This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0
to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
pfifo_tail_enqueue-drop-new-packet-when-sch-limit-0.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit d0e2deb424437c88a1a176d41e8ae0be3ca31c69
Author: Quang Le <quanglex97@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Feb 3 16:58:38 2025 -0800
pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0
[ Upstream commit 647cef20e649c576dff271e018d5d15d998b629d ]
Expected behaviour:
In case we reach scheduler's limit, pfifo_tail_enqueue() will drop a
packet in scheduler's queue and decrease scheduler's qlen by one.
Then, pfifo_tail_enqueue() enqueue new packet and increase
scheduler's qlen by one. Finally, pfifo_tail_enqueue() return
`NET_XMIT_CN` status code.
Weird behaviour:
In case we set `sch->limit == 0` and trigger pfifo_tail_enqueue() on a
scheduler that has no packet, the 'drop a packet' step will do nothing.
This means the scheduler's qlen still has value equal 0.
Then, we continue to enqueue new packet and increase scheduler's qlen by
one. In summary, we can leverage pfifo_tail_enqueue() to increase qlen by
one and return `NET_XMIT_CN` status code.
The problem is:
Let's say we have two qdiscs: Qdisc_A and Qdisc_B.
- Qdisc_A's type must have '->graft()' function to create parent/child relationship.
Let's say Qdisc_A's type is `hfsc`. Enqueue packet to this qdisc will trigger `hfsc_enqueue`.
- Qdisc_B's type is pfifo_head_drop. Enqueue packet to this qdisc will trigger `pfifo_tail_enqueue`.
- Qdisc_B is configured to have `sch->limit == 0`.
- Qdisc_A is configured to route the enqueued's packet to Qdisc_B.
Enqueue packet through Qdisc_A will lead to:
- hfsc_enqueue(Qdisc_A) -> pfifo_tail_enqueue(Qdisc_B)
- Qdisc_B->q.qlen += 1
- pfifo_tail_enqueue() return `NET_XMIT_CN`
- hfsc_enqueue() check for `NET_XMIT_SUCCESS` and see `NET_XMIT_CN` => hfsc_enqueue() don't increase qlen of Qdisc_A.
The whole process lead to a situation where Qdisc_A->q.qlen == 0 and Qdisc_B->q.qlen == 1.
Replace 'hfsc' with other type (for example: 'drr') still lead to the same problem.
This violate the design where parent's qlen should equal to the sum of its childrens'qlen.
Bug impact: This issue can be used for user->kernel privilege escalation when it is reachable.
Fixes: 57dbb2d83d10 ("sched: add head drop fifo queue")
Reported-by: Quang Le <quanglex97@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Quang Le <quanglex97@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250204005841.223511-2-xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fifo.c b/net/sched/sch_fifo.c
index b50b2c2cc09bc..e6bfd39ff3396 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fifo.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fifo.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ static int pfifo_tail_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
{
unsigned int prev_backlog;
+ if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(sch->limit) == 0))
+ return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free);
+
if (likely(sch->q.qlen < READ_ONCE(sch->limit)))
return qdisc_enqueue_tail(skb, sch);
