* [PATCH net v2 1/2 RESEND] net/sched: cls_u32: fix duplicate handle when node ID pool is exhausted
@ 2026-08-22 22:20 Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-08-22 22:20 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2 RESEND] selftests: tc-testing: add u32 node ID pool exhaustion test Jamal Hadi Salim
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jamal Hadi Salim @ 2026-08-22 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim, Jiri Pirko, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, stable, vega,
Victor Nogueira
gen_new_kid() falls back to returning max (htid | 0xFFF) when both
idr_alloc_u32() ranges are full, instead of reporting an error.
u32_change() trusts that value and inserts a new knode with a handle
that is already live in the hash table, breaking handle uniqueness
within the table's node ID space.
The handle was never reserved in ht->handle_idr, so every later error
path that does idr_remove(&ht->handle_idr, handle) removes the
reservation of a different, live knode, which is then reused — one
failed add compounds into further duplicates.
The 4095 limit is per (table, bucket) — ht->handle_idr is per hash
table and the range is derived from htid (bucketid), so a table with
divisor 256 can legitimately hold 256*4095 knodes.
The sibling helper gen_new_htid() has the same silent in-band failure:
it returns 0 when the tp_c handle pool (1..0x7FF) is full, and
u32_init() publishes the root hash table with handle 0 without
checking. Two root tables with handle 0 alias in u32_lookup_ht(),
allowing cross-tcf_proto knode add/lookup/delete. Add the same
exhaustion check that the divisor path already has.
Return an error so u32_change() fails with ENOSPC/ENOMEM when the
node ID space is exhausted, and so u32_init() fails with -ENOMEM
when the hash table ID space is exhausted.
Conditions to recreate the bug:
- CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y, CONFIG_CLS_U32=y (or =m with module loaded)
- Create a clsact qdisc on a device, then add 4095 u32 filters with
auto-generated handles to fill the node ID space for the root hash
table (single bucket). The 4096th auto-handle filter add triggers
the duplicate handle (fh 800::fff reused). Reachable at Level 2
(unshare -Urn, namespace-local CAP_NET_ADMIN).
- For gen_new_htid: create 2047 u32 proto entries on the same block
to fill the tp_c handle pool, then create one more. The root table
gets handle 0 and aliases with other handle-0 root tables.
Fixes: 7801db8aec95 ("net_sched: avoid generating same handle for u32 filters")
Reported-by: vega@nebusec.ai
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Commit message: removed incorrect "4095-knode cap" claim (knodes is a
liveness counter, not a limit; 4095 is per (table, bucket) via
ht->handle_idr/htid); reworded to "handle uniqueness within node ID
space".
- Commit message: added IDR-desync paragraph (max handle never reserved
-> erridr removes other live knode's reservation -> reuse compounds).
- Commit message: noted ENOSPC/ENOMEM both reachable (idr_get_free/
radix_tree_extend).
- Fixes: e7614370d6f04 -> 7801db8aec95 (duplicate-handle bug predates
the IDR conversion; e761 only added the IDR-desync consequence).
- Added NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Hash table node ID pool exhausted")
at both gen_new_kid() call sites; bare -ENOSPC -> "No space left on
device" was confusing.
- Folded gen_new_htid() exhaustion check in u32_init() (Sashiko nipa
main-1-0): same silent in-band failure pattern — gen_new_htid()
returns 0 when tp_c handle pool full, u32_init() published root table
with handle 0 without checking, causing cross-tcf_proto aliasing.
- Renewed tdc test (v1 tdc failed in long-running sweep, prompting v2).
---
net/sched/cls_u32.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index c297d7dbcf91..1a72817bd449 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ static int u32_init(struct tcf_proto *tp)
refcount_set(&root_ht->refcnt, 1);
root_ht->handle = tp_c ? gen_new_htid(tp_c, root_ht) : id2handle(0);
+ if (root_ht->handle == 0) {
+ kfree(root_ht);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
root_ht->prio = tp->prio;
root_ht->is_root = true;
idr_init(&root_ht->handle_idr);
@@ -695,16 +699,19 @@ static int u32_delete(struct tcf_proto *tp, void *arg, bool *last,
return ret;
}
-static u32 gen_new_kid(struct tc_u_hnode *ht, u32 htid)
+static u32 gen_new_kid(struct tc_u_hnode *ht, u32 htid, int *err)
{
u32 index = htid | 0x800;
u32 max = htid | 0xFFF;
+ *err = 0;
+
if (idr_alloc_u32(&ht->handle_idr, NULL, &index, max, GFP_KERNEL)) {
index = htid + 1;
- if (idr_alloc_u32(&ht->handle_idr, NULL, &index, max,
- GFP_KERNEL))
- index = max;
+ *err = idr_alloc_u32(&ht->handle_idr, NULL, &index, max,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (*err)
+ return 0;
}
return index;
@@ -1079,7 +1086,11 @@ static int u32_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
* handle which is used to uniquely identify the match entry.
