From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>,
anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com,
grzegorz.nitka@intel.com, horms@kernel.org,
przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>,
Marcin Szycik <marcin.szycik@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 07/10] ice: eswitch: fix use-after-free of metadata_dst in repr release
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:22:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804222205.1580328-8-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804222205.1580328-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
From: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
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>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Marcin Szycik <marcin.szycik@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---
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 b069e6c514fb..6e7bba473898 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);
--
2.47.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 22:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 22:21 [PATCH net 00/10][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-08-04 (iavf, i40e, ice, igc) Tony Nguyen
2026-08-04 22:21 ` [PATCH net 01/10] iavf: return EBUSY if reset in progress or not ready during MAC change Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:21 ` [PATCH net 02/10] i40e: skip unnecessary VF reset when setting trust Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:21 ` [PATCH net 03/10] iavf: send MAC change request synchronously Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:21 ` [PATCH net 04/10] ice: skip unnecessary VF reset when setting trust Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:21 ` [PATCH net 05/10] ice: move ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays() up Tony Nguyen
2026-08-04 22:21 ` [PATCH net 06/10] ice: fix stats array overflow via proper realloc Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:22 ` Tony Nguyen [this message]
2026-08-06 17:20 ` [PATCH net 07/10] ice: eswitch: fix use-after-free of metadata_dst in repr release Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:22 ` [PATCH net 08/10] i40e: fix memcmp of pointer in i40e_hw_set_dcb_config() Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:22 ` [PATCH net 09/10] i40e: fix netdev leak in i40e_vsi_setup() error paths Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-04 22:22 ` [PATCH net 10/10] igc: fix netdev not re-attached after resume if interface is down Tony Nguyen
2026-08-06 17:19 ` [PATCH net 00/10][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-08-04 (iavf, i40e, ice, igc) Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-06 17:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260804222205.1580328-8-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com \
--to=anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com \
--cc=aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com \
--cc=andrew+netdev@lunn.ch \
--cc=davem@davemloft.net \
--cc=doruk@0sec.ai \
--cc=edumazet@google.com \
--cc=grzegorz.nitka@intel.com \
--cc=horms@kernel.org \
--cc=kuba@kernel.org \
--cc=marcin.szycik@linux.intel.com \
--cc=michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com \
--cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=pabeni@redhat.com \
--cc=przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com \
--cc=stable@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox