[PATCH net] net: fix NULL pointer dereference in l3mdev_l3_rcv

From: Wang Liang
Date: Wed Mar 12 2025 - 21:16:56 EST


When delete l3s ipvlan:

ip link del link eth0 ipvlan1 type ipvlan mode l3s

This may cause a null pointer dereference:

Call trace:
ip_rcv_finish+0x48/0xd0
ip_rcv+0x5c/0x100
__netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x64/0xb0
__netif_receive_skb+0x20/0x80
process_backlog+0xb4/0x204
napi_poll+0xe8/0x294
net_rx_action+0xd8/0x22c
__do_softirq+0x12c/0x354

This is because l3mdev_l3_rcv() visit dev->l3mdev_ops after
ipvlan_l3s_unregister() assign the dev->l3mdev_ops to NULL. The process
like this:

(CPU1) | (CPU2)
l3mdev_l3_rcv() |
check dev->priv_flags: |
master = skb->dev; |
|
| ipvlan_l3s_unregister()
| set dev->priv_flags
| dev->l3mdev_ops = NULL;
|
visit master->l3mdev_ops |

Add lock for dev->priv_flags and dev->l3mdev_ops is too expensive. Resolve
this issue by add check for master->l3mdev_ops.

Fixes: c675e06a98a4 ("ipvlan: decouple l3s mode dependencies from other modes")
Signed-off-by: Wang Liang <wangliang74@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/l3mdev.h | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/l3mdev.h b/include/net/l3mdev.h
index f7fe796e8429..b5af87a35a9f 100644
--- a/include/net/l3mdev.h
+++ b/include/net/l3mdev.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static inline
struct sk_buff *l3mdev_l3_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 proto)
{
struct net_device *master = NULL;
+ const struct l3mdev_ops *l3mdev_ops;

if (netif_is_l3_slave(skb->dev))
master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(skb->dev);
@@ -172,8 +173,12 @@ struct sk_buff *l3mdev_l3_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 proto)
netif_has_l3_rx_handler(skb->dev))
master = skb->dev;

- if (master && master->l3mdev_ops->l3mdev_l3_rcv)
- skb = master->l3mdev_ops->l3mdev_l3_rcv(master, skb, proto);
+ if (!master)
+ return skb;
+
+ l3mdev_ops = master->l3mdev_ops;
+ if (l3mdev_ops && l3mdev_ops->l3mdev_l3_rcv)
+ skb = l3mdev_ops->l3mdev_l3_rcv(master, skb, proto);

return skb;
}
--
2.34.1