4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Budimir Markovic <markovicbudimir@xxxxxxxxx> commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f upstream. HFSC assumes that inner classes have an fsc curve, but it is currently possible for classes without an fsc curve to become parents. This leads to bugs including a use-after-free. Don't allow non-root classes without HFSC_FSC to become parents. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: Budimir Markovic <markovicbudimir@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Budimir Markovic <markovicbudimir@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230824084905.422-1-markovicbudimir@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> [ v4.14: Delete NL_SET_ERR_MSG because extack is not added to hfsc_change_class ] Signed-off-by: Shaoying Xu <shaoyi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sched/sch_hfsc.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c @@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ hfsc_change_class(struct Qdisc *sch, u32 if (parent == NULL) return -ENOENT; } + if (!(parent->cl_flags & HFSC_FSC) && parent != &q->root) + return -EINVAL; if (classid == 0 || TC_H_MAJ(classid ^ sch->handle) != 0) return -EINVAL;