[PATCH net] net/sched: sch_taprio: do not requeue a deactivated qdisc
From: David Lee
Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 06:25:24 EST
From: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Root qdisc replacement and deletion call dev_deactivate() without
resetting the old qdisc. This marks the qdisc deactivated and waits for
existing runs to finish, but leaves TAPRIO's private hrtimer active.
advance_sched() can therefore requeue the old root after the final busy
check, allowing a new run to overlap reset and destruction.
Do not schedule TAPRIO after its root has been deactivated. Keep the
test in the existing RCU read-side critical section so that it pairs
with the synchronize_net() in dev_deactivate_many(): a callback which
observes an active qdisc must finish before the final busy check, while
a later callback observes the deactivated state and skips the requeue.
Fixes: 5a781ccbd19e ("tc: Add support for configuring the taprio scheduler")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol Codex:gpt-5.5-cyber
Signed-off-by: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: David Lee <david.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Lee <david.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Bug found and triaged by OpenAI Security Research and
validated by Trail of Bits.
The supplied v7.2-rc3 trace contains a KASAN use-after-free. The
reproducer did not trigger a sanitizer report in the current v7.2-rc5
campaign and can be shared if needed.
net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 299234a5f..2cf76df43 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -990,7 +990,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart advance_sched(struct hrtimer *timer)
hrtimer_set_expires(&q->advance_timer, end_time);
rcu_read_lock();
- __netif_schedule(sch);
+ if (!test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &sch->state))
+ __netif_schedule(sch);
rcu_read_unlock();
return HRTIMER_RESTART;
--
2.53.0