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From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	 pabeni@redhat.com, bjorn@kernel.org, magnus.karlsson@intel.com,
	 maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com, jonathan.lemon@gmail.com,
	sdf@fomichev.me, ast@kernel.org,  daniel@iogearbox.net,
	hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com, horms@kernel.org,
	 andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org,  Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/4] xsk: free the skb when hitting the upper bound MAX_SKB_FRAGS
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:44:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aeZJh5O7oWG6zYXt@devvm17672.vll0.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260418045644.28612-3-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>

On 04/18, Jason Xing wrote:
> From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
> 
> Fix it by explicitly adding kfree_skb() before returning back to its
> caller.
> 
> How to reproduce it in virtio_net:
> 1. the current skb is the first one (which means xs->skb is NULL) and
>    hit the limit MAX_SKB_FRAGS.
> 2. xsk_build_skb_zerocopy() returns -EOVERFLOW.
> 3. the caller xsk_build_skb() clears skb by using 'skb = NULL;'. This
>    is why bug can be triggered.
> 4. there is no chance to free this skb anymore.
> 
> Note that if in this case the xs->skb is not NULL, xsk_build_skb() will
> call xsk_drop_skb(xs->skb) to do the right thing.
> 
> Fixes: cf24f5a5feea ("xsk: add support for AF_XDP multi-buffer on Tx path")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
> ---
>  net/xdp/xsk.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> index 8fcde34aec7b..5d3dbb118730 100644
> --- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
> +++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
> @@ -778,8 +778,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb_zerocopy(struct xdp_sock *xs,
>  	addr = buffer - pool->addrs;
>  
>  	for (copied = 0, i = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; copied < len; i++) {
> -		if (unlikely(i >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS))
> +		if (unlikely(i >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
> +			if (!xs->skb)
> +				kfree_skb(skb);
>  			return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW);
> +		}
>  
>  		page = pool->umem->pgs[addr >> PAGE_SHIFT];
>  		get_page(page);
> -- 
> 2.41.3
> 

As mentioned for patch 1, need to do something with that
xsk_skb_init_misc... Otherwise we hit destructor with xsk_cq_submit_addr_locked
here as well

  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-20 15:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-18  4:56 [PATCH net 0/4] xsk: fix bugs around xsk skb allocation Jason Xing
2026-04-18  4:56 ` [PATCH net 1/4] xsk: avoid skb leak in XDP_TX_METADATA case Jason Xing
2026-04-20 15:22   ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-04-20 15:42     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-04-20 16:27       ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-04-21  0:55         ` Jason Xing
2026-04-18  4:56 ` [PATCH net 2/4] xsk: free the skb when hitting the upper bound MAX_SKB_FRAGS Jason Xing
2026-04-20 15:44   ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2026-04-18  4:56 ` [PATCH net 3/4] xsk: handle NULL dereference of the skb without frags issue Jason Xing
2026-04-18  4:56 ` [PATCH net 4/4] xsk: fix use-after-free of xs->skb in xsk_build_skb() free_err path Jason Xing

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