[PATCH] macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()

[PATCH] macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()

[Eric Dumazet]

Add RCU protection on (struct macvlan_source_entry)->vlan.

Whenever macvlan_hash_del_source() is called, we must clear
entry->vlan pointer before RCU grace period starts.

This allows macvlan_forward_source() to skip over
entries queued for freeing.

Note that macvlan_dev are already RCU protected, as they
are embedded in a standard netdev (netdev_priv(ndev)).

Fixes: 79cf79abce71 ("macvlan: add source mode")
Reported-by: syzbot+7182fbe91e58602ec1fe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695fb1e8.050a0220.1c677c.039f.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 drivers/net/macvlan.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 7966545512cfeab3914374675bafa3847e5d7ae1..b4df7e184791d0fe0a60c17522b91b2766847b37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct macvlan_port {
 
 struct macvlan_source_entry {
 	struct hlist_node	hlist;
-	struct macvlan_dev	*vlan;
+	struct macvlan_dev __rcu *vlan;
 	unsigned char		addr[6+2] __aligned(sizeof(u16));
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static struct macvlan_source_entry *macvlan_hash_lookup_source(
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, h, hlist, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) {
 		if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(entry->addr, addr) &&
-		    entry->vlan == vlan)
+		    rcu_access_pointer(entry->vlan) == vlan)
 			return entry;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int macvlan_hash_add_source(struct macvlan_dev *vlan,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ether_addr_copy(entry->addr, addr);
-	entry->vlan = vlan;
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(entry->vlan, vlan);
 	h = &port->vlan_source_hash[macvlan_eth_hash(addr)];
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&entry->hlist, h);
 	vlan->macaddr_count++;
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static void macvlan_hash_add(struct macvlan_dev *vlan)
 
 static void macvlan_hash_del_source(struct macvlan_source_entry *entry)
 {
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(entry->vlan, NULL);
 	hlist_del_rcu(&entry->hlist);
 	kfree_rcu(entry, rcu);
 }
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ static void macvlan_flush_sources(struct macvlan_port *port,
 	int i;
 
 	hash_for_each_safe(port->vlan_source_hash, i, next, entry, hlist)
-		if (entry->vlan == vlan)
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(entry->vlan) == vlan)
 			macvlan_hash_del_source(entry);
 
 	vlan->macaddr_count = 0;
@@ -433,9 +434,14 @@ static bool macvlan_forward_source(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, h, hlist) {
 		if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(entry->addr, addr)) {
-			if (entry->vlan->flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NODST)
+			struct macvlan_dev *vlan = rcu_dereference(entry->vlan);
+
+			if (!vlan)
+				continue;
+
+			if (vlan->flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NODST)
 				consume = true;
-			macvlan_forward_source_one(skb, entry->vlan);
+			macvlan_forward_source_one(skb, vlan);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1680,7 +1686,7 @@ static int macvlan_fill_info_macaddr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct macvlan_source_entry *entry;
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, h, hlist, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) {
-		if (entry->vlan != vlan)
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(entry->vlan) != vlan)
 			continue;
 		if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_MACVLAN_MACADDR, ETH_ALEN, entry->addr))
 			return 1;
-- 
2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog

Re: [PATCH] macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Thu,  8 Jan 2026 13:36:51 +0000 you wrote:
> Add RCU protection on (struct macvlan_source_entry)->vlan.
> 
> Whenever macvlan_hash_del_source() is called, we must clear
> entry->vlan pointer before RCU grace period starts.
> 
> This allows macvlan_forward_source() to skip over
> entries queued for freeing.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/7470a7a63dc1

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