[PATCH net 2/2 repost1] net/sched: sch_teql: keep skb->dev consistent on the arp-queue path

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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Date: 2026-10-12 18:21:08
Also in: stable
Subsystem: networking [general], tc subsystem, the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Jamal Hadi Salim, Jiri Pirko, Linus Torvalds

teql_master_xmit() sets skb->dev = slave only right before calling the
slave's ndo_start_xmit(). When the slave has no resolved neighbour,
teql_resolve() hands the skb to neigh_event_send(), which queues it on
the slave's neighbour arp_queue while skb->dev still points at the
teql* master. skb->dev takes no netdev reference, and the master is
freed unconditionally on teql_exit() while the slave is still alive, so
a queued skb that runs the ARP retransmit path can dereference a freed
device.

Move the assignment to before teql_resolve(), so a skb parked on the
slave's arp_queue carries the slave's device and is flushed with it.

That alone is not enough: when the neighbour resolves,
neigh_update_process_arp_queue() re-looks-up the top-level neighbour so
shaper, eql and teql can be re-entered, but it calls n1->output()
without restoring skb->dev. A skb that was parked with skb->dev set to
the slave then leaves through the slave directly, skipping
teql_master_xmit() and the dev_hard_header() call that builds the
slave's link-layer header, and is transmitted headerless. Restore
skb->dev = n1->dev at the reinjection point; this is the identity for
every other parker (neigh_resolve_output() parks with skb->dev ==
neigh->dev, ndisc probes carry no skb) and the needed repair for teql.

This is a follow-up to commit dc4b95b8fee9 ("net/sched: sch_teql:
restore skb->dev on the slave failure path"), which restored skb->dev
to the master after each slave iteration but left the master-vs-slave
mismatch on the neighbour/ARP-queue path, and left the queued skb
naming the master rather than the device whose neighbour took it.

Conditions to recreate the bug: a teql master with a slave whose
neighbour is unresolved; send one packet through the master so the skb
parks on the slave's arp_queue. On the unfixed tree the parked skb
names the master (kprobe on __neigh_event_send shows skb->dev=teql0);
with only the first hunk applied, the parked packet is delivered to the
slave's peer without a link-layer header when ARP completes.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko (nipa) <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/20260824115928.4099988-1-victor@mojatatu.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260824115928.4099988-1-victor@mojatatu.com/ (local)
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
 net/core/neighbour.c | 1 +
 net/sched/sch_teql.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 7448320f7ad5..5823f5007812 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,7 @@ static void neigh_update_process_arp_queue(struct neighbour *neigh)
 			if (n2)
 				n1 = n2;
 		}
+		skb->dev = n1->dev;
 		READ_ONCE(n1->output)(n1, skb);
 		if (n2)
 			neigh_release(n2);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_teql.c b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
index acd03f9afc6b..3fbd5af10028 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_teql.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t teql_master_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		skb->dev = slave;
 		switch (teql_resolve(skb, skb_res, slave, slave_txq, &hlen)) {
 		case 0:
 			if (__netif_tx_trylock(slave_txq)) {
 				unsigned int length = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 
-				skb->dev = slave;
 				if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(slave_txq) &&
 				    netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave, slave_txq, false) ==
 				    NETDEV_TX_OK) {
-- 
2.43.0
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