kernel.git/net/core/dst.c, branch linux-6.15.y

net: dst: add four helpers to annotate data-races around dst->dev

2025-08-15T10:16:27Z

[ Upstream commit 88fe14253e181878c2ddb51a298ae8c468a63010 ] dst->dev is read locklessly in many contexts, and written in dst_dev_put(). Fixing all the races is going to need many changes. We probably will have to add full RCU protection. Add three helpers to ease this painful process. static inline struct net_device *dst_dev(const struct dst_entry *dst) { return READ_ONCE(dst->dev); } static inline struct net_device *skb_dst_dev(const struct sk_buff *skb) { return dst_dev(skb_dst(skb)); } static inline struct net *skb_dst_dev_net(const struct sk_buff *skb) { return dev_net(skb_dst_dev(skb)); } static inline struct net *skb_dst_dev_net_rcu(const struct sk_buff *skb) { return dev_net_rcu(skb_dst_dev(skb)); } Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-7-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: dst: annotate data-races around dst->output

2025-08-15T10:16:27Z

[ Upstream commit 2dce8c52a98995c4719def6f88629ab1581c0b82 ] dst_dev_put() can overwrite dst->output while other cpus might read this field (for instance from dst_output()) Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations to suppress potential issues. We will likely need RCU protection in the future. Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-6-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: dst: annotate data-races around dst->input

2025-08-15T10:16:27Z

[ Upstream commit f1c5fd34891a1c242885f48c2e4dc52df180f311 ] dst_dev_put() can overwrite dst->input while other cpus might read this field (for instance from dst_input()) Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations to suppress potential issues. We will likely need full RCU protection later. Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-5-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: decrease cached dst counters in dst_release

2025-04-03T11:05:07Z

Upstream fix ac888d58869b ("net: do not delay dst_entries_add() in dst_release()") moved decrementing the dst count from dst_destroy to dst_release to avoid accessing already freed data in case of netns dismantle. However in case CONFIG_DST_CACHE is enabled and OvS+tunnels are used, this fix is incomplete as the same issue will be seen for cached dsts: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff5aabf6b5c000 Call trace: percpu_counter_add_batch+0x3c/0x160 (P) dst_release+0xec/0x108 dst_cache_destroy+0x68/0xd8 dst_destroy+0x13c/0x168 dst_destroy_rcu+0x1c/0xb0 rcu_do_batch+0x18c/0x7d0 rcu_core+0x174/0x378 rcu_core_si+0x18/0x30 Fix this by invalidating the cache, and thus decrementing cached dst counters, in dst_release too. Fixes: d71785ffc7e7 ("net: add dst_cache to ovs vxlan lwtunnel") Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250326173634.31096-1-atenart@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: Add options as a flexible array to struct ip_tunnel_info

2025-02-20T21:17:16Z

Remove the hidden assumption that options are allocated at the end of the struct, and teach the compiler about them using a flexible array. With this, we can revert the unsafe_memcpy() call we have in tun_dst_unclone() [1], and resolve the false field-spanning write warning caused by the memcpy() in ip_tunnel_info_opts_set(). The layout of struct ip_tunnel_info remains the same with this patch. Before this patch, there was an implicit padding at the end of the struct, options would be written at 'info + 1' which is after the padding. This will remain the same as this patch explicitly aligns 'options'. The alignment is needed as the options are later casted to different structs, and might result in unaligned memory access. Pahole output before this patch: struct ip_tunnel_info { struct ip_tunnel_key key; /* 0 64 */ /* XXX last struct has 1 byte of padding */ /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */ struct ip_tunnel_encap encap; /* 64 8 */ struct dst_cache dst_cache; /* 72 16 */ u8 options_len; /* 88 1 */ u8 mode; /* 89 1 */ /* size: 96, cachelines: 2, members: 5 */ /* padding: 6 */ /* paddings: 1, sum paddings: 1 */ /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */ }; Pahole output after this patch: struct ip_tunnel_info { struct ip_tunnel_key key; /* 0 64 */ /* XXX last struct has 1 byte of padding */ /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */ struct ip_tunnel_encap encap; /* 64 8 */ struct dst_cache dst_cache; /* 72 16 */ u8 options_len; /* 88 1 */ u8 mode; /* 89 1 */ /* XXX 6 bytes hole, try to pack */ u8 options[] __attribute__((__aligned__(16))); /* 96 0 */ /* size: 96, cachelines: 2, members: 6 */ /* sum members: 90, holes: 1, sum holes: 6 */ /* paddings: 1, sum paddings: 1 */ /* forced alignments: 1, forced holes: 1, sum forced holes: 6 */ /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */ } __attribute__((__aligned__(16))); [1] Commit 13cfd6a6d7ac ("net: Silence false field-spanning write warning in metadata_dst memcpy") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/53D1D353-B8F6-4ADC-8F29-8C48A7C9C6F1@kernel.org/ Suggested-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250219143256.370277-3-gal@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: do not delay dst_entries_add() in dst_release()

