From: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
To: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com, wojciech.drewek@intel.com,
horms@kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2] ice: eswitch: fix use-after-free of metadata_dst in repr release
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:05:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617100556.83620-1-doruk@0sec.ai> (raw)
ice_eswitch_release_repr() frees the port representor metadata_dst via
metadata_dst_free(), which directly kfree()s the object and ignores the
dst_entry refcount. The eswitch slow-path TX routine
ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit() takes a reference on this dst with
dst_hold() and attaches it to the skb via skb_dst_set(). If such an skb
is still in flight (e.g. queued in a qdisc) when the representor is torn
down, the metadata_dst is freed while the skb still points at it. When
the skb is later freed, dst_release() operates on already-freed memory.
Replace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() so the metadata_dst is
freed only after the last reference is dropped. The dst subsystem frees
metadata_dst objects from dst_destroy() once the refcount reaches zero
(DST_METADATA is set by metadata_dst_alloc()).
Same class of bug and fix as commit c32b26aaa2f9 ("netfilter:
nft_tunnel: fix use-after-free on object destroy").
Fixes: 1a1c40df2e80 ("ice: set and release switchdev environment")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
---
v2:
- Correct the Fixes: tag to the commit that introduced the switchdev
teardown (Simon Horman); add his Reviewed-by. No functional change.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260615140532.52676-1-doruk@0sec.ai/
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
index 2e4f0969035f..41b30a7ca4a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ice_eswitch_release_repr(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_repr *repr)
return;
ice_vsi_update_security(vsi, ice_vsi_ctx_set_antispoof);
- metadata_dst_free(repr->dst);
+ dst_release(&repr->dst->dst);
repr->dst = NULL;
ice_fltr_add_mac_and_broadcast(vsi, repr->parent_mac,
ICE_FWD_TO_VSI);
--
2.43.0
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