kernel.git/net/sched, branch linux-5.10.y

net/sched: act_ife: convert comma to semicolon

2026-02-06T15:40:11Z

commit 205305c028ad986d0649b8b100bab6032dcd1bb5 upstream. Replace comma between expressions with semicolons. Using a ',' in place of a ';' can have unintended side effects. Although that is not the case here, it is seems best to use ';' unless ',' is intended. Found by inspection. No functional change intended. Compile tested only. Signed-off-by: Chen Ni Reviewed-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251112072709.73755-1-nichen@iscas.ac.cn Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net/sched: act_ife: avoid possible NULL deref

2026-02-06T15:40:06Z

[ Upstream commit 27880b0b0d35ad1c98863d09788254e36f874968 ] tcf_ife_encode() must make sure ife_encode() does not return NULL. syzbot reported: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:ife_tlv_meta_encode+0x41/0xa0 net/ife/ife.c:166 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 8990 Comm: syz.0.696 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Call Trace: ife_encode_meta_u32+0x153/0x180 net/sched/act_ife.c:101 tcf_ife_encode net/sched/act_ife.c:841 [inline] tcf_ife_act+0x1022/0x1de0 net/sched/act_ife.c:877 tc_act include/net/tc_wrapper.h:130 [inline] tcf_action_exec+0x1c0/0xa20 net/sched/act_api.c:1152 tcf_exts_exec include/net/pkt_cls.h:349 [inline] mall_classify+0x1a0/0x2a0 net/sched/cls_matchall.c:42 tc_classify include/net/tc_wrapper.h:197 [inline] __tcf_classify net/sched/cls_api.c:1764 [inline] tcf_classify+0x7f2/0x1380 net/sched/cls_api.c:1860 multiq_classify net/sched/sch_multiq.c:39 [inline] multiq_enqueue+0xe0/0x510 net/sched/sch_multiq.c:66 dev_qdisc_enqueue+0x45/0x250 net/core/dev.c:4147 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4262 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x2998/0x46c0 net/core/dev.c:4798 Fixes: 295a6e06d21e ("net/sched: act_ife: Change to use ife module") Reported-by: syzbot+5cf914f193dffde3bd3c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6970d61d.050a0220.706b.0010.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Yotam Gigi Reviewed-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121133724.3400020-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: qfq: Use cl_is_active to determine whether class is active in qfq_rm_from_ag

2026-02-06T15:40:04Z

[ Upstream commit d837fbee92453fbb829f950c8e7cf76207d73f33 ] This is more of a preventive patch to make the code more consistent and to prevent possible exploits that employ child qlen manipulations on qfq. use cl_is_active instead of relying on the child qdisc's qlen to determine class activation. Fixes: 462dbc9101acd ("pkt_sched: QFQ Plus: fair-queueing service at DRR cost") Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260114160243.913069-3-jhs@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc

2026-02-06T15:40:04Z

[ Upstream commit 50da4b9d07a7a463e2cfb738f3ad4cff6b2c9c3b ] Design intent of teql is that it is only supposed to be used as root qdisc. We need to check for that constraint. Although not important, I will describe the scenario that unearthed this issue for the curious. GangMin Kim managed to concot a scenario as follows: ROOT qdisc 1:0 (QFQ) ├── class 1:1 (weight=15, lmax=16384) netem with delay 6.4s └── class 1:2 (weight=1, lmax=1514) teql GangMin sends a packet which is enqueued to 1:1 (netem). Any invocation of dequeue by QFQ from this class will not return a packet until after 6.4s. In the meantime, a second packet is sent and it lands on 1:2. teql's enqueue will return success and this will activate class 1:2. Main issue is that teql only updates the parent visible qlen (sch->q.qlen) at dequeue. Since QFQ will only call dequeue if peek succeeds (and teql's peek always returns NULL), dequeue will never be called and thus the qlen will remain as 0. With that in mind, when GangMin updates 1:2's lmax value, the qfq_change_class calls qfq_deact_rm_from_agg. Since the child qdisc's qlen was not incremented, qfq fails to deactivate the class, but still frees its pointers from the aggregate. So when the first packet is rescheduled after 6.4 seconds (netem's delay), a dangling pointer is accessed causing GangMin's causing a UAF. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: GangMin Kim Tested-by: Victor Nogueira Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260114160243.913069-2-jhs@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class()

