From: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Eric Woudstra <ericwouds@gmail.com>,
Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada <manizada@pm.me>,
Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>,
Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] pppoe: pass bound packets directly to generic PPP
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:44:50 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804074452.75548-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev> (raw)
Bound PPPoE sockets pass received frames to the generic PPP layer. They
currently do so through __sk_receive_skb(), which takes the socket BH
lock and serializes calls to ppp_input().
The lock originally prevented ppp_input() from racing with
ppp_unregister_channel(). Commit ec4215683e47 ("ppp: defer channel free
to an RCU grace period to fix pppol2tp RX UAF") now keeps the generic
PPP channel alive until in-flight RCU readers have completed, so bound
packets can be passed directly to ppp_input() from pppoe_rcv().
That lifetime guarantee does not cover reuse of the ppp_channel embedded
in struct pppox_sock. An RX handler can find the old session before it
is unhashed, then resume after disconnect and reconnect have cleared and
re-registered po->chan. It could then race initialization of the new
channel or pass an old-session packet through it.
After unhashing an old session, call synchronize_net() before clearing
and reusing po->chan. This drains every receive path that could have
found the old binding while retaining concurrent delivery for the active
session.
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.6
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
---
drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 6874a1a8edaf..062411624182 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ static struct notifier_block pppoe_notifier = {
/************************************************************************
*
- * Do the real work of receiving a PPPoE Session frame.
+ * Backlog receive a PPPoE Session frame and deliver to userspace.
*
***********************************************************************/
-static int pppoe_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int pppoe_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(sk);
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int pppoe_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
/************************************************************************
*
- * Receive wrapper called in BH context.
+ * Receive a PPPoE Session frame.
*
***********************************************************************/
static int pppoe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ static int pppoe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
if (!po)
goto drop;
+ if (likely(po->sk.sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND)) {
+ ppp_input(&po->chan, skb);
+ return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
+ }
return __sk_receive_skb(&po->sk, skb, 0, 1, false);
drop:
@@ -524,7 +528,7 @@ static int pppoe_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int kern)
sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
sock->ops = &pppoe_ops;
- sk->sk_backlog_rcv = pppoe_rcv_core;
+ sk->sk_backlog_rcv = pppoe_backlog_rcv;
sk->sk_destruct = pppoe_destruct;
sk->sk_state = PPPOX_NONE;
sk->sk_type = SOCK_STREAM;
@@ -625,6 +629,13 @@ static int pppoe_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uservaddr
pn = pppoe_pernet(sock_net(sk));
delete_item(pn, po->pppoe_pa.sid,
po->pppoe_pa.remote, po->pppoe_ifindex);
+
+ /* pppoe_rcv() can call ppp_input() without taking the socket
+ * lock. Once the socket is unhashed, wait for any receive path
+ * that found it earlier before clearing and reusing po->chan.
+ */
+ synchronize_net();
+
if (po->pppoe_dev) {
dev_put(po->pppoe_dev);
po->pppoe_dev = NULL;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 7:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 7:44 Qingfang Deng [this message]
2026-08-06 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next] pppoe: pass bound packets directly to generic PPP Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-06 3:11 ` Qingfang Deng
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