From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: owen kwan <owen@verialabs.com>,
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 08:43:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103134300.3967501-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026110324-gown-kettle-7dce@gregkh>
From: owen kwan <owen@verialabs.com>
[ Upstream commit 782d6bb8f9b8e9d8591181662222bf74cd3ecf79 ]
The issue: teql_master_xmit() tests the slave's ndo_start_xmit() return
value against NETDEV_TX_OK alone. A slave that consumes the skb but
returns an error code (rc < NET_XMIT_MASK, e.g. NET_XMIT_DROP) is treated
as if the skb were still owned, so the loop restores skb->dev and calls
__skb_pull() on it. A VLAN slave returns the result of dev_queue_xmit()
from its ndo_start_xmit() (propagated since cbbef5e18307), and when the
lower qdisc drops the packet that value is NET_XMIT_DROP after the skb
has been freed, giving a use-after-free in teql_master_xmit().
The Fix: test for consumption with dev_xmit_complete(), which accepts
NETDEV_TX_OK and every rc < NET_XMIT_MASK, matching other callers that
need to distinguish consumed results from busy. Only NETDEV_TX_OK keeps
the packet counted in tx_packets/tx_bytes and advances the slave; a
consumed result that is neither a success nor NET_XMIT_CN ends the
attempt and is charged to tx_dropped, so lower-qdisc drops are no longer
reported as good transmits. NET_XMIT_CN is counted like success because
it can accompany acceptance of the current packet: pfifo_head_drop drops
the old head, enqueues the current skb and returns NET_XMIT_CN.
Conditions to recreate the bug:
With CONFIG_NET_SCH_TEQL,
CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q and CONFIG_DUMMY enabled, add lkrdummy0 (dummy) and
lkrvlan0 (VLAN id 37 on lkrdummy0); set a pfifo limit 0 root on lkrdummy0
and a teql0 root on lkrvlan0; bring teql0 up with an address and send one
UDP packet to it. The VLAN xmit returns NET_XMIT_DROP from the lower
qdisc while holding a freed skb.
Fixes: 572a9d7b6fc7 ("net: allow to propagate errors through ->ndo_hard_start_xmit()")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/179248763469.3135.1739559328868319628@kernel.org/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261023162821.GN708417@horms.kernel.org/
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: owen kwan <owen@verialabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/QDISC-Y0BY.v2.r0.20261024060625-2@mojatatu.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
[ sashal: Omitted rcu_read_unlock() because teql_master_xmit() has no corresponding RCU read lock. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
net/sched/sch_teql.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_teql.c b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
index 00ac4386627c7..9057d4f2ee5c6 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_teql.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
@@ -311,19 +311,23 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
case 0:
if (__netif_tx_trylock(slave_txq)) {
unsigned int length = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
+ int rc = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
skb->dev = slave;
- if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(slave_txq) &&
- netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave, slave_txq, false) ==
- NETDEV_TX_OK) {
- __netif_tx_unlock(slave_txq);
+ if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(slave_txq))
+ rc = netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave, slave_txq, false);
+ __netif_tx_unlock(slave_txq);
+ if (dev_xmit_complete(rc)) {
+ if (rc != NETDEV_TX_OK && rc != NET_XMIT_CN) {
+ master->tx_dropped++;
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ }
master->slaves = NEXT_SLAVE(q);
netif_wake_queue(dev);
master->tx_packets++;
master->tx_bytes += length;
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
- __netif_tx_unlock(slave_txq);
}
if (netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 0)))
busy = 1;
--
2.53.0
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