[PATCH net] pppoe: delete session hash entries by pointer match
From: Qingfang Deng
Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 05:25:56 EST
pppoe_connect() copies the requested PPPoE address to a socket before
attempting to insert the socket into the session hash table. If the
tuple already exists, __set_item() returns -EALREADY, but the copied
address and ifindex remain set on the failed socket.
Closing that socket then deletes the existing socket's hash entry
through pppoe_release(), preventing it from receiving further session
traffic. An unprivileged process in the same network namespace can
trigger this through a duplicate connection attempt.
To avoid the accidental delete, pass the pppox_sock to __delete_item(),
and unlink only an entry whose pointer matches the requested socket.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index bf7414b46a26..ee0e318d6a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -194,18 +194,16 @@ static int __set_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, struct pppox_sock *po)
return 0;
}
-static void __delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
- char *addr, int ifindex)
+static void __delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, const struct pppox_sock *po)
{
- int hash = hash_item(sid, addr);
+ int hash = hash_item(po->pppoe_pa.sid, po->pppoe_pa.remote);
struct pppox_sock *ret, __rcu **src;
ret = rcu_dereference_protected(pn->hash_table[hash], lockdep_is_held(&pn->hash_lock));
src = &pn->hash_table[hash];
while (ret) {
- if (cmp_addr(&ret->pppoe_pa, sid, addr) &&
- ret->pppoe_ifindex == ifindex) {
+ if (ret == po) {
struct pppox_sock *next;
next = rcu_dereference_protected(ret->next,
@@ -236,11 +234,10 @@ static inline struct pppox_sock *get_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
return po;
}
-static inline void delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
- char *addr, int ifindex)
+static void delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, const struct pppox_sock *po)
{
spin_lock(&pn->hash_lock);
- __delete_item(pn, sid, addr, ifindex);
+ __delete_item(pn, po);
spin_unlock(&pn->hash_lock);
}
@@ -570,8 +567,7 @@ static int pppoe_release(struct socket *sock)
* protect "po" from concurrent updates
* on pppoe_flush_dev
*/
- delete_item(pn, po->pppoe_pa.sid, po->pppoe_pa.remote,
- po->pppoe_ifindex);
+ delete_item(pn, po);
sock_orphan(sk);
sock->sk = NULL;
@@ -621,8 +617,7 @@ static int pppoe_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uservaddr
if (stage_session(po->pppoe_pa.sid)) {
pppox_unbind_sock(sk);
pn = pppoe_pernet(sock_net(sk));
- delete_item(pn, po->pppoe_pa.sid,
- po->pppoe_pa.remote, po->pppoe_ifindex);
+ delete_item(pn, po);
if (po->pppoe_dev) {
dev_put(po->pppoe_dev);
po->pppoe_dev = NULL;
@@ -672,8 +667,7 @@ static int pppoe_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uservaddr
error = ppp_register_net_channel(dev_net(dev), &po->chan);
if (error) {
- delete_item(pn, po->pppoe_pa.sid,
- po->pppoe_pa.remote, po->pppoe_ifindex);
+ delete_item(pn, po);
goto err_put;
}
--
2.43.0