Re: [PATCH net v4] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 23:11:06 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:53:28 -0400 you wrote:
> In the __xsk_rcv() multi-buffer path, xsk_buff_alloc() is called in a
> loop without checking its return value. xsk_buff_can_alloc() only
> counts fill queue entries without validating their addresses, so it
> can succeed while xsk_buff_alloc() rejects all remaining entries and
> returns NULL.
>
> Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> 0xdffffc0000000000
> KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
> [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
> RIP: 0010:__xsk_rcv+0x426/0xc20 (net/xdp/xsk.c:350)
> Call Trace:
> xsk_generic_rcv+0x26d/0x5f0
> xdp_do_generic_redirect+0x3c5/0xcf0
> do_xdp_generic+0x92f/0xe70
> __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xf7e/0x2b30
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net,v4] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/73cee2bd5c96
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