[PATCH net v3] bnxt_en: don't leave an XDP program installed when the open fails

From: Vaibhav Nagare

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 10:40:11 EST


bnxt_xdp_set() stores the new program and drops the reference on the old
one before reopening the NIC. If bnxt_open_nic() then fails, ndo_bpf()
returns an error with the new program still in bp->xdp_prog. The caller
treats the error as "nothing was installed" and drops its own reference,
so bp->xdp_prog is left pointing at a freed program and the next XDP
update dereferences it:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff78ecc80ddd1038
RIP: 0010:__bpf_prog_put+0x5/0x80
Call Trace:
bnxt_xdp_set+0xad/0x1b0 [bnxt_en]
dev_xdp_propagate+0x36/0xa0
bond_xdp_set+0xeb/0x2d0 [bonding]
dev_xdp_install+0x1b1/0x350
bpf_xdp_link_update+0xc5/0x1b0
link_update+0x104/0x1e0
__sys_bpf+0x662/0xcf0

Seen on a 6.12 based kernel after bnxt_alloc_mem() failed an order-4
allocation on a fragmented host:

bnxt_en 0000:a0:00.1 ens4f1np1: nic open fail (rc: fffffff4)
bond1: (slave ens4f1np1): Error -12 calling ndo_bpf

Bonding is not required to hit this; a plain XDP attach on a bnxt
interface takes the same path.

Restore the previous program and its ring and feature configuration
when an attach or a replace fails, and release the old program only
once the change has been committed. The configuration matters because
bnxt_init_one_rx_ring() only assigns rxr->xdp_prog in page mode, and
__bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() derives dev->max_mtu from the installed
program.

A detach is not undone: dev_xdp_detach_link() releases the core's
reference whether or not the driver returns an error, so putting the
program back would leak it and leave the driver running a program the
core has already detached.

Fixes: c6d30e8391b8 ("bnxt_en: Add basic XDP support.")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagare <vnagare@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- don't undo a detach when the reopen fails. dev_xdp_detach_link()
releases the core's reference whether or not the driver returns an
error, so restoring the program leaked it and left the driver running
a program the core had already detached (Sashiko AI review)
- v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260930070901.1218980-1-vnagare@xxxxxxxxxx/
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260928131458.1012180-1-vnagare@xxxxxxxxxx/

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c | 49 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c
index 9e5009be8e98..430272fc0594 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c
@@ -381,11 +381,31 @@ int bnxt_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int num_frames,
return nxmit;
}

+static void bnxt_xdp_apply_cfg(struct bnxt *bp, int tx_xdp)
+{
+ struct net_device *dev = bp->dev;
+ int tc = bp->num_tc ? : 1;
+
+ if (bp->xdp_prog) {
+ bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(bp, true);
+ xdp_features_set_redirect_target_locked(dev, true);
+ } else {
+ xdp_features_clear_redirect_target_locked(dev);
+ bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(bp, false);
+ }
+ bp->tx_nr_rings_xdp = tx_xdp;
+ bp->tx_nr_rings = bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc * tc + tx_xdp;
+ bnxt_set_cp_rings(bp, true);
+ bnxt_set_tpa_flags(bp);
+ bnxt_set_ring_params(bp);
+}
+
static int bnxt_xdp_set(struct bnxt *bp, struct bpf_prog *prog)
{
struct net_device *dev = bp->dev;
int tx_xdp = 0, rc, tc;
struct bpf_prog *old;
+ int old_tx_xdp;

netdev_assert_locked(dev);

@@ -418,25 +438,22 @@ static int bnxt_xdp_set(struct bnxt *bp, struct bpf_prog *prog)
if (netif_running(dev))
bnxt_close_nic(bp, true, false);

+ old_tx_xdp = bp->tx_nr_rings_xdp;
old = xchg(&bp->xdp_prog, prog);
- if (old)
- bpf_prog_put(old);
-
- if (prog) {
- bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(bp, true);
- xdp_features_set_redirect_target_locked(dev, true);
- } else {
- xdp_features_clear_redirect_target_locked(dev);
- bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(bp, false);
+ bnxt_xdp_apply_cfg(bp, tx_xdp);
+
+ if (netif_running(dev)) {
+ rc = bnxt_open_nic(bp, true, false);
+ /* dev_xdp_detach_link() drops the ref even if we fail */
+ if (rc && prog) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(bp->xdp_prog, old);
+ bnxt_xdp_apply_cfg(bp, old_tx_xdp);
+ return rc;
+ }
}
- bp->tx_nr_rings_xdp = tx_xdp;
- bp->tx_nr_rings = bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc * tc + tx_xdp;
- bnxt_set_cp_rings(bp, true);
- bnxt_set_tpa_flags(bp);
- bnxt_set_ring_params(bp);

- if (netif_running(dev))
- return bnxt_open_nic(bp, true, false);
+ if (old)
+ bpf_prog_put(old);

return 0;
}
--
2.55.0