netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] xsk: avoid data corruption on cq descriptor number

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Message-ID: <809b5910-c5fe-436c-aa0f-74aa10d042ce@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:37:52 +0100
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@...e.de>
To: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, csmate@....hu, maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com,
 bjorn@...nel.org, sdf@...ichev.me, jonathan.lemon@...il.com,
 bpf@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] xsk: avoid data corruption on cq descriptor number



On 10/31/25 11:23 AM, Jason Xing wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM Fernando Fernandez Mancera
> <fmancera@...e.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/31/25 10:51 AM, Jason Xing wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM Fernando Fernandez Mancera
>>> <fmancera@...e.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Since commit 30f241fcf52a ("xsk: Fix immature cq descriptor
>>>> production"), the descriptor number is stored in skb control block and
>>>> xsk_cq_submit_addr_locked() relies on it to put the umem addrs onto
>>>> pool's completion queue.
>>>>
>>>> skb control block shouldn't be used for this purpose as after transmit
>>>> xsk doesn't have control over it and other subsystems could use it. This
>>>> leads to the following kernel panic due to a NULL pointer dereference.
>>>>
>>>>    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
>>>>    #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
>>>>    #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
>>>>    PGD 0 P4D 0
>>>>    Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
>>>>    CPU: 2 UID: 1 PID: 927 Comm: p4xsk.bin Not tainted 6.16.12+deb14-cloud-amd64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)  Debian 6.16.12-1
>>>>    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014
>>>>    RIP: 0010:xsk_destruct_skb+0xd0/0x180
>>>>    [...]
>>>>    Call Trace:
>>>>     <IRQ>
>>>>     ? napi_complete_done+0x7a/0x1a0
>>>>     ip_rcv_core+0x1bb/0x340
>>>>     ip_rcv+0x30/0x1f0
>>>>     __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x85/0xa0
>>>>     process_backlog+0x87/0x130
>>>>     __napi_poll+0x28/0x180
>>>>     net_rx_action+0x339/0x420
>>>>     handle_softirqs+0xdc/0x320
>>>>     ? handle_edge_irq+0x90/0x1e0
>>>>     do_softirq.part.0+0x3b/0x60
>>>>     </IRQ>
>>>>     <TASK>
>>>>     __local_bh_enable_ip+0x60/0x70
>>>>     __dev_direct_xmit+0x14e/0x1f0
>>>>     __xsk_generic_xmit+0x482/0xb70
>>>>     ? __remove_hrtimer+0x41/0xa0
>>>>     ? __xsk_generic_xmit+0x51/0xb70
>>>>     ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xe/0x40
>>>>     xsk_sendmsg+0xda/0x1c0
>>>>     __sys_sendto+0x1ee/0x200
>>>>     __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
>>>>     do_syscall_64+0x84/0x2f0
>>>>     ? __pfx_pollwake+0x10/0x10
>>>>     ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0xad/0x4c0
>>>>     ? restore_fpregs_from_fpstate+0x3c/0x90
>>>>     ? switch_fpu_return+0x5b/0xe0
>>>>     ? do_syscall_64+0x204/0x2f0
>>>>     ? do_syscall_64+0x204/0x2f0
>>>>     ? do_syscall_64+0x204/0x2f0
>>>>     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
>>>>     </TASK>
>>>>    [...]
>>>>    Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
>>>>    Kernel Offset: 0x1c000000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
>>>>
>>>> Instead use the skb destructor_arg pointer along with pointer tagging.
>>>> As pointers are always aligned to 8B, use the bottom bit to indicate
>>>> whether this a single address or an allocated struct containing several
>>>> addresses.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 30f241fcf52a ("xsk: Fix immature cq descriptor production")
>>>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/0435b904-f44f-48f8-afb0-68868474bf1c@nop.hu/
>>>> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@...e.de>
>>>
>>> I don't think we need this fix anymore if we can apply the series[1].
>>> The fix I just proposed doesn't use any new bits to store something so
>>> the problem will disappear.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251031093230.82386-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com/
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>
>> Right. Then let's consider this patch dropped.
> 
> Only if we all agree on that new approach :P Any suggestions are welcome :)
> 

I think it makes sense. The address start + num fits there.. you reduce 
the memory allocations so it seems better from my point of view. If 
someone disagree then we can retake this :)

Thanks,
Fernando