2026-02-06T15:39:59Z

[ Upstream commit 3879cffd9d07aa0377c4b8835c4f64b4fb24ac78 ] Fixes qfq_change_class() error case. cl->qdisc and cl should only be freed if a new class and qdisc were allocated, or we risk various UAF. Fixes: 462dbc9101ac ("pkt_sched: QFQ Plus: fair-queueing service at DRR cost") Reported-by: syzbot+07f3f38f723c335f106d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6965351d.050a0220.eaf7.00c5.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260112175656.17605-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix NULL deref when deactivating inactive aggregate in qfq_reset

2026-01-19T12:12:11Z

[ Upstream commit c1d73b1480235731e35c81df70b08f4714a7d095 ] `qfq_class->leaf_qdisc->q.qlen > 0` does not imply that the class itself is active. Two qfq_class objects may point to the same leaf_qdisc. This happens when: 1. one QFQ qdisc is attached to the dev as the root qdisc, and 2. another QFQ qdisc is temporarily referenced (e.g., via qdisc_get() / qdisc_put()) and is pending to be destroyed, as in function tc_new_tfilter. When packets are enqueued through the root QFQ qdisc, the shared leaf_qdisc->q.qlen increases. At the same time, the second QFQ qdisc triggers qdisc_put and qdisc_destroy: the qdisc enters qfq_reset() with its own q->q.qlen == 0, but its class's leaf qdisc->q.qlen > 0. Therefore, the qfq_reset would wrongly deactivate an inactive aggregate and trigger a null-deref in qfq_deactivate_agg: [ 0.903172] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 0.903571] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 0.903860] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [ 0.904177] PGD 10299b067 P4D 10299b067 PUD 10299c067 PMD 0 [ 0.904502] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 0.904737] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 135 Comm: exploit Not tainted 6.19.0-rc3+ #2 NONE [ 0.905157] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 0.905754] RIP: 0010:qfq_deactivate_agg (include/linux/list.h:992 (discriminator 2) include/linux/list.h:1006 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1367 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1393 (discriminator 2)) [ 0.906046] Code: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 48 89 70 18 8b 4b 10 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff 48 8b 78 08 48 d3 e2 48 21 f2 48 2b 13 48 8b 30 48 d3 ea 8b 4b 18 0 Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 je 0x153 6: 48 89 70 18 mov %rsi,0x18(%rax) a: 8b 4b 10 mov 0x10(%rbx),%ecx d: 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffffffffffff,%rdx 14: 48 8b 78 08 mov 0x8(%rax),%rdi 18: 48 d3 e2 shl %cl,%rdx 1b: 48 21 f2 and %rsi,%rdx 1e: 48 2b 13 sub (%rbx),%rdx 21: 48 8b 30 mov (%rax),%rsi 24: 48 d3 ea shr %cl,%rdx 27: 8b 4b 18 mov 0x18(%rbx),%ecx ... [ 0.907095] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a39a0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 0.907368] RAX: ffff8881043a0880 RBX: ffff888102953340 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 0.907723] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 0.908100] RBP: ffff888102952180 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 0.908451] R10: ffff8881043a0000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888102952000 [ 0.908804] R13: ffff888102952180 R14: ffff8881043a0ad8 R15: ffff8881043a0880 [ 0.909179] FS: 000000002a1a0380(0000) GS:ffff888196d8d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 0.909572] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 0.909857] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102993002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0 [ 0.910247] PKRU: 55555554 [ 0.910391] Call Trace: [ 0.910527] [ 0.910638] qfq_reset_qdisc (net/sched/sch_qfq.c:357 net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1485) [ 0.910826] qdisc_reset (include/linux/skbuff.h:2195 include/linux/skbuff.h:2501 include/linux/skbuff.h:3424 include/linux/skbuff.h:3430 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1036) [ 0.911040] __qdisc_destroy (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1076) [ 0.911236] tc_new_tfilter (net/sched/cls_api.c:2447) [ 0.911447] rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958) [ 0.911663] ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6861) [ 0.911894] netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550) [ 0.912100] netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344) [ 0.912296] ? __alloc_skb (net/core/skbuff.c:706) [ 0.912484] netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894) [ 0.912682] sock_write_iter (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:1195 (discriminator 1)) [ 0.912880] vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:593 fs/read_write.c:686) [ 0.913077] ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:738) [ 0.913252] do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) [ 0.913438] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131) [ 0.913687] RIP: 0033:0x424c34 [ 0.913844] Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb bd 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d 2d 44 09 00 00 74 13 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 9 Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 89 02 mov %eax,(%rdx) 2: 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffffffffffff,%rax 9: eb bd jmp 0xffffffffffffffc8 b: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 cs nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 12: 00 00 00 15: 90 nop 16: f3 0f 1e fa endbr64 1a: 80 3d 2d 44 09 00 00 cmpb $0x0,0x9442d(%rip) # 0x9444e 21: 74 13 je 0x36 23: b8 01 00 00 00 mov $0x1,%eax 28: 0f 05 syscall 2a: 09 .byte 0x9 [ 0.914807] RSP: 002b:00007ffea1938b78 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ 0.915197] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000424c34 [ 0.915556] RDX: 000000000000003c RSI: 000000002af378c0 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 0.915912] RBP: 00007ffea1938bc0 R08: 00000000004b8820 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 0.916297] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffea1938d28 [ 0.916652] R13: 00007ffea1938d38 R14: 00000000004b3828 R15: 0000000000000001 [ 0.917039] [ 0.917158] Modules linked in: [ 0.917316] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 0.917484] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 0.917717] RIP: 0010:qfq_deactivate_agg (include/linux/list.h:992 (discriminator 2) include/linux/list.h:1006 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1367 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1393 (discriminator 2)) [ 0.917978] Code: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 48 89 70 18 8b 4b 10 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff 48 8b 78 08 48 d3 e2 48 21 f2 48 2b 13 48 8b 30 48 d3 ea 8b 4b 18 0 Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 je 0x153 6: 48 89 70 18 mov %rsi,0x18(%rax) a: 8b 4b 10 mov 0x10(%rbx),%ecx d: 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffffffffffff,%rdx 14: 48 8b 78 08 mov 0x8(%rax),%rdi 18: 48 d3 e2 shl %cl,%rdx 1b: 48 21 f2 and %rsi,%rdx 1e: 48 2b 13 sub (%rbx),%rdx 21: 48 8b 30 mov (%rax),%rsi 24: 48 d3 ea shr %cl,%rdx 27: 8b 4b 18 mov 0x18(%rbx),%ecx ... [ 0.918902] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a39a0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 0.919198] RAX: ffff8881043a0880 RBX: ffff888102953340 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 0.919559] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 0.919908] RBP: ffff888102952180 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 0.920289] R10: ffff8881043a0000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888102952000 [ 0.920648] R13: ffff888102952180 R14: ffff8881043a0ad8 R15: ffff8881043a0880 [ 0.921014] FS: 000000002a1a0380(0000) GS:ffff888196d8d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 0.921424] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 0.921710] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102993002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0 [ 0.922097] PKRU: 55555554 [ 0.922240] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 0.922590] Kernel Offset: disabled Fixes: 0545a3037773 ("pkt_sched: QFQ - quick fair queue scheduler") Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260106034100.1780779-1-xmei5@asu.edu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: ets: Remove drr class from the active list if it changes to strict

