[PATCH net] net/sched: keep tcf block alive during offload unbind
From: Chengfeng Ye
Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 11:41:43 EST
An RTNL-unlocked filter request can race with qdisc teardown on a shared
tcf block. The filter request takes a temporary block reference before
teardown drops the qdisc owner's reference. Teardown then enters
tcf_block_offload_unbind() without retaining a reference of its own.
The following interleaving can occur:
filter request qdisc teardown
tcf_block_refcnt_get(): 1 -> 2
__tcf_block_put(): 2 -> 1
tcf_block_offload_unbind()
tcf_block_refcnt_put(): 1 -> 0
tcf_block_destroy()
access block->nooffloaddevcnt
The unbind path may sleep in flow_indr_dev_setup_offload(), allowing the
RCU grace period to expire and the block to be reclaimed. It then
continues using block->cb_lock and block->nooffloaddevcnt.
KASAN reported:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcf_block_offload_unbind
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811ae590a4
Call Trace:
tcf_block_offload_unbind+0x158/0x190
clsact_destroy+0xd6/0x690
__qdisc_destroy+0xdf/0x290
qdisc_graft+0x5d7/0x1560
tc_get_qdisc+0x415/0xd50
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x367/0xa40
Allocated by task 85:
tcf_block_get_ext+0x803/0x1570
clsact_init+0x1ff/0xb50
qdisc_create+0x392/0xde0
Freed by task 88:
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
__rcu_free_sheaf_prepare+0x5c/0x220
rcu_free_sheaf+0x1a/0x100
Keep the qdisc owner's reference until offload unbind completes by moving
the unbind before the refcount decrement. A concurrent temporary
reference release can no longer destroy the block while unbind uses it.
Fixes: 92149190067d ("net: sched: flower: set unlocked flag for flower proto ops")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sched/cls_api.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index fee4524adc98..d3b2506d87cf 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -1312,6 +1312,9 @@ static struct tcf_block *__tcf_block_find(struct net *net, struct Qdisc *q,
static void __tcf_block_put(struct tcf_block *block, struct Qdisc *q,
struct tcf_block_ext_info *ei, bool rtnl_held)
{
+ if (q)
+ tcf_block_offload_unbind(block, q, ei);
+
if (refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(&block->refcnt, &block->lock)) {
/* Flushing/putting all chains will cause the block to be
* deallocated when last chain is freed. However, if chain_list
@@ -1325,15 +1328,10 @@ static void __tcf_block_put(struct tcf_block *block, struct Qdisc *q,
if (tcf_block_shared(block))
tcf_block_remove(block, block->net);
- if (q)
- tcf_block_offload_unbind(block, q, ei);
-
if (free_block)
tcf_block_destroy(block);
else
tcf_block_flush_all_chains(block, rtnl_held);
- } else if (q) {
- tcf_block_offload_unbind(block, q, ei);
}
}
--
2.43.0