2024-10-10T09:28:17Z

dst_entries_add() uses per-cpu data that might be freed at netns dismantle from ip6_route_net_exit() calling dst_entries_destroy() Before ip6_route_net_exit() can be called, we release all the dsts associated with this netns, via calls to dst_release(), which waits an rcu grace period before calling dst_destroy() dst_entries_add() use in dst_destroy() is racy, because dst_entries_destroy() could have been called already. Decrementing the number of dsts must happen sooner. Notes: 1) in CONFIG_XFRM case, dst_destroy() can call dst_release_immediate(child), this might also cause UAF if the child does not have DST_NOCOUNT set. IPSEC maintainers might take a look and see how to address this. 2) There is also discussion about removing this count of dst, which might happen in future kernels. Fixes: f88649721268 ("ipv4: fix dst race in sk_dst_get()") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CANn89iLCCGsP7SFn9HKpvnKu96Td4KD08xf7aGtiYgZnkjaL=w@mail.gmail.com/T/ Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing Tested-by: Naresh Kamboju Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Xin Long Cc: Steffen Klassert Reviewed-by: Xin Long Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241008143110.1064899-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: dst: Make dst_destroy() static and return void.

2024-02-06T10:45:53Z

Since commit 52df157f17e56 ("xfrm: take refcnt of dst when creating struct xfrm_dst bundle") dst_destroy() returns only NULL and no caller cares about the return value. There are no in in-tree users of dst_destroy() outside of the file. Make dst_destroy() static and return void. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240202163746.2489150-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: dst: remove unnecessary input parameter in dst_alloc and dst_init

2023-09-12T09:42:25Z

Since commit 1202cdd66531("Remove DECnet support from kernel") has been merged, all callers pass in the initial_ref value of 1 when they call dst_alloc(). Therefore, remove initial_ref when the dst_alloc() is declared and replace initial_ref with 1 in dst_alloc(). Also when all callers call dst_init(), the value of initial_ref is 1. Therefore, remove the input parameter initial_ref of the dst_init() and replace initial_ref with the value 1 in dst_init. Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230911125045.346390-1-shaozhengchao@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: remove unnecessary input parameter 'how' in ifdown function

2023-08-22T11:19:02Z

When the ifdown function in the dst_ops structure is referenced, the input parameter 'how' is always true. In the current implementation of the ifdown interface, ip6_dst_ifdown does not use the input parameter 'how', xfrm6_dst_ifdown and xfrm4_dst_ifdown functions use the input parameter 'unregister'. But false judgment on 'unregister' in xfrm6_dst_ifdown and xfrm4_dst_ifdown is false, so remove the input parameter 'how' in ifdown function. Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230821084104.3812233-1-shaozhengchao@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: dst: fix missing initialization of rt_uncached

2023-04-22T03:26:56Z

xfrm_alloc_dst() followed by xfrm4_dst_destroy(), without a xfrm4_fill_dst() call in between, causes the following BUG: BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#0, fbxhostapd/732 lock: 0x890b7668, .magic: 890b7668, .owner: /-1, .owner_cpu: 0 CPU: 0 PID: 732 Comm: fbxhostapd Not tainted 6.3.0-rc6-next-20230414-00613-ge8de66369925-dirty #9 Hardware name: Marvell Kirkwood (Flattened Device Tree) unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x28/0x30 dump_stack_lvl from do_raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x80 do_raw_spin_lock from rt_del_uncached_list+0x30/0x64 rt_del_uncached_list from xfrm4_dst_destroy+0x3c/0xbc xfrm4_dst_destroy from dst_destroy+0x5c/0xb0 dst_destroy from rcu_process_callbacks+0xc4/0xec rcu_process_callbacks from __do_softirq+0xb4/0x22c __do_softirq from call_with_stack+0x1c/0x24 call_with_stack from do_softirq+0x60/0x6c do_softirq from __local_bh_enable_ip+0xa0/0xcc Patch "net: dst: Prevent false sharing vs. dst_entry:: __refcnt" moved rt_uncached and rt_uncached_list fields from rtable struct to dst struct, so they are more zeroed by memset_after(xdst, 0, u.dst) in xfrm_alloc_dst(). Note that rt_uncached (list_head) was never properly initialized at alloc time, but xfrm[46]_dst_destroy() is written in such a way that it was not an issue thanks to the memset: if (xdst->u.rt.dst.rt_uncached_list) rt_del_uncached_list(&xdst->u.rt); The route code does it the other way around: rt_uncached_list is assumed to be valid IIF rt_uncached list_head is not empty: void rt_del_uncached_list(struct rtable *rt) { if (!list_empty(&rt->dst.rt_uncached)) { struct uncached_list *ul = rt->dst.rt_uncached_list; spin_lock_bh(&ul->lock); list_del_init(&rt->dst.rt_uncached); spin_unlock_bh(&ul->lock); } } This patch adds mandatory rt_uncached list_head initialization in generic dst_init(), and adapt xfrm[46]_dst_destroy logic to match the rest of the code. Fixes: d288a162dd1c ("net: dst: Prevent false sharing vs. dst_entry:: __refcnt") Reported-by: kernel test robot Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202304162125.18b7bcdd-oliver.sang@intel.com Reviewed-by: David Ahern Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet CC: Leon Romanovsky Signed-off-by: Maxime Bizon Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230420182508.2417582-1-mbizon@freebox.fr Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski