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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 5.10.y] net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop
Date: Tue,  3 Nov 2026 09:59:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103145822.4109736-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026110325-gauging-cupcake-40eb@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() to match the existing non-RCU transmit path ]
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


      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-03 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-03 10:10 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-11-03 14:59 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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