* [PATCH net v2 1/1] net/sched: sch_teql: Introduce slaves_lock to avoid race condition and UAF
@ 2026-06-24 22:40 Jamal Hadi Salim
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From: Jamal Hadi Salim @ 2026-06-24 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, jiri, victor, security,
zdi-disclosures, stable, Jamal Hadi Salim, kernel test robot
The teql master->slaves singly linked list is not protected against
multiple writes. It can be mod'ed concurently from teql_master_xmit(),
teql_dequeue(), teql_init() and teql_destroy() without holding any list
lock or RCU protection.
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com has demonstrated that the qdisc is freed
after an RCU grace period, but teql_master_xmit() running on another
CPU can still hold a stale pointer into the list, resulting in a
slab-use-after-free:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in teql_destroy+0x3ca/0x440 linux/net/sched/sch_teql.c:142
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802923aa80 by task ip/10024
The zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com repro created concurrent AF_PACKET
senders on a teql device against a thread that repeatedly adds/deletes the
slave qdisc, together with a SLUB spray that reclaims the freed slot; the
resulting UAF is controllable enough to be turned into a read/write
primitive against the freed qdisc object.
The fix?
Add a per-master slaves_lock spinlock that serializes all mutations of
master->slaves and the NEXT_SLAVE() links in teql_destroy() and
teql_qdisc_init(). teql_master_xmit() also takes the same slaves_lock
around those updates.
Annotate master->slaves and the per-slave ->next pointer with __rcu and
use the appropriate RCU accessors everywhere they are touched:
rcu_assign_pointer() on the writer side (under slaves_lock),
rcu_dereference_protected() for the writer-side loads (also under
slaves_lock), rcu_dereference_bh() for the loads in teql_master_xmit() and
rtnl_dereference() for the loads in teql_master_open()/teql_master_mtu(),
which run under RTNL.
Pair this with rcu_read_lock_bh()/rcu_read_unlock_bh() around the list
traversal in teql_master_xmit(), so that readers either observe a fully
linked list or are deferred until the in-flight mutation completes. The two
early-return paths in teql_master_xmit() are updated to release the RCU-bh
read-side critical section before returning, since leaving it held would
disable BH on that CPU for good.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202606241501.XQBMu4b8-lkp@intel.com/
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
Changes in v2:
Address sparse issues found by kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
- rcu annotated struct teql_master->slaves and struct teql_sched_data->next
- teql_destroy/teql_qdisc_init: replace all READ/WRITE_ONCE() with rcu_dereference_protected()/rcu_assign_pointer()
---
net/sched/sch_teql.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_teql.c b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
index e7bbc9e5174d..f4654f1b1200 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_teql.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
struct teql_master {
struct Qdisc_ops qops;
struct net_device *dev;
- struct Qdisc *slaves;
+ struct Qdisc __rcu *slaves;
+ spinlock_t slaves_lock; /* serializes writes to ->slaves */
struct list_head master_list;
unsigned long tx_bytes;
unsigned long tx_packets;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ struct teql_master {
};
struct teql_sched_data {
- struct Qdisc *next;
+ struct Qdisc __rcu *next;
struct teql_master *m;
struct sk_buff_head q;
};
@@ -101,7 +102,9 @@ teql_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
if (skb == NULL) {
struct net_device *m = qdisc_dev(q);
if (m) {
- dat->m->slaves = sch;
+ spin_lock_bh(&dat->m->slaves_lock);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(dat->m->slaves, sch);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dat->m->slaves_lock);
netif_wake_queue(m);
}
} else {
@@ -132,34 +135,49 @@ teql_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
struct Qdisc *q, *prev;
struct teql_sched_data *dat = qdisc_priv(sch);
struct teql_master *master = dat->m;
+ struct netdev_queue *txq = NULL;
+ bool reset_master_queue = false;
if (!master)
return;
- prev = master->slaves;
+ spin_lock_bh(&master->slaves_lock);
+ prev = rcu_dereference_protected(master->slaves,
+ lockdep_is_held(&master->slaves_lock));
if (prev) {
do {
- q = NEXT_SLAVE(prev);
- if (q == sch) {
- NEXT_SLAVE(prev) = NEXT_SLAVE(q);
- if (q == master->slaves) {
- master->slaves = NEXT_SLAVE(q);
- if (q == master->slaves) {
- struct netdev_queue *txq;
-
- txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(master->dev, 0);
- master->slaves = NULL;
-
- dev_reset_queue(master->dev,
- txq, NULL);
- }
- }
- skb_queue_purge(&dat->q);
- break;
+ struct Qdisc *head, *next;
+
+ q = rcu_dereference_protected(NEXT_SLAVE(prev),
+ lockdep_is_held(&master->slaves_lock));
+ if (q != sch) {
+ prev = q;
+ continue;
}
- } while ((prev = q) != master->slaves);
+ next = rcu_dereference_protected(NEXT_SLAVE(q),
+ lockdep_is_held(&master->slaves_lock));
+ rcu_assign_pointer(NEXT_SLAVE(prev), next);
+
+ head = rcu_dereference_protected(master->slaves,
+ lockdep_is_held(&master->slaves_lock));
+ if (q == head) {
+ rcu_assign_pointer(master->slaves, next);
+ if (q == next) {
+ txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(master->dev, 0);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(master->slaves, NULL);
+ reset_master_queue = true;
+ }
+ }
+ skb_queue_purge(&dat->q);
+ break;
+ } while (prev != rcu_dereference_protected(master->slaves,