2026-01-19T12:11:43Z

[ Upstream commit b1e125ae425aba9b45252e933ca8df52a843ec70 ] Whenever a user issues an ets qdisc change command, transforming a drr class into a strict one, the ets code isn't checking whether that class was in the active list and removing it. This means that, if a user changes a strict class (which was in the active list) back to a drr one, that class will be added twice to the active list [1]. Doing so with the following commands: tc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1: ets bands 2 strict 1 tc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:2 handle 20: \ tbf rate 8bit burst 100b latency 1s tc filter add dev lo parent 1: basic classid 1:2 ping -c1 -W0.01 -s 56 127.0.0.1 tc qdisc change dev lo root handle 1: ets bands 2 strict 2 tc qdisc change dev lo root handle 1: ets bands 2 strict 1 ping -c1 -W0.01 -s 56 127.0.0.1 Will trigger the following splat with list debug turned on: [ 59.279014][ T365] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 59.279452][ T365] list_add double add: new=ffff88801d60e350, prev=ffff88801d60e350, next=ffff88801d60e2c0. [ 59.280153][ T365] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 365 at lib/list_debug.c:35 __list_add_valid_or_report+0x17f/0x220 [ 59.280860][ T365] Modules linked in: [ 59.281165][ T365] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 365 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7-00105-g7e9f13163c13-dirty #239 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 59.281977][ T365] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 [ 59.282391][ T365] RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x17f/0x220 [ 59.282842][ T365] Code: 89 c6 e8 d4 b7 0d ff 90 0f 0b 90 90 31 c0 e9 31 ff ff ff 90 48 c7 c7 e0 a0 22 9f 48 89 f2 48 89 c1 4c 89 c6 e8 b2 b7 0d ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 31 c0 e9 0f ff ff ff 48 89 f7 48 89 44 24 10 4c 89 44 ... [ 59.288812][ T365] Call Trace: [ 59.289056][ T365] [ 59.289224][ T365] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 59.289546][ T365] ets_qdisc_change+0xd2b/0x1e80 [ 59.289891][ T365] ? __lock_acquire+0x7e7/0x1be0 [ 59.290223][ T365] ? __pfx_ets_qdisc_change+0x10/0x10 [ 59.290546][ T365] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 59.290898][ T365] ? __mutex_trylock_common+0xda/0x240 [ 59.291228][ T365] ? __pfx___mutex_trylock_common+0x10/0x10 [ 59.291655][ T365] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 59.291993][ T365] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 59.292313][ T365] ? trace_contention_end+0xc8/0x110 [ 59.292656][ T365] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 59.293022][ T365] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 59.293351][ T365] tc_modify_qdisc+0x63a/0x1cf0 Fix this by always checking and removing an ets class from the active list when changing it to strict. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/tree/net/sched/sch_ets.c?id=ce052b9402e461a9aded599f5b47e76bc727f7de#n663 Fixes: cd9b50adc6bb9 ("net/sched: ets: fix crash when flipping from 'strict' to 'quantum'") Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Signed-off-by: Victor Nogueira Reviewed-by: Petr Machata Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251208190125.1868423-1-victor@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: ets: Always remove class from active list before deleting in ets_qdisc_change

