* [PATCH net] net/stmmac: Fix free-after-use panic when interface goes does with XDP
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@ 2026-05-11 16:50 ` Jakub Raczynski
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From: Jakub Raczynski @ 2026-05-11 16:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: linux-kernel, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
mcoquelin.stm32, alexandre.torgue, k.domagalski, k.tegowski,
Jakub Raczynski, Chang-Sub Lee
When running XDP forwarding and interface gets shut down, kernel might panic
or show SLUB "poison overwritten" errors due to a race condition between
NAPI polling and resource freeing.
Observed error is one of following:
- Poison overwrriten
[ 1889.547746] eth1: Link is Down
[ 1889.549940] =============================================================================
[ 1889.549954] BUG kmalloc-4k (Tainted: G B ): Poison overwritten
[ 1889.549959] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ 1889.549963] 0xffffff882dcc4d80-0xffffff882dcc4da7 @offset=19840. First byte 0x0 instead of 0x6b
[ 1889.549969] Allocated in __alloc_dma_tx_desc_resources+0x60/0x10c [stmmac] age=169 cpu=7 pid=27759
[ 1889.550020] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x100/0x2e8
[ 1889.550032] __kmalloc+0x58/0x1a0
[ 1889.550039] __alloc_dma_tx_desc_resources+0x60/0x10c [stmmac]
[ 1889.550052] alloc_dma_desc_resources+0xec/0x164 [stmmac]
[ 1889.550064] stmmac_setup_dma_desc+0xec/0x1e4 [stmmac]
[ 1889.550076] stmmac_open+0x28/0x94 [stmmac]
[...]
- Wrong memory address
[ 1901.546692] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dead000000000122
[...]
[ 1902.964068] Call trace:
[ 1902.967193] free_to_partial_list+0x560/0x600
[ 1902.972227] __slab_free+0x1a8/0x420
[ 1902.976480] __kmem_cache_free+0x204/0x218
[ 1902.981254] kfree+0x6c/0x128
[ 1902.984900] kvfree+0x3c/0x4c
[ 1902.988545] page_pool_release+0x234/0x27c
[ 1902.993320] page_pool_destroy+0xcc/0x190
[ 1902.998006] __free_dma_rx_desc_resources+0x100/0x360 [stmmac]
[ 1903.004516] free_dma_desc_resources+0x8c/0xac [stmmac]
[ 1903.010419] stmmac_release+0x1c0/0x2b4 [stmmac]
[...]
Root cause is stmmac_release() stops DMA and frees TX/RX ring buffers and
page pools while NAPI/XDP could still be accessing these resources in the
background.
Fix this by following:
- Set STMMAC_DOWN flag before stopping DMA to signal XDP to stop
- Call synchronize_rcu() after stopping DMA but before freeing resources to
ensure all ongoing NAPI operations complete
- Add STMMAC_DOWN flag checks in XDP code paths (XDP_TX and XDP_REDIRECT) to
drop packets when interface is going down. This has already been done for
stmmac_xdp_xmit() so make it consistent
- Clear STMMAC_DOWN flag in __stmmac_open() to restore normal operation.
This was only done for stmmac_reset_subtask() during abnormal operation,
which is not enough. This does not affect normal operation as this flag is
used only for XDP apps
Co-developed-by: Chang-Sub Lee <cs0617.lee@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Chang-Sub Lee <cs0617.lee@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Raczynski <j.raczynski@samsung.com>
---
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 3591755ea30b..3b7b7b0cab9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4147,6 +4147,9 @@ static int __stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev,
stmmac_reset_queues_param(priv);
+ /* Clear DOWN flag when opening the interface */
+ clear_bit(STMMAC_DOWN, &priv->state);
+
ret = stmmac_hw_setup(dev);
if (ret < 0) {
netdev_err(priv->dev, "%s: Hw setup failed\n", __func__);
@@ -4251,9 +4254,18 @@ static void __stmmac_release(struct net_device *dev)
/* Free the IRQ lines */
stmmac_free_irq(dev, REQ_IRQ_ERR_ALL, 0);
+ /* Set DOWN flag to prevent XDP from processing new packets */
+ set_bit(STMMAC_DOWN, &priv->state);
+
/* Stop TX/RX DMA and clear the descriptors */
stmmac_stop_all_dma(priv);
+ /* Ensure NAPI has finished before freeing resources.
+ * This prevents use-after-free when NAPI is mid-execution
+ * accessing TX/RX ring buffers and page pool during ifconfig down.
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
/* Release and free the Rx/Tx resources */
free_dma_desc_resources(priv, &priv->dma_conf);
@@ -5267,6 +5279,9 @@ static int stmmac_xdp_xmit_back(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
if (unlikely(!xdpf))
return STMMAC_XDP_CONSUMED;
+ if (unlikely(test_bit(STMMAC_DOWN, &priv->state)))
+ return -ENETDOWN;
+
queue = stmmac_xdp_get_tx_queue(priv, cpu);
nq = netdev_get_tx_queue(priv->dev, queue);
@@ -5308,7 +5323,9 @@ static int __stmmac_xdp_run_prog(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
res = stmmac_xdp_xmit_back(priv, xdp);
break;
case XDP_REDIRECT:
- if (xdp_do_redirect(priv->dev, xdp, prog) < 0)
+ if (unlikely(test_bit(STMMAC_DOWN, &priv->state)))
+ res = STMMAC_XDP_CONSUMED;
+ else if (xdp_do_redirect(priv->dev, xdp, prog) < 0)
res = STMMAC_XDP_CONSUMED;
else
res = STMMAC_XDP_REDIRECT;
--
2.34.1
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