From: Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@gmail.com>
Cc: Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v1] ipv4: route: Prevent rt_bind_exception() from rebinding stale fnhe
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:43:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251111064328.24440-1-nashuiliang@gmail.com> (raw)
The sit driver's packet transmission path calls: sit_tunnel_xmit() ->
update_or_create_fnhe(), which lead to fnhe_remove_oldest() being called
to delete entries exceeding FNHE_RECLAIM_DEPTH+random.
The race window is between fnhe_remove_oldest() selecting fnheX for
deletion and the subsequent kfree_rcu(). During this time, the
concurrent path's __mkroute_output() -> find_exception() can fetch the
soon-to-be-deleted fnheX, and rt_bind_exception() then binds it with a
new dst using a dst_hold(). When the original fnheX is freed via RCU,
the dst reference remains permanently leaked.
CPU 0 CPU 1
__mkroute_output()
find_exception() [fnheX]
update_or_create_fnhe()
fnhe_remove_oldest() [fnheX]
rt_bind_exception() [bind dst]
RCU callback [fnheX freed, dst leak]
This issue manifests as a device reference count leak and a warning in
dmesg when unregistering the net device:
unregister_netdevice: waiting for sitX to become free. Usage count = N
Ido Schimmel provided the simple test validation method [1].
The fix clears 'oldest->fnhe_daddr' before calling fnhe_flush_routes().
Since rt_bind_exception() checks this field, setting it to zero prevents
the stale fnhe from being reused and bound to a new dst just before it
is freed.
[1]
ip netns add ns1
ip -n ns1 link set dev lo up
ip -n ns1 address add 192.0.2.1/32 dev lo
ip -n ns1 link add name dummy1 up type dummy
ip -n ns1 route add 192.0.2.2/32 dev dummy1
ip -n ns1 link add name gretap1 up arp off type gretap \
local 192.0.2.1 remote 192.0.2.2
ip -n ns1 route add 198.51.0.0/16 dev gretap1
taskset -c 0 ip netns exec ns1 mausezahn gretap1 \
-A 198.51.100.1 -B 198.51.0.0/16 -t udp -p 1000 -c 0 -q &
taskset -c 2 ip netns exec ns1 mausezahn gretap1 \
-A 198.51.100.1 -B 198.51.0.0/16 -t udp -p 1000 -c 0 -q &
sleep 10
ip netns pids ns1 | xargs kill
ip netns del ns1
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 67d6d681e15b ("ipv4: make exception cache less predictible")
Signed-off-by: Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@gmail.com>
---
v0 -> v1:
- Expanded commit description to fully document the race condition,
including the sit driver's call chain and stack trace.
- Added Ido Schimmel's validation method.
---
net/ipv4/route.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 6d27d3610c1c..b549d6a57307 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -607,6 +607,11 @@ static void fnhe_remove_oldest(struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash)
oldest_p = fnhe_p;
}
}
+
+ /* Clear oldest->fnhe_daddr to prevent this fnhe from being
+ * rebound with new dsts in rt_bind_exception().
+ */
+ oldest->fnhe_daddr = 0;
fnhe_flush_routes(oldest);
*oldest_p = oldest->fnhe_next;
kfree_rcu(oldest, rcu);
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-11 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-11 6:43 Chuang Wang [this message]
2025-11-12 7:28 ` [PATCH net v1] ipv4: route: Prevent rt_bind_exception() from rebinding stale fnhe Ido Schimmel
2025-11-12 9:00 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-12 14:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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