From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us,
stephen@networkplumber.org, victor@mojatatu.com,
savy@syst3mfailure.io, will@willsroot.io, xmei5@asu.edu,
pctammela@mojatatu.com, kuniyu@google.com, toke@toke.dk,
willemdebruijnkernel@gmail.com, hxzene@gmail.com,
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 6/9] net/sched: act_mirred: Fix blockcast recursion bypass leading to stack overflow
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:09:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260426190916.128489-7-jhs@mojatatu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260426190916.128489-1-jhs@mojatatu.com>
From: "Kito Xu (veritas501)" <hxzene@gmail.com>
tcf_mirred_act() checks sched_mirred_nest against MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT (4)
to prevent deep recursion. However, when the action uses blockcast
(tcfm_blockid != 0), the function returns at the tcf_blockcast() call
BEFORE reaching the counter increment. As a result, the recursion
counter never advances and the limit check is entirely bypassed.
When two devices share a TC egress block with a mirred blockcast rule,
a packet egressing on device A is mirrored to device B via blockcast;
device B's egress TC re-enters tcf_mirred_act() via blockcast and
mirrors back to A, creating an unbounded recursion loop:
tcf_mirred_act -> tcf_blockcast -> tcf_mirred_to_dev -> dev_queue_xmit
-> sch_handle_egress -> tcf_classify -> tcf_mirred_act -> (repeat)
This recursion continues until the kernel stack overflows.
The bug is reachable from an unprivileged user via
unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET): user namespaces grant
CAP_NET_ADMIN in the new network namespace, which is sufficient to
create dummy devices, attach clsact qdiscs with shared blocks, and
install mirred blockcast filters.
BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at ffffc90000b7fff8
Oops: stack guard page: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 2 UID: 1000 PID: 169 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc7-next-20260410
RIP: 0010:xas_find+0x17/0x480
Call Trace:
xa_find+0x17b/0x1d0
tcf_mirred_act+0x640/0x1060
tcf_action_exec+0x400/0x530
basic_classify+0x128/0x1d0
tcf_classify+0xd83/0x1150
tc_run+0x328/0x620
__dev_queue_xmit+0x797/0x3100
tcf_mirred_to_dev+0x7b1/0xf70
tcf_mirred_act+0x68a/0x1060
[repeating ~30+ times until stack overflow]
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Fix this by incrementing sched_mirred_nest before calling
tcf_blockcast() and decrementing it on return, mirroring the
non-blockcast path. This ensures subsequent recursive entries see the
updated counter and are correctly limited by MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT.
Fixes: fe946a751d9b ("net/sched: act_mirred: add loop detection")
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Kito Xu (veritas501) <hxzene@gmail.com>
---
net/sched/act_mirred.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index dd5e7ea7ef26..ea64faf7f469 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -453,8 +453,12 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
tcf_action_update_bstats(&m->common, skb);
blockid = READ_ONCE(m->tcfm_blockid);
- if (blockid)
- return tcf_blockcast(skb, m, blockid, res, retval);
+ if (blockid) {
+ xmit->sched_mirred_dev[xmit->sched_mirred_nest++] = NULL;
+ retval = tcf_blockcast(skb, m, blockid, res, retval);
+ xmit->sched_mirred_nest--;
+ return retval;
+ }
dev = rcu_dereference_bh(m->tcfm_dev);
if (unlikely(!dev)) {
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-26 19:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-26 19:09 [PATCH net 0/9] net/sched: Fix packet loops in mirred and netem Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 1/9] net: Introduce skb tc depth field to track packet loops Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 2/9] net/sched: Revert "net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree" Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 3/9] Revert "selftests/tc-testing: Add tests for restrictions on netem duplication" Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 4/9] net/sched: fix packet loop on netem when duplicate is on Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:43 ` William Liu
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 5/9] net/sched: Fix ethx:ingress -> ethy:egress -> ethx:ingress mirred loop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 7/9] net/sched: act_mirred: Fix skb leak in early mirred redirect returns Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 8/9] selftests/tc-testing: Add mirred test cases exercising loops Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-04-26 19:09 ` [PATCH net 9/9] selftests/tc-testing: Add netem test case " Jamal Hadi Salim
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