From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>,
anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, emil.s.tantilov@intel.com,
luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn, bryan.fraschetti@canonical.com,
tomasz.lichwala@linux.intel.com, david.butler@appgate.com,
horms@kernel.org, grzegorz.nitka@intel.com,
michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 4/6] ice: fix metadata_dst refcount handling on representor teardown
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:04:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928230429.495442-5-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928230429.495442-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
ice_eswitch_release_repr() uses metadata_dst_free() to release the
representor's metadata_dst. metadata_dst_free() directly frees the
underlying memory without checking the dst_entry refcount.
When ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit() processes a packet, it takes a
reference via dst_hold() and attaches the metadata_dst to the skb.
If the representor is torn down while packets are still queued on
the lower device (e.g. in a qdisc), the metadata_dst is freed while
references are still held.
Use dst_release() instead, which correctly decrements the refcount
and only frees the object when all references are dropped. The dst
subsystem already handles metadata_dst cleanup in dst_destroy() when
DST_METADATA is set.
Other drivers sharing this pattern (nfp, airoha, bnxt) already use
dst_release() for their metadata_dst lifecycle.
Fixes: f5396b8a663f7 ("ice: switchdev slow path")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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:[~2026-09-28 23:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-28 23:04 [PATCH net 0/6][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-28 (idpf, ice, iavf) Tony Nguyen
2026-09-28 23:04 ` [PATCH net 1/6] idpf: fix possible race on remove during a reset Tony Nguyen
2026-09-30 0:58 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-01 23:40 ` Tantilov, Emil S
2026-09-28 23:04 ` [PATCH net 2/6] ice: fix use-after-free in dynamic port cleanup Tony Nguyen
2026-09-28 23:04 ` [PATCH net 3/6] ice: Restore Ordered MMIO Writes for Tx Doorbells Tony Nguyen
2026-09-30 0:58 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-01 16:35 ` Tony Nguyen
2026-09-28 23:04 ` Tony Nguyen [this message]
2026-09-28 23:04 ` [PATCH net 5/6] iavf: fix VF stats not updating due to PTP command preemption Tony Nguyen
2026-09-30 0:58 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-30 15:07 ` Tomasz Lichwala
2026-09-28 23:04 ` [PATCH net 6/6] iavf: cap advertised max_pkt_size at the single-buffer HW limit Tony Nguyen
2026-09-29 16:18 ` Alexander Lobakin
2026-09-29 20:32 ` Dave Butler
2026-09-30 11:32 ` Alexander Lobakin
2026-09-30 0:58 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-30 6:02 ` Dave Butler
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2026-10-02 21:09 ` Fw: " David Butler
2026-09-28 23:10 ` [PATCH net 0/6][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-28 (idpf, ice, iavf) netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-09-29 1:41 ` Dave Butler
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2026-10-02 21:21 ` Fw: " David Butler
2026-09-29 17:16 ` Tantilov, Emil S
2026-09-30 15:06 ` Tomasz Lichwala
2026-10-01 23:47 ` Tony Nguyen
2026-10-02 20:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
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2026-10-02 21:06 ` Fw: " David Butler
2026-10-02 20:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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