[PATCH net v3 1/2] bonding: fix null-ptr-deref in bond_rr_gen_slave_id()

From: Jiayuan Chen

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 21:20:20 EST


From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>

bond_rr_gen_slave_id() dereferences bond->rr_tx_counter without a NULL
check. rr_tx_counter is a per-CPU counter only allocated in bond_open()
when the bond mode is round-robin. If the bond device was never brought
up, rr_tx_counter remains NULL, causing a null-ptr-deref.

The XDP redirect path can reach this code even when the bond is not up:
bpf_master_redirect_enabled_key is a global static key, so when any bond
device has native XDP attached, the XDP_TX -> xdp_master_redirect()
interception is enabled for all bond slaves system-wide. This allows the
path xdp_master_redirect() -> bond_xdp_get_xmit_slave() ->
bond_xdp_xmit_roundrobin_slave_get() -> bond_rr_gen_slave_id() to be
reached on a bond that was never opened.

The normal TX path (bond_xmit_roundrobin) is not affected because TX
requires the bond to be UP, which guarantees rr_tx_counter is allocated.
However, bond_xmit_get_slave() (ndo_get_xmit_slave) has the same code
pattern via bond_xmit_roundrobin_slave_get() and could theoretically
hit the same issue.

Fix this by allocating rr_tx_counter unconditionally in bond_init()
(ndo_init), which is called by register_netdevice() and covers both
device creation paths (bond_create() and bond_newlink()). This also
handles the case where bond mode is changed to round-robin after device
creation. The conditional allocation in bond_open() is removed. Since
bond_destructor() already unconditionally calls
free_percpu(bond->rr_tx_counter), the lifecycle is clean: allocate at
ndo_init, free at destructor.

Fixes: 879af96ffd72 ("net, core: Add support for XDP redirection to slave device")
Reported-by: syzbot+80e046b8da2820b6ba73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/698f84c6.a70a0220.2c38d7.00cc.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 78cff904cdc3..9f63f67d8418 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4279,12 +4279,6 @@ static int bond_open(struct net_device *bond_dev)
struct list_head *iter;
struct slave *slave;

- if (BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN && !bond->rr_tx_counter) {
- bond->rr_tx_counter = alloc_percpu(u32);
- if (!bond->rr_tx_counter)
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
/* reset slave->backup and slave->inactive */
if (bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, iter) {
@@ -6411,6 +6405,12 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev)
if (!bond->wq)
return -ENOMEM;

+ bond->rr_tx_counter = alloc_percpu(u32);
+ if (!bond->rr_tx_counter) {
+ destroy_workqueue(bond->wq);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
bond->notifier_ctx = false;

spin_lock_init(&bond->stats_lock);
--
2.43.0