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[PATCH net v3] net: xps: reject an out of range traffic class

From: Norbert Szetei <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-21 15:04:13
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Subsystem: networking [general], the rest · Maintainers: "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);

attr_map[] holds nr_ids * num_tc entries and j runs over the ids named
in the mask, so a class that is not below num_tc pushes tci past the end
of the map for the last ids and the store overruns it.

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 on a
veth with 8 rx queues: attr_map[] has 8 * 1 entries, tci = j + 2, and
j == 6 stores one past the end of the 88-byte map:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __netif_set_xps_queue (net/core/dev.c:2954)
  Write of size 8 at addr ffff88813016bc58 by task xps_oob/634
   __netif_set_xps_queue (net/core/dev.c:2954)
   xps_rxqs_store (net/core/net-sysfs.c:1880)
   netdev_queue_attr_store (net/core/net-sysfs.c:1390)
  Allocated by task 634:
   __kmalloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:5439)
   __netif_set_xps_queue (net/core/dev.c:2937)
  The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
   allocated 88-byte region [ffff88813016bc00, ffff88813016bc58)

Reject a class the map has no room for.

Fixes: 184c449f91fe ("net: Add support for XPS with QoS via traffic classes")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <redacted>
---
v3:
  - stack trace decoded with scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh and the changelog
    now says how attr_map[] is overrun (Simon Horman)
  - no code change from v2
  - v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CE030A45-D573-4310-8761-01431156F0D6@doyensec.com/ (local)

v2:
  - bound the class in __netif_set_xps_queue() instead of clearing
    dev->tc_to_txq[]/dev->prio_tc_map[] in netdev_set_num_tc(), per the
    Sashiko review of v1
  - dropped the memory-ordering claim from the changelog
  - retitled
  - v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/16E3A318-5532-4B5E-8D03-86D21B463A2D@doyensec.com/ (local)

 net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c67900354fa6..0292a16e16c2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ int __netif_set_xps_queue(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned long *mask,
 		dev = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, index)->sb_dev ? : dev;
 
 		tc = netdev_txq_to_tc(dev, index);
-		if (tc < 0)
+		if (tc < 0 || tc >= num_tc)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.55.0
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