2026-01-19T12:11:42Z

[ Upstream commit ce052b9402e461a9aded599f5b47e76bc727f7de ] zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com says: The vulnerability is a race condition between `ets_qdisc_dequeue` and `ets_qdisc_change`. It leads to UAF on `struct Qdisc` object. Attacker requires the capability to create new user and network namespace in order to trigger the bug. See my additional commentary at the end of the analysis. Analysis: static int ets_qdisc_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) { ... // (1) this lock is preventing .change handler (`ets_qdisc_change`) //to race with .dequeue handler (`ets_qdisc_dequeue`) sch_tree_lock(sch); for (i = nbands; i < oldbands; i++) { if (i >= q->nstrict && q->classes[i].qdisc->q.qlen) list_del_init(&q->classes[i].alist); qdisc_purge_queue(q->classes[i].qdisc); } WRITE_ONCE(q->nbands, nbands); for (i = nstrict; i < q->nstrict; i++) { if (q->classes[i].qdisc->q.qlen) { // (2) the class is added to the q->active list_add_tail(&q->classes[i].alist, &q->active); q->classes[i].deficit = quanta[i]; } } WRITE_ONCE(q->nstrict, nstrict); memcpy(q->prio2band, priomap, sizeof(priomap)); for (i = 0; i < q->nbands; i++) WRITE_ONCE(q->classes[i].quantum, quanta[i]); for (i = oldbands; i < q->nbands; i++) { q->classes[i].qdisc = queues[i]; if (q->classes[i].qdisc != &noop_qdisc) qdisc_hash_add(q->classes[i].qdisc, true); } // (3) the qdisc is unlocked, now dequeue can be called in parallel // to the rest of .change handler sch_tree_unlock(sch); ets_offload_change(sch); for (i = q->nbands; i < oldbands; i++) { // (4) we're reducing the refcount for our class's qdisc and // freeing it qdisc_put(q->classes[i].qdisc); // (5) If we call .dequeue between (4) and (5), we will have // a strong UAF and we can control RIP q->classes[i].qdisc = NULL; WRITE_ONCE(q->classes[i].quantum, 0); q->classes[i].deficit = 0; gnet_stats_basic_sync_init(&q->classes[i].bstats); memset(&q->classes[i].qstats, 0, sizeof(q->classes[i].qstats)); } return 0; } Comment: This happens because some of the classes have their qdiscs assigned to NULL, but remain in the active list. This commit fixes this issue by always removing the class from the active list before deleting and freeing its associated qdisc Reproducer Steps (trimmed version of what was sent by zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com) ``` DEV="${DEV:-lo}" ROOT_HANDLE="${ROOT_HANDLE:-1:}" BAND2_HANDLE="${BAND2_HANDLE:-20:}" # child under 1:2 PING_BYTES="${PING_BYTES:-48}" PING_COUNT="${PING_COUNT:-200000}" PING_DST="${PING_DST:-127.0.0.1}" SLOW_TBF_RATE="${SLOW_TBF_RATE:-8bit}" SLOW_TBF_BURST="${SLOW_TBF_BURST:-100b}" SLOW_TBF_LAT="${SLOW_TBF_LAT:-1s}" cleanup() { tc qdisc del dev "$DEV" root 2>/dev/null } trap cleanup EXIT ip link set "$DEV" up tc qdisc del dev "$DEV" root 2>/dev/null || true tc qdisc add dev "$DEV" root handle "$ROOT_HANDLE" ets bands 2 strict 2 tc qdisc add dev "$DEV" parent 1:2 handle "$BAND2_HANDLE" \ tbf rate "$SLOW_TBF_RATE" burst "$SLOW_TBF_BURST" latency "$SLOW_TBF_LAT" tc filter add dev "$DEV" parent 1: protocol all prio 1 u32 match u32 0 0 flowid 1:2 tc -s qdisc ls dev $DEV ping -I "$DEV" -f -c "$PING_COUNT" -s "$PING_BYTES" -W 0.001 "$PING_DST" \ >/dev/null 2>&1 & tc qdisc change dev "$DEV" root handle "$ROOT_HANDLE" ets bands 2 strict 0 tc qdisc change dev "$DEV" root handle "$ROOT_HANDLE" ets bands 2 strict 2 tc -s qdisc ls dev $DEV tc qdisc del dev "$DEV" parent 1:2 || true tc -s qdisc ls dev $DEV tc qdisc change dev "$DEV" root handle "$ROOT_HANDLE" ets bands 1 strict 1 ``` KASAN report ``` ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ets_qdisc_dequeue+0x1071/0x11b0 kernel/net/sched/sch_ets.c:481 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880502fc018 by task ping/12308 > CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 12308 