From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, vega@nebusec.ai,
Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix quantum/backlog overflow in fq, fq_codel, hhf, sfq
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:11:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818101130.16203-1-jhs@mojatatu.com> (raw)
Several qdiscs derive their per-flow quantum or backlog from psched_mtu()
or accumulate qdisc_pkt_len() into a u32/int counter without an overflow
or zero clamp, which can drive the dequeue/credit-refill loop into a soft
lockup or a NULL deref.
vega@nebusec.ai provided reports and PoCs which illustrated the following:
- sch_fq: fq_dequeue() credit-refill loop with a small quantum spins ~1B
iterations under the qdisc lock (soft lockup); fq_init() computes
quantum = 2 * psched_mtu() with no overflow check.
- sch_fq_codel: fq_codel_enqueue() accumulates qdisc_pkt_len() into a u32
per-flow backlog; a crafted TCA_STAB inflates pkt_len to 1 GiB so a few
packets wrap the counter to 0, and fq_codel_drop() then picks an empty
flow and derefs NULL.
- sch_hhf: hhf_init() sets quantum = psched_mtu() with no overflow check;
a huge MTU makes it 0x80000000, and hhf_dequeue()'s deficit += weight *
quantum loops forever.
- sch_sfq: sfq_init() sets quantum = psched_mtu() (unsigned); a huge MTU
makes allot = INT_MIN, and INT_MIN + INT_MIN is UB that toggles between
INT_MIN and 0 forever.
Clamp the quantum to a sane minimum and promote the backlog/credit sums to
avoid the wrap, so the dequeue loops terminate and the drop path never
selects an empty flow.
Reported-by: vega@nebusec.ai
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
net/sched/sch_fq.c | 9 ++++++---
net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
net/sched/sch_hhf.c | 12 +++++++++++
net/sched/sch_sfq.c | 7 +++++++
4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq.c b/net/sched/sch_fq.c
index 7cae082a9847..66e9c6e530d8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq.c
@@ -750,7 +750,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *fq_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
f = head->first;
retry = 0;
if (f->credit <= 0) {
- f->credit += q->quantum;
+ if (f->credit + (int)q->quantum > 0)
+ f->credit += q->quantum;
+ else
+ f->credit = q->quantum;
head->first = f->next;
fq_flow_add_tail(q, f, OLD_FLOW);
goto begin;
@@ -1226,8 +1229,8 @@ static int fq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
sch->limit = 10000;
q->flow_plimit = 100;
- q->quantum = 2 * psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
- q->initial_quantum = 10 * psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
+ q->quantum = max_t(u32, 2 * psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)), 256);
+ q->initial_quantum = max_t(u32, 10 * psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)), 256);
q->flow_refill_delay = msecs_to_jiffies(40);
q->flow_max_rate = ~0UL;
q->time_next_delayed_flow = ~0ULL;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index 6cce86ba383c..990f8b1cc57e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -152,12 +152,24 @@ static unsigned int fq_codel_drop(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned int max_packets,
* amortizing this linear lookup to one cache line per drop.
*/
for (i = 0; i < q->flows_cnt; i++) {
- if (q->backlogs[i] > maxbacklog) {
+ if (q->backlogs[i] > maxbacklog && q->flows[i].head) {
maxbacklog = q->backlogs[i];
idx = i;
}
}
+ /* TCA_STAB can inflate qdisc_pkt_len enough to wrap per-flow
+ * backlogs (u32) to zero; fall back to a flow with packets.
+ */
+ if (maxbacklog == 0) {
+ for (i = 0; i < q->flows_cnt; i++) {
+ if (q->flows[i].head) {
+ idx = i;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
/* Our goal is to drop half of this fat flow backlog */
threshold = maxbacklog >> 1;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_hhf.c b/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
index d85cb0263b67..7634d6cbeed8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
@@ -624,6 +624,18 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
q->hhf_evict_timeout = HZ; /* 1 sec */
q->hhf_non_hh_weight = 2;
+ if (!opt) {
+ u64 non_hh_quantum = (u64)q->quantum * q->hhf_non_hh_weight;
+
+ /* A device with max_mtu == 0 (e.g. dummy) accepts an MTU that
+ * makes weight * quantum overflow the signed deficit and spin
+ * hhf_dequeue() forever. Clamp to the same minimum quantum
+ * floor fq_codel uses (max(256U, ...)).
+ */
+ if (non_hh_quantum == 0 || non_hh_quantum > INT_MAX)
+ q->quantum = 256;
+ }
+
if (opt) {
int err = hhf_change(sch, opt, extack);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 77675f9a4c46..b84aa7614cc9 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -800,6 +800,13 @@ static int sfq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
q->divisor = SFQ_DEFAULT_HASH_DIVISOR;
q->maxflows = SFQ_DEFAULT_FLOWS;
q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
+ /* A device with max_mtu == 0 (e.g. dummy) accepts an MTU that makes
+ * psched_mtu() wrap into the sign bit; that would set slot->allot
+ * negative and spin sfq_dequeue() forever. Fall back to a sane
+ * quantum (10 KiB) that fits a signed int and is >= one MTU.
+ */
+ if ((int)q->quantum <= 0)
+ q->quantum = 10 * 1024;
q->perturb_period = 0;
get_random_bytes(&q->perturbation, sizeof(q->perturbation));
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-18 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-18 10:11 Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
2026-08-18 12:55 ` [PATCH net] net: sched: fix quantum/backlog overflow in fq, fq_codel, hhf, sfq Eric Dumazet
2026-08-18 12:59 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-08-18 14:25 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
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