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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH net 0/7] net/sched: netem: bug fixes
Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2026 07:51:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401145332.78285-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)

These bugs were identified while using AI-assisted code review of
sch_netem.c to analyze the packet duplication re-entrancy problem
(CVE-2025-37890, CVE-2025-38001), which are addressed in a separate
series.

The review uncovered several additional issues:

- probability gaps in the 4-state Markov loss model where
  boundary values produce no state transition
- queue limit check not accounting for reordered packets
- PRNG reseeded on every tc change, breaking reproducibility
- the core dequeue re-entrancy issue with child qdiscs
  causing HFSC eltree corruption and DRR class stalls
- missing NULL termination on the tfifo linear list tail
- slot delay configuration not validated for inverted ranges
- slot delay arithmetic overflow for ranges above ~2.1 seconds

v2 - pickup the slot related bug fixes

Stephen Hemminger (7):
  net/sched: netem: fix probability gaps in 4-state loss model
  net/sched: netem: fix queue limit check to include reordered packets
  net/sched: netem: only reseed PRNG when seed is explicitly provided
  net/sched: netem: restructure dequeue to avoid re-entrancy with child
    qdisc
  net/sched: netem: null-terminate tfifo linear queue tail
  net/sched: netem: check for invalid slot range
  net/sched: netem: fix slot delay calculation overflow

 net/sched/sch_netem.c | 244 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 159 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-01 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-01 14:51 Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 1/7] net/sched: netem: fix probability gaps in 4-state loss model Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 2/7] net/sched: netem: fix queue limit check to include reordered packets Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 3/7] net/sched: netem: only reseed PRNG when seed is explicitly provided Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 4/7] net/sched: netem: restructure dequeue to avoid re-entrancy with child qdisc Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 5/7] net/sched: netem: null-terminate tfifo linear queue tail Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 6/7] net/sched: netem: check for invalid slot range Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-01 14:51 ` [PATCH net v2 7/7] net/sched: netem: fix slot delay calculation overflow Stephen Hemminger

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