FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 782d6bb8f9b8e9d8591181662222bf74cd3ecf79
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026110324-gown-kettle-7dce@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 782d6bb8f9b8e9d8591181662222bf74cd3ecf79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: owen kwan <owen@verialabs.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:34:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop

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>

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_teql.c b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
index 6764f0dd38df..70c948a26f80 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_teql.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
@@ -360,12 +360,18 @@ 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++;
+						rcu_read_unlock();
+						return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+					}
 					raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&master->slaves_lock, flags);
 					if (rcu_dereference_protected(master->slaves,
 								      lockdep_is_held(&master->slaves_lock)) == q)
@@ -379,7 +385,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 					rcu_read_unlock();
 					return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 				}
-				__netif_tx_unlock(slave_txq);
 			}
 			if (netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 0)))
 				busy = 1;