*/
if (!TC_U32_NODE(handle)) {
- handle = gen_new_kid(ht, htid);
+ handle = gen_new_kid(ht, htid, &err);
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Hash table node ID pool exhausted");
+ return err;
+ }
} else {
handle = htid | TC_U32_NODE(handle);
err = idr_alloc_u32(&ht->handle_idr, NULL, &handle,
@@ -1091,7 +1102,11 @@ static int u32_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
/* The user did not give us a handle; lets just generate one
* from the table's pool of nodeids.
*/
- handle = gen_new_kid(ht, htid);
+ handle = gen_new_kid(ht, htid, &err);
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Hash table node ID pool exhausted");
+ return err;
+ }
}
if (tb[TCA_U32_SEL] == NULL) {
--
2.43.0
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@ 2026-08-22 22:20 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-08-24 12:57 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jamal Hadi Salim @ 2026-08-22 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim, Jiri Pirko, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, vega, Victor Nogueira
Add a tdc test case that fills the u32 node ID space with 4095
auto-generated handles, then attempts to add a 4096th. On the fixed
kernel the 4096th filter is rejected with ENOSPC (exit 2). On the
unfixed kernel it silently succeeds with a duplicate handle.
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
.../tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json
index b2ca9d4e991b..039bb8278a60 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json
@@ -353,5 +353,29 @@
"teardown": [
"$TC qdisc del dev $DEV1 parent root drr"
]
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "934a",
+ "name": "Add u32 filter when node ID pool is exhausted (4096th filter rejected)",
+ "category": [
+ "filter",
+ "u32"
+ ],
+ "plugins": {
+ "requires": "nsPlugin"
+ },
+ "setup": [
+ "$TC qdisc add dev $DUMMY clsact",
+ "bash -c 'yes \"filter add dev $DUMMY ingress prio 1 protocol ip u32 match u8 0 0 at 0\" | head -n 4095 > /tmp/u32_batch.txt'",
+ "bash -c '$TC -b /tmp/u32_batch.txt'"
+ ],
+ "cmdUnderTest": "$TC filter add dev $DUMMY ingress prio 1 protocol ip u32 match u8 0 0 at 0",
+ "expExitCode": "2",
+ "verifyCmd": "$TC -d filter show dev $DUMMY ingress",
+ "matchPattern": "fh 800::",
+ "matchCount": "4095",
+ "teardown": [
+ "$TC qdisc del dev $DUMMY clsact"
+ ]
}
]
--
2.43.0
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@ 2026-08-24 12:57 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jamal Hadi Salim @ 2026-08-24 12:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Jiri Pirko, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, vega, Victor Nogueira
On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> wrote:
>
> Add a tdc test case that fills the u32 node ID space with 4095
> auto-generated handles, then attempts to add a 4096th. On the fixed
> kernel the 4096th filter is rejected with ENOSPC (exit 2). On the
> unfixed kernel it silently succeeds with a duplicate handle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
pw-bot: cr
cheers,
jamal
> ---
> .../tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json
> index b2ca9d4e991b..039bb8278a60 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/filters/u32.json
> @@ -353,5 +353,29 @@
> "teardown": [
> "$TC qdisc del dev $DEV1 parent root drr"
> ]
> + },
> + {
> + "id": "934a",
> + "name": "Add u32 filter when node ID pool is exhausted (4096th filter rejected)",
> + "category": [
> + "filter",
> + "u32"
> + ],
> + "plugins": {
> + "requires": "nsPlugin"
> + },
> + "setup": [
> + "$TC qdisc add dev $DUMMY clsact",
> + "bash -c 'yes \"filter add dev $DUMMY ingress prio 1 protocol ip u32 match u8 0 0 at 0\" | head -n 4095 > /tmp/u32_batch.txt'",
> + "bash -c '$TC -b /tmp/u32_batch.txt'"
> + ],
> + "cmdUnderTest": "$TC filter add dev $DUMMY ingress prio 1 protocol ip u32 match u8 0 0 at 0",
> + "expExitCode": "2",
> + "verifyCmd": "$TC -d filter show dev $DUMMY ingress",
> + "matchPattern": "fh 800::",
> + "matchCount": "4095",
> + "teardown": [
> + "$TC qdisc del dev $DUMMY clsact"
> + ]
> }
> ]
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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