_tracker tracker;
 	struct mutex uplink_netdev_lock;
 	struct mlx5_crypto_dek_priv *dek_priv;
 };
-- 
2.31.1


  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-15 12:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-15 12:24 [PATCH net V2 0/3] mlx5e misc fixes 2025-09-15 Tariq Toukan
2025-09-15 12:24 ` Tariq Toukan [this message]
2025-09-15 12:24 ` [PATCH net V2 2/3] net/mlx5e: Prevent entering switchdev mode with inconsistent netns Tariq Toukan
2025-09-17  0:21   ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-17  7:07     ` Jianbo Liu
2025-09-15 12:24 ` [PATCH net V2 3/3] net/mlx5e: Add a miss level for ipsec crypto offload Tariq Toukan
2025-09-17  0:30 ` [PATCH net V2 0/3] mlx5e misc fixes 2025-09-15 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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