* [PATCH net 1/2] net/sched: pfifo_fast: cap ring size and account to memcg
@ 2026-08-20 9:57 Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-08-20 9:57 ` [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: tc-testing: add pfifo_fast ring cap regression test Jamal Hadi Salim
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From: Jamal Hadi Salim @ 2026-08-20 9:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim, Jiri Pirko, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, John Fastabend, stable,
vega, Victor Nogueira
pfifo_fast_init() and pfifo_fast_change_tx_queue_len() allocate skb
ring arrays sized by dev->tx_queue_len with GFP_KERNEL and no upper
bound. An unprivileged user (via unshare -Urn) can set a huge
tx_queue_len and attach many pfifo_fast qdiscs to exhaust global
memory, causing a system-wide OOM.
Cap the ring size to 65535 (default tx_queue_len is 1000) and use
GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT so the allocations are charged to the allocating
process's memory cgroup. A pr_warn_ratelimited is emitted when the
ring size is capped so the user is not silently clamped.
Conditions to recreate the bug:
- CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y, CONFIG_VETH=y, CONFIG_USER_NS=y, CONFIG_NET_NS=y.
- Unprivileged user in a fresh user+net namespace (unshare -Urn).
- Create a veth pair, set tx_queue_len to a huge value (e.g. 500000)
while the devices are down.
- Attach mq at root, then replace each child queue with pfifo_fast:
tc qdisc replace dev veth0 root handle 1: mq
tc qdisc replace dev veth0 parent 1:1 pfifo_fast
tc qdisc replace dev veth0 parent 1:2 pfifo_fast ...
- Repeat across many veth pairs. Each pfifo_fast allocates 3 skb_array
rings of tx_queue_len entries (~12MB per qdisc at QLEN=500000).
- On the unfixed kernel this exhausts global memory in ~28 iterations
on a 2GB guest -> OOM panic. On the fixed kernel the ring is capped
to 65535 entries (~1.5MB per qdisc) and charged to the memcg.
Fixes: c5ad119fb6c0 ("net: sched: pfifo_fast use skb_array")
Reported-by: vega@nebusec.ai
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
net/sched/sch_generic.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index ef2b4bf51564..e98fd236afa0 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -910,11 +910,17 @@ static int pfifo_fast_init(struct Qdisc *qdisc, struct nlattr *opt,
if (!qlen)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (qlen > 65535) {
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("pfifo_fast: capping ring size %u to 65535 for dev %s\n",
+ qlen, qdisc_dev(qdisc)->name);
+ qlen = 65535;
+ }
+
for (prio = 0; prio < PFIFO_FAST_BANDS; prio++) {
struct skb_array *q = band2list(priv, prio);
int err;
- err = skb_array_init(q, qlen, GFP_KERNEL);
+ err = skb_array_init(q, qlen, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (err)
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -957,8 +963,14 @@ static int pfifo_fast_change_tx_queue_len(struct Qdisc *sch,
bands[prio] = q;
}
+ if (new_len > 65535) {
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("pfifo_fast: capping ring size %u to 65535 for dev %s\n",
+ new_len, qdisc_dev(sch)->name);
+ new_len = 65535;
+ }
+
return skb_array_resize_multiple_bh(bands, PFIFO_FAST_BANDS, new_len,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
}
struct Qdisc_ops pfifo_fast_ops __read_mostly = {
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: tc-testing: add pfifo_fast ring cap regression test
2026-08-20 9:57 [PATCH net 1/2] net/sched: pfifo_fast: cap ring size and account to memcg Jamal Hadi Salim
@ 2026-08-20 9:57 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jamal Hadi Salim @ 2026-08-20 9:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim, Jiri Pirko, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, John Fastabend, stable,
vega, Victor Nogueira
Add a tdc test case (0249) that sets a huge tx_queue_len (100000000)
on a dummy device and attaches pfifo_fast. On the fixed kernel the
ring is internally capped to 65535 entries, so the qdisc is created
successfully (exit 0). On the unfixed kernel the 100M-entry ring
allocation (~2.4GB) fails, causing the qdisc add to fail (exit 2).
Fixes: c5ad119fb6c0 ("net: sched: pfifo_fast use skb_array")
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
.../tc-tests/qdiscs/pfifo_fast.json | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/qdiscs/pfifo_fast.json b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/qdiscs/pfifo_fast.json
index 30da27fe8806..2cbe9738d699 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/qdiscs/pfifo_fast.json
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/qdiscs/pfifo_fast.json
@@ -105,5 +105,28 @@
"teardown": [
"$TC qdisc del dev $DUMMY handle 1: root"
]
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "0249",
+ "name": "Create pfifo_fast with huge tx_queue_len (ring cap regression)",
+ "category": [
+ "qdisc",
+ "pfifo_fast"
+ ],
+ "plugins": {
+ "requires": "nsPlugin"
+ },
+ "setup": [
+ "$IP link set dev $DUMMY txqueuelen 100000000"
+ ],
+ "cmdUnderTest": "$TC qdisc add dev $DUMMY handle 1: root pfifo_fast",
+ "expExitCode": "0",
+ "verifyCmd": "$TC qdisc show dev $DUMMY",
+ "matchPattern": "qdisc pfifo_fast 1: root",
+ "matchCount": "1",
+ "teardown": [
+ "$IP link set dev $DUMMY txqueuelen 1000",
+ "$TC qdisc del dev $DUMMY handle 1: root"
+ ]
}
]
--
2.43.0
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