linux-kernel - [PATCH net v3 6/7] net/sched: act_gate: reject empty schedule list

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Message-ID: <20260121131954.2710459-7-p@1g4.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:20:59 +0000
From: Paul Moses <p@....org>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Moses <p@....org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v3 6/7] net/sched: act_gate: reject empty schedule list

Reject empty schedules (num_entries == 0) so next_entry is always valid and
RCU readers/timer logic never walk an empty list. taprio enforces the same
constraint on schedules (sch_taprio.c, commit 09dbdf28f9f9fa).

Fixes: a51c328df310 ("net: qos: introduce a gate control flow action")
Signed-off-by: Paul Moses <p@....org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 net/sched/act_gate.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_gate.c b/net/sched/act_gate.c
index 48ff378bb051a..e4134b9a4a314 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_gate.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_gate.c
@@ -509,6 +509,12 @@ static int tcf_gate_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 		cycletime_ext = nla_get_u64(tb[TCA_GATE_CYCLE_TIME_EXT]);
 	p->tcfg_cycletime_ext = cycletime_ext;

+	if (p->num_entries == 0) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "The entry list is empty");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto release_mem;
+	}
+
 	err = tcf_action_check_ctrlact(parm->action, tp, &goto_ch, extack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto release_mem;
-- 
2.52.GIT