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.18.0-rc4-dirty #1 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: __dump_stack kernel/lib/dump_stack.c:94 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 kernel/lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:378 print_report+0x156/0x4c9 kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xdf/0x110 kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:595 ets_qdisc_dequeue+0x1071/0x11b0 kernel/net/sched/sch_ets.c:481 dequeue_skb kernel/net/sched/sch_generic.c:294 qdisc_restart kernel/net/sched/sch_generic.c:399 __qdisc_run+0x1c9/0x1b00 kernel/net/sched/sch_generic.c:417 __dev_xmit_skb kernel/net/core/dev.c:4221 __dev_queue_xmit+0x2848/0x4410 kernel/net/core/dev.c:4729 dev_queue_xmit kernel/./include/linux/netdevice.h:3365 [...] Allocated by task 17115: kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:77 poison_kmalloc_redzone kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:400 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:417 kasan_kmalloc kernel/./include/linux/kasan.h:262 __do_kmalloc_node kernel/mm/slub.c:5642 __kmalloc_node_noprof+0x34e/0x990 kernel/mm/slub.c:5648 kmalloc_node_noprof kernel/./include/linux/slab.h:987 qdisc_alloc+0xb8/0xc30 kernel/net/sched/sch_generic.c:950 qdisc_create_dflt+0x93/0x490 kernel/net/sched/sch_generic.c:1012 ets_class_graft+0x4fd/0x800 kernel/net/sched/sch_ets.c:261 qdisc_graft+0x3e4/0x1780 kernel/net/sched/sch_api.c:1196 [...] Freed by task 9905: kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:77 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 kernel/mm/kasan/generic.c:587 kasan_save_free_info kernel/mm/kasan/kasan.h:406 poison_slab_object kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:252 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 kernel/mm/kasan/common.c:284 kasan_slab_free kernel/./include/linux/kasan.h:234 slab_free_hook kernel/mm/slub.c:2539 slab_free kernel/mm/slub.c:6630 kfree+0x144/0x700 kernel/mm/slub.c:6837 rcu_do_batch kernel/kernel/rcu/tree.c:2605 rcu_core+0x7c0/0x1500 kernel/kernel/rcu/tree.c:2861 handle_softirqs+0x1ea/0x8a0 kernel/kernel/softirq.c:622 __do_softirq kernel/kernel/softirq.c:656 [...] Commentary: 1. Maher Azzouzi working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative was reported as the person who found the issue. I requested to get a proper email to add to the reported-by tag but got no response. For this reason i will credit the person i exchanged emails with i.e zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com 2. Neither i nor Victor who did a much more thorough testing was able to reproduce a UAF with the PoC or other approaches we tried. We were both able to reproduce a null ptr deref. After exchange with zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com they sent a small change to be made to the code to add an extra delay which was able to simulate the UAF. i.e, this: qdisc_put(q->classes[i].qdisc); mdelay(90); q->classes[i].qdisc = NULL; I was informed by Thomas Gleixner(tglx@linutronix.de) that adding delays was acceptable approach for demonstrating the bug, quote: "Adding such delays is common exploit validation practice" The equivalent delay could happen "by virt scheduling the vCPU out, SMIs, NMIs, PREEMPT_RT enabled kernel" 3. I asked the OP to test and report back but got no response and after a few days gave up and proceeded to submit this fix. Fixes: de6d25924c2a ("net/sched: sch_ets: don't peek at classes beyond 'nbands'") Reported-by: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com Tested-by: Victor Nogueira Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Reviewed-by: Davide Caratti Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251128151919.576920-1-jhs@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: sch_cake: Fix incorrect qlen reduction in cake_drop

