* [PATCH net v2 0/2] net/rds: Fix use-after-free in RDS/IB for non-init namespaces
@ 2026-04-08 8:04 Allison Henderson
2026-04-08 8:04 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/rds: Optimize rds_ib_laddr_check Allison Henderson
2026-04-08 8:04 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] net/rds: Restrict use of RDS/IB to the initial network namespace Allison Henderson
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From: Allison Henderson @ 2026-04-08 8:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: pabeni, edumazet, rds-devel, kuba, horms, linux-rdma, achender
This series fixes syzbot bug da8e060735ae02c8f3d1
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=da8e060735ae02c8f3d1
The report finds a use-after-free bug where ib connections access an
invalid network namespace after it has been freed. The stack is:
rds_rdma_cm_event_handler_cmn
rds_conn_path_drop
rds_destroy_pending
check_net() <-- use-after-free
This is initially introduced in:
d5a8ac28a7ff ("RDS-TCP: Make RDS-TCP work correctly when it is set up
in a netns other than init_net").
Here, we made RDS aware of the namespace by storing a net pointer in
each connection. But it is not explicitly restricted to init_net in
the case of ib. The RDS/TCP transport has its own pernet exit handler
(rds_tcp_exit_net) that destroys connections when a namespace is torn
down. But RDS/IB does not support more than the initial namespace and
has no such handler. The initial namespace is statically allocated,
and never torn down, so it always has at least one reference.
Allowing non init namespaces that do not have a persistent reference
means that when their refcounts drop to zero, they are released through
cleanup_net(). Which would call any registered pernet clean up handlers
if it had any, but since they don't in this case, the extra
rds_connections remain with stale c_net pointers. Which are then
accessed later causing the use-after-free bug.
So, the simple fix is to disallow more than the initial namespace
to be created in the case of ib connections.
Fixes are ported from UEK patches found here:
https://github.com/oracle/linux-uek/commit/8ed9a82376b7
Patch 1 is a prerequisite optimization to rds_ib_laddr_check() that
avoids excessive rdma_bind_addr() calls during transport probing by
first checking rds_ib_get_device(). This is needed because patch 2
adds a namespace check at the top of the same function.
UEK: 8ed9a82376b7 ("rds: ib: Optimize rds_ib_laddr_check")
https://github.com/oracle/linux-uek/commit/bd9489a08004
Patch 2 restricts RDS/IB to the initial network namespace. It adds
checks in both rds_ib_laddr_check() and rds_set_transport() to reject
IB use from non-init namespaces with -EPROTOTYPE. This prevents the
use-after-free by ensuring IB connections cannot exist in namespaces
that may be torn down.
UEK: bd9489a08004 ("net/rds: Restrict use of RDS/IB to the initial
network namespace")
Questions, comments and feedback appreciated!
Thank you!
Allison
Change Log:
v2:
[PATCH net v2 1/2] net/rds: Optimize rds_ib_laddr_check
- Added missing author sob
- Added ipv6_addr_v4mapped check
[PATCH net v2 2/2] net/rds: Restrict use of RDS/IB to the initial
- Addressed comment consistency nits
- Addressed commit message nits
Greg Jumper (1):
net/rds: Restrict use of RDS/IB to the initial network namespace
Håkon Bugge (1):
net/rds: Optimize rds_ib_laddr_check
net/rds/af_rds.c | 10 ++++++++--
net/rds/ib.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
net/rds/ib.h | 1 +
net/rds/ib_rdma.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/rds: Optimize rds_ib_laddr_check
2026-04-08 8:04 [PATCH net v2 0/2] net/rds: Fix use-after-free in RDS/IB for non-init namespaces Allison Henderson
@ 2026-04-08 8:04 ` Allison Henderson
2026-04-08 8:04 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] net/rds: Restrict use of RDS/IB to the initial network namespace Allison Henderson
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From: Allison Henderson @ 2026-04-08 8:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: pabeni, edumazet, rds-devel, kuba, horms, linux-rdma, achender
From: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@oracle.com>
rds_ib_laddr_check() creates a CM_ID and attempts to bind the address
in question to it. This in order to qualify the allegedly local
address as a usable IB/RoCE address.
In the field, ExaWatcher runs rds-ping to all ports in the fabric from
all local ports. This using all active ToS'es. In a full rack system,
we have 14 cell servers and eight db servers. Typically, 6 ToS'es are
used. This implies 528 rds-ping invocations per ExaWatcher's "RDSinfo"
interval.
