[PATCH net] net: clear stale traffic class mappings when num_tc shrinks
From: Norbert Szetei <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-08 18:18:10
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Subsystem:
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"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Only the entries below dev->num_tc are valid in dev->tc_to_txq[], and
dev->prio_tc_map[] may only name classes below it. netdev_set_num_tc()
lowers dev->num_tc without touching either array.
netdev_txq_to_tc() walks all TC_MAX_QUEUE slots and
netdev_get_prio_tc_map() returns the entry as it stands, so a leftover
entry is handed out as a traffic class >= dev->num_tc. Taking that
class from netdev_txq_to_tc(), __netif_set_xps_queue() rejects only a
negative one and indexes an XPS map sized for dev->num_tc classes:
tci = j * num_tc + tc;
RCU_INIT_POINTER(new_dev_maps->attr_map[tci], map);
Any caller that lowers num_tc leaves such entries behind, and
mqprio_destroy() tears down with netdev_set_num_tc(dev, 0) rather than
netdev_reset_tc(). After mqprio with 8 classes then 1, tc_to_txq[1..7]
still describe txq 1..7. The splat is from an XPS write to txq 2:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __netif_set_xps_queue+0x1eb9/0x2440
Write of size 8 at addr ffff888110e978d8 by task xps_oob/573
__netif_set_xps_queue+0x1eb9/0x2440
xps_rxqs_store+0x24d/0x360
netdev_queue_attr_store+0x61/0x90
Allocated by task 573:
__kmalloc_noprof+0x246/0x6c0
__netif_set_xps_queue+0x8ca/0x2440
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 88-byte region [ffff888110e97880, ffff888110e978d8)
Clear the entries the new num_tc no longer covers, before publishing
num_tc so that a lockless reader cannot observe the new num_tc together
with the old mappings. For num_tc == 0 this leaves the same state as
netdev_reset_tc().
Fixes: 184c449f91fe ("net: Add support for XPS with QoS via traffic classes")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <redacted>
---
A follow-up for net-next can factor this into a helper shared with
netdev_reset_tc() and netdev_unbind_sb_channel().
I can share the reproducer on request.
net/core/dev.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ecfbd72..e63e36a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c@@ -3145,6 +3145,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_set_tc_queue); int netdev_set_num_tc(struct net_device *dev, u8 num_tc) { + int i; + if (num_tc > TC_MAX_QUEUE) return -EINVAL;
@@ -3153,6 +3155,14 @@ int netdev_set_num_tc(struct net_device *dev, u8 num_tc) #endif netdev_unbind_all_sb_channels(dev); + /* Drop the mappings the new num_tc no longer covers. */ + for (i = num_tc; i < TC_MAX_QUEUE; i++) + WRITE_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[i].combined, 0); + for (i = 0; i <= TC_BITMASK; i++) { + if (READ_ONCE(dev->prio_tc_map[i]) >= num_tc) + WRITE_ONCE(dev->prio_tc_map[i], 0); + } + WRITE_ONCE(dev->num_tc, num_tc); return 0; }
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