FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

gregkh
2026-05-01T12:11:10Z

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x df4601653201de21b487c3e7fffd464790cab808
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050101-frill-douche-8319@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From df4601653201de21b487c3e7fffd464790cab808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhengchuan Liang <zcliangcn@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:08:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers

Local FDB entries can be rewritten in place by `fdb_delete_local()`, which
updates `f->dst` to another port or to `NULL` while keeping the entry
alive. Several bridge RCU readers inspect `f->dst`, including
`br_fdb_fillbuf()` through the `brforward_read()` sysfs path.

These readers currently load `f->dst` multiple times and can therefore
observe inconsistent values across the check and later dereference.
In `br_fdb_fillbuf()`, this means a concurrent local-FDB update can change
`f->dst` after the NULL check and before the `port_no` dereference,
leading to a NULL-ptr-deref.

Fix this by taking a single `READ_ONCE()` snapshot of `f->dst` in each
affected RCU reader and using that snapshot for the rest of the access
sequence. Also publish the in-place `f->dst` updates in `fdb_delete_local()`
with `WRITE_ONCE()` so the readers and writer use matching access patterns.

Fixes: 960b589f86c7 ("bridge: Properly check if local fdb entry can be deleted in br_fdb_change_mac_address")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Tested-by: Ren Wei <enjou1224z@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhengchuan Liang <zcliangcn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6570fabb85ecadb8baaf019efe856f407711c7b9.1776043229.git.zcliangcn@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c b/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
index 0c8a06cdd46f..deb1ab1f24b0 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
@@ -201,11 +201,12 @@ void br_do_proxy_suppress_arp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_bridge *br,

f = br_fdb_find_rcu(br, n->ha, vid);
if (f) {
+ const struct net_bridge_port *dst = READ_ONCE(f->dst);
bool replied = false;

if ((p && (p->flags & BR_PROXYARP)) ||
- (f->dst && (f->dst->flags & BR_PROXYARP_WIFI)) ||
- br_is_neigh_suppress_enabled(f->dst, vid)) {
+ (dst && (dst->flags & BR_PROXYARP_WIFI)) ||
+ br_is_neigh_suppress_enabled(dst, vid)) {
if (!vid)
br_arp_send(br, p, skb->dev, sip, tip,
sha, n->ha, sha, 0, 0);
@@ -469,9 +470,10 @@ void br_do_suppress_nd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_bridge *br,

f = br_fdb_find_rcu(br, n->ha, vid);
if (f) {
+ const struct net_bridge_port *dst = READ_ONCE(f->dst);
bool replied = false;

- if (br_is_neigh_suppress_enabled(f->dst, vid)) {
+ if (br_is_neigh_suppress_enabled(dst, vid)) {
if (vid != 0)
br_nd_send(br, p, skb, n,
skb->vlan_proto,
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
index e2c17f620f00..6eb3ab69a514 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ struct net_device *br_fdb_find_port(const struct net_device *br_dev,
const unsigned char *addr,
__u16 vid)
{
+ const struct net_bridge_port *dst;
struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *f;
struct net_device *dev = NULL;
struct net_bridge *br;
@@ -248,8 +249,11 @@ struct net_device *br_fdb_find_port(const struct net_device *br_dev,
br = netdev_priv(br_dev);
rcu_read_lock();
f = br_fdb_find_rcu(br, addr, vid);
- if (f && f->dst)
- dev = f->dst->dev;
+ if (f) {
+ dst = READ_ONCE(f->dst);
+ if (dst)
+ dev = dst->dev;
+ }
rcu_read_unlock();

return dev;
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ static void fdb_delete_local(struct net_bridge *br,
vg = nbp_vlan_group(op);
if (op != p && ether_addr_equal(op->dev->dev_addr, addr) &&
(!vid || br_vlan_find(vg, vid))) {
- f->dst = op;
+ WRITE_ONCE(f->dst, op);
clear_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER, &f->flags);
return;
}
@@ -357,7 +361,7 @@ static void fdb_delete_local(struct net_bridge *br,
/* Maybe bridge device has same hw addr? */
if (p && ether_addr_equal(br->dev->dev_addr, addr) &&
(!vid || (v && br_vlan_should_use(v)))) {
- f->dst = NULL;
+ WRITE_ONCE(f->dst, NULL);
clear_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER, &f->flags);
return;
}
@@ -928,6 +932,7 @@ int br_fdb_test_addr(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
int br_fdb_fillbuf(struct net_bridge *br, void *buf,
unsigned long maxnum, unsigned long skip)
{
+ const struct net_bridge_port *dst;
struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *f;
struct __fdb_entry *fe = buf;
unsigned long delta;
@@ -944,7 +949,8 @@ int br_fdb_fillbuf(struct net_bridge *br, void *buf,
continue;

/* ignore pseudo entry for local MAC address */
- if (!f->dst)
+ dst = READ_ONCE(f->dst);
+ if (!dst)
continue;

if (skip) {
@@ -956,8 +962,8 @@ int br_fdb_fillbuf(struct net_bridge *br, void *buf,
memcpy(fe->mac_addr, f->key.addr.addr, ETH_ALEN);

/* due to ABI compat need to split into hi/lo */
- fe->port_no = f->dst->port_no;
- fe->port_hi = f->dst->port_no >> 8;
+ fe->port_no = dst->port_no;
+ fe->port_hi = dst->port_no >> 8;

fe->is_local = test_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &f->flags);
if (!test_bit(BR_FDB_STATIC, &f->flags)) {
@@ -1083,9 +1089,11 @@ int br_fdb_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,

rcu_read_lock();
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(f, &br->fdb_list, fdb_node) {
+ const struct net_bridge_port *dst = READ_ONCE(f->dst);
+
if (*idx < ctx->fdb_idx)
goto skip;
- if (filter_dev && (!f->dst || f->dst->dev != filter_dev)) {
+ if (filter_dev && (!dst || dst->dev != filter_dev)) {
if (filter_dev != dev)
goto skip;
/* !f->dst is a special case for bridge
@@ -1093,10 +1101,10 @@ int br_fdb_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,
* Therefore need a little more filtering
* we only want to dump the !f->dst case
*/
- if (f->dst)
+ if (dst)
goto skip;
}
- if (!filter_dev && f->dst)
+ if (!filter_dev && dst)
goto skip;

err = fdb_fill_info(skb, br, f,