Adding to this, each rds-ping invocation creates eight sockets and
binds the local address to them:
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 3
bind(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 4
bind(4, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 5
bind(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 6
bind(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 7
bind(7, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 8
bind(8, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 9
bind(9, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
socket(AF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0) = 10
bind(10, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.36.2")}, 16) = 0
So, at every interval ExaWatcher executes rds-ping's, 4224 CM_IDs are
allocated, considering this full-rack system. After the a CM_ID has
been allocated, rdma_bind_addr() is called, with the port number being
zero. This implies that the CMA will attempt to search for an un-used
ephemeral port. Simplified, the algorithm is to start at a random
position in the available port space, and then if needed, iterate
until an un-used port is found.
The book-keeping of used ports uses the idr system, which again uses
slab to allocate new struct idr_layer's. The size is 2092 bytes and
slab tries to reduce the wasted space. Hence, it chooses an order:3
allocation, for which 15 idr_layer structs will fit and only 1388
bytes are wasted per the 32KiB order:3 chunk.
Although this order:3 allocation seems like a good space/speed
trade-off, it does not resonate well with how it used by the CMA. The
combination of the randomized starting point in the port space (which
has close to zero spatial locality) and the close proximity in time of
the 4224 invocations of the rds-ping's, creates a memory hog for
order:3 allocations.
These costly allocations may need reclaims and/or compaction. At
worst, they may fail and produce a stack trace such as (from uek4):
[<ffffffff811a72d5>] __inc_zone_page_state+0x35/0x40
[<ffffffff811c2e97>] page_add_file_rmap+0x57/0x60
[<ffffffffa37ca1df>] remove_migration_pte+0x3f/0x3c0 [ksplice_6cn872bt_vmlinux_new]
[<ffffffff811c3de8>] rmap_walk+0xd8/0x340
[<ffffffff811e8860>] remove_migration_ptes+0x40/0x50
[<ffffffff811ea83c>] migrate_pages+0x3ec/0x890
[<ffffffff811afa0d>] compact_zone+0x32d/0x9a0
[<ffffffff811b00ed>] compact_zone_order+0x6d/0x90
[<ffffffff811b03b2>] try_to_compact_pages+0x102/0x270
[<ffffffff81190e56>] __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0x46/0x100
[<ffffffff8119165b>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x74b/0xaa0
[<ffffffff811d8411>] alloc_pages_current+0x91/0x110
[<ffffffff811e3b0b>] new_slab+0x38b/0x480
[<ffffffffa41323c7>] __slab_alloc+0x3b7/0x4a0 [ksplice_s0dk66a8_vmlinux_new]
[<ffffffff811e42ab>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x1fb/0x250
[<ffffffff8131fdd6>] idr_layer_alloc+0x36/0x90
[<ffffffff8132029c>] idr_get_empty_slot+0x28c/0x3d0
[<ffffffff813204ad>] idr_alloc+0x4d/0xf0
[<ffffffffa051727d>] cma_alloc_port+0x4d/0xa0 [rdma_cm]
[<ffffffffa0517cbe>] rdma_bind_addr+0x2ae/0x5b0 [rdma_cm]
[<ffffffffa09d8083>] rds_ib_laddr_check+0x83/0x2c0 [ksplice_6l2xst5i_rds_rdma_new]
[<ffffffffa05f892b>] rds_trans_get_preferred+0x5b/0xa0 [rds]
[<ffffffffa05f09f2>] rds_bind+0x212/0x280 [rds]
[<ffffffff815b4016>] SYSC_bind+0xe6/0x120
[<ffffffff815b4d3e>] SyS_bind+0xe/0x10
[<ffffffff816b031a>] system_call_fastpath+0x18/0xd4
To avoid these excessive calls to rdma_bind_addr(), we optimize
rds_ib_laddr_check() by simply checking if the address in question has
been used before. The rds_rdma module keeps track of addresses
associated with IB devices, and the function rds_ib_get_device() is
used to determine if the address already has been qualified as a valid
local address. If not found, we call the legacy rds_ib_laddr_check(),
now renamed to rds_ib_laddr_check_cm().
Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Somasundaram Krishnasamy <somasundaram.krishnasamy@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
---
net/rds/ib.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
net/rds/ib.h | 1 +
net/rds/ib_rdma.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/ib.c b/net/rds/ib.c
index ac6affa33ce7..412ff61e74fa 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ static void rds6_ib_ic_info(struct socket *sock, unsigned int len,
* allowed to influence which paths have priority. We could call userspace
* asserting this policy "routing".