+ lockdep_is_held(&master->slaves_lock)));
}
+ spin_unlock_bh(&master->slaves_lock);
+
+ if (reset_master_queue)
+ dev_reset_queue(master->dev, txq, NULL);
}
static int teql_qdisc_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
@@ -168,6 +186,7 @@ static int teql_qdisc_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
struct net_device *dev = qdisc_dev(sch);
struct teql_master *m = (struct teql_master *)sch->ops;
struct teql_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
+ struct Qdisc *first;
if (dev->hard_header_len > m->dev->hard_header_len)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -184,7 +203,9 @@ static int teql_qdisc_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
skb_queue_head_init(&q->q);
- if (m->slaves) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&m->slaves_lock);
+ first = rcu_dereference_protected(m->slaves, lockdep_is_held(&m->slaves_lock));
+ if (first) {
if (m->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
if ((m->dev->flags & IFF_POINTOPOINT &&
!(dev->flags & IFF_POINTOPOINT)) ||
@@ -192,8 +213,10 @@ static int teql_qdisc_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
!(dev->flags & IFF_BROADCAST)) ||
(m->dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST &&
!(dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST)) ||
- dev->mtu < m->dev->mtu)
+ dev->mtu < m->dev->mtu) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&m->slaves_lock);
return -EINVAL;
+ }
} else {
if (!(dev->flags&IFF_POINTOPOINT))
m->dev->flags &= ~IFF_POINTOPOINT;
@@ -204,14 +227,17 @@ static int teql_qdisc_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
if (dev->mtu < m->dev->mtu)
m->dev->mtu = dev->mtu;
}
- q->next = NEXT_SLAVE(m->slaves);
- NEXT_SLAVE(m->slaves) = sch;
+ rcu_assign_pointer(q->next,
+ rcu_dereference_protected(NEXT_SLAVE(first),
+ lockdep_is_held(&m->slaves_lock)));
+ rcu_assign_pointer(NEXT_SLAVE(first), sch);
} else {
- q->next = sch;
- m->slaves = sch;
+ rcu_assign_pointer(q->next, sch);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(m->slaves, sch);
m->dev->mtu = dev->mtu;
m->dev->flags = (m->dev->flags&~FMASK)|(dev->flags&FMASK);
}
+ spin_unlock_bh(&m->slaves_lock);
return 0;
}
@@ -285,7 +311,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
int subq = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
struct sk_buff *skb_res = NULL;
- start = master->slaves;
+ rcu_read_lock_bh();
+
+ start = rcu_dereference_bh(master->slaves);
restart:
nores = 0;
@@ -317,10 +345,14 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave, slave_txq, false) ==
NETDEV_TX_OK) {
__netif_tx_unlock(slave_txq);
- master->slaves = NEXT_SLAVE(q);
+ spin_lock_bh(&master->slaves_lock);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(master->slaves,
+ rcu_dereference_bh(NEXT_SLAVE(q)));
+ spin_unlock_bh(&master->slaves_lock);
netif_wake_queue(dev);
master->tx_packets++;
master->tx_bytes += length;
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh();
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
__netif_tx_unlock(slave_txq);
@@ -329,14 +361,18 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
busy = 1;
break;
case 1:
- master->slaves = NEXT_SLAVE(q);
+ spin_lock_bh(&master->slaves_lock);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(master->slaves,
+ rcu_dereference_bh(NEXT_SLAVE(q)));
+ spin_unlock_bh(&master->slaves_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh();
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
default:
nores = 1;
break;
}
__skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb));
- } while ((q = NEXT_SLAVE(q)) != start);
+ } while ((q = rcu_dereference_bh(NEXT_SLAVE(q))) != start);
if (nores && skb_res == NULL) {
skb_res = skb;
@@ -345,29 +381,32 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
if (busy) {
netif_stop_queue(dev);
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh();
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
}
master->tx_errors++;
drop:
master->tx_dropped++;
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh();
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
static int teql_master_open(struct net_device *dev)
{
- struct Qdisc *q;
+ struct Qdisc *q, *first;
struct teql_master *m = netdev_priv(dev);
int mtu = 0xFFFE;
unsigned int flags = IFF_NOARP | IFF_MULTICAST;
- if (m->slaves == NULL)
+ first = rtnl_dereference(m->slaves);
+ if (!first)
return -EUNATCH;
flags = FMASK;
- q = m->slaves;
+ q = first;
do {
struct net_device *slave = qdisc_dev(q);
@@ -389,7 +428,7 @@ static int teql_master_open(struct net_device *dev)
flags &= ~IFF_BROADCAST;
if (!(slave->flags&IFF_MULTICAST))
flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
- } while ((q = NEXT_SLAVE(q)) != m->slaves);
+ } while ((q = rtnl_dereference(NEXT_SLAVE(q))) != first);
m->dev->mtu = mtu;
m->dev->flags = (m->dev->flags&~FMASK) | flags;
@@ -417,14 +456,15 @@ static void teql_master_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
static int teql_master_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
{
struct teql_master *m = netdev_priv(dev);
- struct Qdisc *q;
+ struct Qdisc *q, *first;
- q = m->slaves;
+ first = rtnl_dereference(m->slaves);
+ q = first;
if (q) {
do {
if (new_mtu > qdisc_dev(q)->mtu)
return -EINVAL;
- } while ((q = NEXT_SLAVE(q)) != m->slaves);
+ } while ((q = rtnl_dereference(NEXT_SLAVE(q))) != first);
}
WRITE_ONCE(dev->mtu, new_mtu);
@@ -444,6 +484,7 @@ static __init void teql_master_setup(struct net_device *dev)
struct teql_master *master = netdev_priv(dev);
struct Qdisc_ops *ops = &master->qops;
+ spin_lock_init(&master->slaves_lock);
master->dev = dev;
ops->priv_size = sizeof(struct teql_sched_data);
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