[PATCH bpf v4] xskmap: reject TX-only AF_XDP sockets

From: Linpu Yu

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 10:44:15 EST


XSKMAP entries are used as redirect targets for incoming XDP frames.
A TX-only AF_XDP socket lacks an Rx ring and cannot handle redirected
traffic, but xsk_map_update_elem() currently allows such sockets to
be inserted into the map.

Redirecting packets to such a socket on the veth generic-XDP path
causes a kernel crash in xsk_generic_rcv().

This became possible after xsk_is_setup_for_bpf_map() was removed from
the XSKMAP update path, which allowed bound TX-only sockets to be
inserted into the map.

Reject TX-only sockets during XSKMAP updates to avoid the crash.
They remain fully operational for pure Tx purposes outside XSKMAP.

Fixes: 968be23ceaca ("xsk: Fix possible segfault at xskmap entry insertion")
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linpu Yu <linpu5433@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- retarget the patch from bpf-next to bpf
- resend after no feedback

net/xdp/xskmap.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/xdp/xskmap.c b/net/xdp/xskmap.c
index afa457506274..3bff346308d0 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xskmap.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xskmap.c
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ static long xsk_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value,
}

xs = (struct xdp_sock *)sock->sk;
+ if (!READ_ONCE(xs->rx)) {
+ sockfd_put(sock);
+ return -ENOBUFS;
+ }

map_entry = &m->xsk_map[i];
node = xsk_map_node_alloc(m, map_entry);
--
2.54.0