*/
-static int rds_ib_laddr_check(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
- __u32 scope_id)
+static int rds_ib_laddr_check_cm(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
+ __u32 scope_id)
{
int ret;
struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id;
@@ -487,6 +487,22 @@ static int rds_ib_laddr_check(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
return ret;
}
+static int rds_ib_laddr_check(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
+ __u32 scope_id)
+{
+ struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev = NULL;
+
+ if (ipv6_addr_v4mapped(addr)) {
+ rds_ibdev = rds_ib_get_device(addr->s6_addr32[3]);
+ if (rds_ibdev) {
+ rds_ib_dev_put(rds_ibdev);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return rds_ib_laddr_check_cm(net, addr, scope_id);
+}
+
static void rds_ib_unregister_client(void)
{
ib_unregister_client(&rds_ib_client);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib.h b/net/rds/ib.h
index 8ef3178ed4d6..5ff346a1e8ba 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.h
+++ b/net/rds/ib.h
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ void rds_ib_cm_connect_complete(struct rds_connection *conn,
__rds_ib_conn_error(conn, KERN_WARNING "RDS/IB: " fmt)
/* ib_rdma.c */
+struct rds_ib_device *rds_ib_get_device(__be32 ipaddr);
int rds_ib_update_ipaddr(struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev,
struct in6_addr *ipaddr);
void rds_ib_add_conn(struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev, struct rds_connection *conn);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
index 2cfec252eeac..9594ea245f7f 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *rds_ib_mr_wq;
static void rds_ib_odp_mr_worker(struct work_struct *work);
-static struct rds_ib_device *rds_ib_get_device(__be32 ipaddr)
+struct rds_ib_device *rds_ib_get_device(__be32 ipaddr)
{
struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev;
struct rds_ib_ipaddr *i_ipaddr;
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH net v2 2/2] net/rds: Restrict use of RDS/IB to the initial network namespace
2026-04-08 8:04 [PATCH net v2 0/2] net/rds: Fix use-after-free in RDS/IB for non-init namespaces Allison Henderson
2026-04-08 8:04 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/rds: Optimize rds_ib_laddr_check Allison Henderson
@ 2026-04-08 8:04 ` Allison Henderson
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From: Allison Henderson @ 2026-04-08 8:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: pabeni, edumazet, rds-devel, kuba, horms, linux-rdma, achender
From: Greg Jumper <greg.jumper@oracle.com>
Prevent using RDS/IB in network namespaces other than the initial one.
The existing RDS/IB code will not work properly in non-initial network
namespaces.
Fixes: d5a8ac28a7ff ("RDS-TCP: Make RDS-TCP work correctly when it is set up in a netns other than init_net")
Reported-by: syzbot+da8e060735ae02c8f3d1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=da8e060735ae02c8f3d1
Signed-off-by: Greg Jumper <greg.jumper@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
---
net/rds/af_rds.c | 10 ++++++++--
net/rds/ib.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/af_rds.c b/net/rds/af_rds.c
index b396c673dfaf..76f625986a7f 100644
--- a/net/rds/af_rds.c
+++ b/net/rds/af_rds.c
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ static int rds_cong_monitor(struct rds_sock *rs, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
return ret;
}
-static int rds_set_transport(struct rds_sock *rs, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
+static int rds_set_transport(struct net *net, struct rds_sock *rs,
+ sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
{
int t_type;
@@ -373,6 +374,10 @@ static int rds_set_transport(struct rds_sock *rs, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
if (t_type < 0 || t_type >= RDS_TRANS_COUNT)
return -EINVAL;
+ /* RDS/IB is restricted to the initial network namespace */
+ if (t_type != RDS_TRANS_TCP && !net_eq(net, &init_net))
+ return -EPROTOTYPE;
+
rs->rs_transport = rds_trans_get(t_type);
return rs->rs_transport ? 0 : -ENOPROTOOPT;
@@ -433,6 +438,7 @@ static int rds_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
sockptr_t optval, unsigned int optlen)
{
struct rds_sock *rs = rds_sk_to_rs(sock->sk);
+ struct net *net = sock_net(sock->sk);
int ret;
if (level != SOL_RDS) {
@@ -461,7 +467,7 @@ static int rds_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
break;
case SO_RDS_TRANSPORT:
lock_sock(sock->sk);
- ret = rds_set_transport(rs, optval, optlen);
+ ret = rds_set_transport(net, rs, optval, optlen);
release_sock(sock->sk);
break;
case SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD:
diff --git a/net/rds/ib.c b/net/rds/ib.c
index 412ff61e74fa..39f87272e071 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ static int rds_ib_laddr_check(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
{
struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev = NULL;
+ /* RDS/IB is restricted to the initial network namespace */
+ if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
+ return -EPROTOTYPE;
+
if (ipv6_addr_v4mapped(addr)) {
rds_ibdev = rds_ib_get_device(addr->s6_addr32[3]);
if (rds_ibdev) {
--
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