[PATCH net-next v7 2/8] page_pool: fix timing for checking and disabling napi_local

From: Yunsheng Lin
Date: Fri Jan 10 2025 - 08:14:31 EST


page_pool page may be freed from skb_defer_free_flush() in
softirq context without binding to any specific napi, it
may cause use-after-free problem due to the below time window,
as below, CPU1 may still access napi->list_owner after CPU0
free the napi memory:

CPU 0 CPU1
page_pool_destroy() skb_defer_free_flush()
. .
. napi = READ_ONCE(pool->p.napi);
. .
page_pool_disable_direct_recycling() .
driver free napi memory .
. .
. napi && READ_ONCE(napi->list_owner) == cpuid
. .

Use rcu mechanism to avoid the above problem.

Note, the above was found during code reviewing on how to fix
the problem in [1].

As the following IOMMU fix patch depends on synchronize_rcu()
added in this patch and the time window is so small that it
doesn't seem to be an urgent fix, so target the net-next as
the IOMMU fix patch does.

1. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8067f204-1380-4d37-8ffd-007fc6f26738@xxxxxxxxxx/T/

Fixes: dd64b232deb8 ("page_pool: unlink from napi during destroy")
Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/page_pool.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
index 9733206d6406..1aa7b93bdcc8 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ __page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool, netmem_ref netmem,
static bool page_pool_napi_local(const struct page_pool *pool)
{
const struct napi_struct *napi;
+ bool napi_local;
u32 cpuid;

if (unlikely(!in_softirq()))
@@ -814,9 +815,15 @@ static bool page_pool_napi_local(const struct page_pool *pool)
if (READ_ONCE(pool->cpuid) == cpuid)
return true;

+ /* Synchronizated with page_pool_destory() to avoid use-after-free
+ * for 'napi'.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
napi = READ_ONCE(pool->p.napi);
+ napi_local = napi && READ_ONCE(napi->list_owner) == cpuid;
+ rcu_read_unlock();

- return napi && READ_ONCE(napi->list_owner) == cpuid;
+ return napi_local;
}

void page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem(struct page_pool *pool, netmem_ref netmem,
@@ -1165,6 +1172,12 @@ void page_pool_destroy(struct page_pool *pool)
if (!page_pool_release(pool))
return;

+ /* Paired with rcu lock in page_pool_napi_local() to enable clearing
+ * of pool->p.napi in page_pool_disable_direct_recycling() is seen
+ * before returning to driver to free the napi instance.
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
page_pool_detached(pool);
pool->defer_start = jiffies;
pool->defer_warn = jiffies + DEFER_WARN_INTERVAL;
--
2.33.0