[PATCH net v4 1/2] xsk: Fix fragment node deletion to prevent buffer leak
From: Nikhil P. Rao <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-17 21:11:02
Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest, xdp sockets (af_xdp) · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Magnus Karlsson, Maciej Fijalkowski
After commit b692bf9a7543 ("xsk: Get rid of xdp_buff_xsk::xskb_list_node"),
the list_node field is reused for both the xskb pool list and the buffer
free list, this causes a buffer leak as described below.
xp_free() checks if a buffer is already on the free list using
list_empty(&xskb->list_node). When list_del() is used to remove a node
from the xskb pool list, it doesn't reinitialize the node pointers.
This means list_empty() will return false even after the node has been
removed, causing xp_free() to incorrectly skip adding the buffer to the
free list.
Fix this by using list_del_init() instead of list_del() in all fragment
handling paths, this ensures the list node is reinitialized after removal,
allowing the list_empty() to work correctly.
Fixes: b692bf9a7543 ("xsk: Get rid of xdp_buff_xsk::xskb_list_node")
Acked-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Nikhil P. Rao <redacted>
---
include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h | 6 +++---
net/xdp/xsk.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h b/include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h
index 242e34f771cc..aefc368449d5 100644
--- a/include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h
+++ b/include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static inline void xsk_buff_free(struct xdp_buff *xdp) goto out; list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, xskb_list, list_node) { - list_del(&pos->list_node); + list_del_init(&pos->list_node); xp_free(pos); }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static inline struct xdp_buff *xsk_buff_get_frag(const struct xdp_buff *first) frag = list_first_entry_or_null(&xskb->pool->xskb_list, struct xdp_buff_xsk, list_node); if (frag) { - list_del(&frag->list_node); + list_del_init(&frag->list_node); ret = &frag->xdp; }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static inline void xsk_buff_del_frag(struct xdp_buff *xdp) { struct xdp_buff_xsk *xskb = container_of(xdp, struct xdp_buff_xsk, xdp); - list_del(&xskb->list_node); + list_del_init(&xskb->list_node); } static inline struct xdp_buff *xsk_buff_get_head(struct xdp_buff *first)
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
index f093c3453f64..f2ec4f78bbb6 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int xsk_rcv_zc(struct xdp_sock *xs, struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 len) err = __xsk_rcv_zc(xs, pos, len, contd); if (err) goto err; - list_del(&pos->list_node); + list_del_init(&pos->list_node); } return 0;
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2.43.0