[PATCH net v2] net: fix NULL pointer dereference in l3mdev_l3_rcv
From: Wang Liang
Date: Fri Mar 21 2025 - 04:54:24 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 |
To avoid this by do not set dev->l3mdev_ops when unregister l3s ipvlan.
Suggested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: c675e06a98a4 ("ipvlan: decouple l3s mode dependencies from other modes")
Signed-off-by: Wang Liang <wangliang74@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c
index b4ef386bdb1b..7c017fe35522 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c
@@ -226,5 +226,4 @@ void ipvlan_l3s_unregister(struct ipvl_port *port)
dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER;
ipvlan_unregister_nf_hook(read_pnet(&port->pnet));
- dev->l3mdev_ops = NULL;
}
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