netdev - [PATCH v2] net: netpoll: ensure skb_pool list is always initialized

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Message-ID: <20250111003238.2669538-1-jsperbeck@google.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:32:38 -0800
From: John Sperbeck <jsperbeck@...gle.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, jsperbeck@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] net: netpoll: ensure skb_pool list is always initialized

When __netpoll_setup() is called directly, instead of through
netpoll_setup(), the np->skb_pool list head isn't initialized.
If skb_pool_flush() is later called, then we hit a NULL pointer
in skb_queue_purge_reason().  This can be seen with this repro,
when CONFIG_NETCONSOLE is enabled as a module:

    ip tuntap add mode tap tap0
    ip link add name br0 type bridge
    ip link set dev tap0 master br0
    modprobe netconsole netconsole=4444@...0.0.1/br0,9353@...0.0.2/
    rmmod netconsole

The backtrace is:

    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
    #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
    #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
    ... ... ...
    Call Trace:
     <TASK>
     __netpoll_free+0xa5/0xf0
     br_netpoll_cleanup+0x43/0x50 [bridge]
     do_netpoll_cleanup+0x43/0xc0
     netconsole_netdev_event+0x1e3/0x300 [netconsole]
     unregister_netdevice_notifier+0xd9/0x150
     cleanup_module+0x45/0x920 [netconsole]
     __se_sys_delete_module+0x205/0x290
     do_syscall_64+0x70/0x150
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Move the skb_pool list setup and initial skb fill into __netpoll_setup().

Fixes: 221a9c1df790 ("net: netpoll: Individualize the skb pool")
Signed-off-by: John Sperbeck <jsperbeck@...gle.com>
---
 net/core/netpoll.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 2e459b9d88eb..96a6ed37d4cc 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops;
 	int err;
 
+	skb_queue_head_init(&np->skb_pool);
+
 	if (ndev->priv_flags & IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL) {
 		np_err(np, "%s doesn't support polling, aborting\n",
 		       ndev->name);
@@ -662,6 +664,9 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
 	strscpy(np->dev_name, ndev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 	npinfo->netpoll = np;
 
+	/* fill up the skb queue */
+	refill_skbs(np);
+
 	/* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
 
@@ -681,8 +686,6 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 	struct in_device *in_dev;
 	int err;
 
-	skb_queue_head_init(&np->skb_pool);
-
 	rtnl_lock();
 	if (np->dev_name[0]) {
 		struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
@@ -782,9 +785,6 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* fill up the skb queue */
-	refill_skbs(np);
-
 	err = __netpoll_setup(np, ndev);
 	if (err)
 		goto flush;
-- 
2.47.1.613.gc27f4b7a9f-goog