2026-01-19T12:11:36Z

[ Upstream commit 9fefc78f7f02d71810776fdeb119a05a946a27cc ] In cake_drop(), qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() is used to update the qlen and backlog of the qdisc hierarchy. Its caller, cake_enqueue(), assumes that the parent qdisc will enqueue the current packet. However, this assumption breaks when cake_enqueue() returns NET_XMIT_CN: the parent qdisc stops enqueuing current packet, leaving the tree qlen/backlog accounting inconsistent. This mismatch can lead to a NULL dereference (e.g., when the parent Qdisc is qfq_qdisc). This patch computes the qlen/backlog delta in a more robust way by observing the difference before and after the series of cake_drop() calls, and then compensates the qdisc tree accounting if cake_enqueue() returns NET_XMIT_CN. To ensure correct compensation when ACK thinning is enabled, a new variable is introduced to keep qlen unchanged. Fixes: 15de71d06a40 ("net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return NET_XMIT_CN when past buffer_limit") Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251128001415.377823-1-xmei5@asu.edu Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net_sched: limit try_bulk_dequeue_skb() batches

2025-12-06T21:08:18Z

[ Upstream commit 0345552a653ce5542affeb69ac5aa52177a5199b ] After commit 100dfa74cad9 ("inet: dev_queue_xmit() llist adoption") I started seeing many qdisc requeues on IDPF under high TX workload. $ tc -s qd sh dev eth1 handle 1: ; sleep 1; tc -s qd sh dev eth1 handle 1: qdisc mq 1: root Sent 43534617319319 bytes 268186451819 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 3532840114) backlog 1056Kb 6675p requeues 3532840114 qdisc mq 1: root Sent 43554665866695 bytes 268309964788 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 3537737653) backlog 781164b 4822p requeues 3537737653 This is caused by try_bulk_dequeue_skb() being only limited by BQL budget. perf record -C120-239 -e qdisc:qdisc_dequeue sleep 1 ; perf script ... netperf 75332 [146] 2711.138269: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1292 skbaddr=0xff378005a1e9f200 netperf 75332 [146] 2711.138953: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1213 skbaddr=0xff378004d607a500 netperf 75330 [144] 2711.139631: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1233 skbaddr=0xff3780046be20100 netperf 75333 [147] 2711.140356: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1093 skbaddr=0xff37800514845b00 netperf 75337 [151] 2711.141037: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1353 skbaddr=0xff37800460753300 netperf 75337 [151] 2711.141877: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1367 skbaddr=0xff378004e72c7b00 netperf 75330 [144] 2711.142643: qdisc:qdisc_dequeue: dequeue ifindex=5 qdisc handle=0x80150000 parent=0x10013 txq_state=0x0 packets=1202 skbaddr=0xff3780045bd60000 ... This is bad because : 1) Large batches hold one victim cpu for a very long time. 2) Driver often hit their own TX ring limit (all slots are used). 3) We call dev_requeue_skb() 4) Requeues are using a FIFO (q->gso_skb), breaking qdisc ability to implement FQ or priority scheduling. 5) dequeue_skb() gets packets from q->gso_skb one skb at a time with no xmit_more support. This is causing many spinlock games between the qdisc and the device driver. Requeues were supposed to be very rare, lets keep them this way. Limit batch sizes to /proc/sys/net/core/dev_weight (default 64) as __qdisc_run() was designed to use. Fixes: 5772e9a3463b ("qdisc: bulk dequeue support for qdiscs with TCQ_F_ONETXQUEUE") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251109161215.2574081-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin