From: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
To: vinicius.gomes@intel.com, jhs@mojatatu.com, jiri@resnulli.us
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net/sched: taprio: unwind the netdevice notifier if register_qdisc() fails
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:54:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261021155417.66254-1-phx0fer@gmail.com> (raw)
taprio_module_init() registers taprio_device_notifier and then returns
register_qdisc()'s error directly. When register_qdisc() fails the
notifier stays registered, but the loader's failure path frees the module
image without ever calling the __exit function, so netdev_chain is left
pointing at taprio_device_notifier.notifier_call -- a function pointer
that lives in text that has just been freed.
register_qdisc() has two failure returns: -EEXIST (duplicate .id) and
-EINVAL (malformed cl_ops). taprio_class_ops satisfies every checked
implication, so -EINVAL is unreachable and -EEXIST is the only reachable
failure; it needs a pre-existing "taprio" entry in qdisc_base. In-tree
that is reachable only through bpf_qdisc_reg() (CONFIG_NET_SCH_BPF); a
module calling the exported register_qdisc() reaches it as well.
Once the notifier is left dangling, the next netdevice event that walks
netdev_chain calls through the stale pointer:
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in notifier_call_chain+0x650/0xb5c
Read of size 8 at addr ffff80001fc5ab08 by task ip/110
notifier_call_chain+0x650/0xb5c
raw_notifier_call_chain+0x34/0x64
call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0xa8/0x198
__dev_close_many+0xe0/0x800
...
>ffff80001fc5ab00: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
The shadow row is all f8 (KASAN_VMALLOC_INVALID): the read lands in
vmalloc memory that was poisoned when the module image was freed, and the
indirect call is unguarded because the only check, func_ptr_is_kernel_text(),
is compiled out unless CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS.
Mirror the sibling sch_cbs.c and act_mirred.c, which unwind the notifier
on this failure path.
Fixes: 7b9eba7ba0c1 ("net/sched: taprio: fix picos_per_byte miscalculation")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
---
Tested base
-----------
Detected on Linux 7.3-rc4 (commit 93f51579e7df), arm64 QEMU guest.
Re-checked against mainline f47d223627f8 (v7.3-341): the affected code
is unchanged between the two, so the bug is still present there.
Checked against linux-next next-20261021 (commit 9a482184d910): the
affected code is unchanged there as well, so the bug is still present in
linux-next too.
Reproducer status
-----------------
A reproducer was written and executed on an arm64 QEMU guest with
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TAPRIO=m, KASAN_VMALLOC=y, CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y; it fires at the
claimed sink. The reproducer source is not posted here per
Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst; it is available on request.
Triggering conditions
---------------------
A pre-existing "taprio" entry in qdisc_base, so register_qdisc() returns
-EEXIST (the only reachable failure). In-tree this is reachable via
bpf_qdisc_reg() (CONFIG_NET_SCH_BPF); the reproducer reaches it through the
exported register_qdisc(). Then a NETDEV_UP event.
Notes
-----
Built and checkpatch-clean: this patch was applied on top of 7.3-rc4
(commit 93f51579e7df) and a full arm64 kernel (defconfig) was built with
it -- no new warnings or errors. scripts/checkpatch.pl reports 0 errors,
0 warnings.
net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 39ac5b97aa3a..6eb40a379e79 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -2572,7 +2572,11 @@ static int __init taprio_module_init(void)
if (err)
return err;
- return register_qdisc(&taprio_qdisc_ops);
+ err = register_qdisc(&taprio_qdisc_ops);
+ if (err)
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&taprio_device_notifier);
+
+ return err;
}
static void __exit taprio_module_exit(void)
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-21 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-21 15:54 Dudu Lu [this message]
2026-10-21 15:58 ` [PATCH net] net/sched: taprio: unwind the netdevice notifier if register_qdisc() fails netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-22 4:59 ` phx
2026-10-23 10:59 ` Simon Horman
2026-10-26 23:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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