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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jiri@resnulli.us, davem@davemloft.net,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	toke@toke.dk, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
	linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	security@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
	Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3 v2] net: Extend bpf_net_context lifetime to cover qdisc enqueue
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:21:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260629102157.737306-2-jhs@mojatatu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260629102157.737306-1-jhs@mojatatu.com>

The bpf_net_context used by sch_handle_egress() is stack-allocated and torn
down in that function returned. By the time tcf_qevent_handle() runs
current->bpf_net_context is NULL.

When a filter attached to a qevent block (e.g. RED's early_drop or mark
qevents, which always use shared blocks) returns TC_ACT_REDIRECT,
tcf_qevent_handle() calls skb_do_redirect(), which in turn calls bpf helper
bpf_net_ctx_get_ri().  That helper unconditionally dereferences
current->bpf_net_context resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.

Note: The same holds for actions that invoke BPF redirect helpers
(e.g. act_bpf running a program that calls bpf_redirect()) during qevent
classification itself.

Fix:
Move the bpf_net_context lifecycle out of sch_handle_egress() into
__dev_queue_xmit(), so that it spans both the egress TC fast path and the
qdisc enqueue.
Note: The call is placed outside the egress_needed_key static branch
to cover the case where clsact static key is disabled. Unfortunately this
adds a small unconditional penalty to the code path _per packet_ only
guarded by CONFIG_NET_XGRESS (two writes and one read).

As pointed by sashiko [1]:
The same context must also be set up in net_tx_action()'s qdisc drain
path, since qdisc_run() -> netem_dequeue() -> qdisc_enqueue( RED child)
can trigger qevent classification asynchronously from softirq context.

This keeps all bpf_net_context management in net/core/dev.c i.e the
existing boundary between tc core and BPF without requiring any net/sched/
code to know about BPF plumbing.

Reproducer:

  tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: red limit 1MB min 10KB max 20KB \
      avpkt 1000 burst 100 qevent early_drop block 10
  tc filter add block 10 pref 1 bpf obj redirect.o

  traffic through eth0 triggers red_enqueue() -> tcf_qevent_handle() and,
  on a redirect verdict, a NULL deref in skb_do_redirect().

Fixes: 3625750f05ec ("net: sched: Introduce helpers for qevent blocks")
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4b3d5cfdf6e0..b95a8b153c76 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4527,14 +4527,11 @@ sch_handle_egress(struct sk_buff *skb, int *ret, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct bpf_mprog_entry *entry = rcu_dereference_bh(dev->tcx_egress);
 	enum skb_drop_reason drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_EGRESS;
-	struct bpf_net_context __bpf_net_ctx, *bpf_net_ctx;
 	int sch_ret;
 
 	if (!entry)
 		return skb;
 
-	bpf_net_ctx = bpf_net_ctx_set(&__bpf_net_ctx);
-
 	/* qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_len & tcx_set_ingress() was
 	 * already set by the caller.
 	 */
@@ -4550,12 +4547,10 @@ sch_handle_egress(struct sk_buff *skb, int *ret, struct net_device *dev)
 		/* No need to push/pop skb's mac_header here on egress! */
 		skb_do_redirect(skb);
 		*ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
-		bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
 		return NULL;
 	case TC_ACT_SHOT:
 		kfree_skb_reason(skb, drop_reason);
 		*ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
-		bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
 		return NULL;
 	/* used by tc_run */
 	case TC_ACT_STOLEN:
@@ -4565,10 +4560,8 @@ sch_handle_egress(struct sk_buff *skb, int *ret, struct net_device *dev)
 		fallthrough;
 	case TC_ACT_CONSUMED:
 		*ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
-		bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
 
 	return skb;
 }
@@ -4767,6 +4760,9 @@ struct netdev_queue *netdev_core_pick_tx(struct net_device *dev,
  */
 int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+	struct bpf_net_context __bpf_net_ctx, *bpf_net_ctx = NULL;
+#endif
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 	struct netdev_queue *txq = NULL;
 	enum skb_drop_reason reason;
@@ -4795,6 +4791,9 @@ int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
 	skb_update_prio(skb);
 
 	tcx_set_ingress(skb, false);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+	bpf_net_ctx = bpf_net_ctx_set(&__bpf_net_ctx);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_EGRESS
 	if (static_branch_unlikely(&egress_needed_key)) {
 		if (nf_hook_egress_active()) {
@@ -4898,12 +4897,18 @@ int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
 
 	reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_RECURSION_LIMIT;
 drop:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+	bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
+#endif
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
 	dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
 	kfree_skb_list_reason(skb, reason);
 	return rc;
 out:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+	bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
+#endif
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -5815,6 +5820,9 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(void)
 
 	if (sd->output_queue) {
 		struct Qdisc *head;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+		struct bpf_net_context __bpf_net_ctx, *bpf_net_ctx;
+#endif
 
 		local_irq_disable();
 		head = sd->output_queue;
@@ -5824,6 +5832,10 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(void)
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+		bpf_net_ctx = bpf_net_ctx_set(&__bpf_net_ctx);
+#endif
+
 		while (head) {
 			spinlock_t *root_lock = NULL;
 			struct sk_buff *to_free;
@@ -5860,6 +5872,10 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(void)
 			tcf_kfree_skb_list(to_free, q, NULL, qdisc_dev(q));
 		}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_XGRESS
+		bpf_net_ctx_clear(bpf_net_ctx);
+#endif
+
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
-- 
2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-29 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-29 10:21 [PATCH net 0/3 v2] Fix broken TC_ACT_REDIRECT Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-06-29 10:21 ` Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
2026-06-29 13:01   ` [PATCH net 1/3 v2] net: Extend bpf_net_context lifetime to cover qdisc enqueue Daniel Borkmann
2026-06-29 13:36     ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-06-29 13:48       ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-06-29 14:00         ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-06-29 14:08         ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-06-29 10:21 ` [PATCH net 2/3 v2] net/sched: Handle TC_ACT_REDIRECT from qdisc filter chains Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-06-29 10:21 ` [PATCH net 3/3 v2] selftests/tc-testing: Verify bpf redirect on RED block with preceding clsact (egress) classifier Jamal Hadi Salim

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