[PATCH net v2] net/mlx5e: IPOIB, Fix QPN lookup race
From: Prathamesh Deshpande
Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 18:58:16 EST
The parent RX completion path can load a QPN hash entry before
mlx5i_pkey_del_qpn() unlinks and frees it, then dereference freed memory.
Use RCU hlist operations and defer freeing with kfree_rcu(). The existing
RCU read-side section in mlx5e_napi_poll() covers the lookup. Keep ht_lock
for writers and acquire it before looking up the entry to delete.
Fixes: 7e7f4780c340 ("net/mlx5e: IPoIB, Use hash-table to map between QPN to child netdev")
Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Replace the RX spinlock with RCU traversal and deferred freeing.
- Narrow the description to the parent CQE lookup race.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261030002241.8508-1-prathameshdeshpande7@xxxxxxxxx/
Review: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ade46454-e575-43e4-85aa-eeb5ad79408a@xxxxxxxxxx/
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h | 2 +-
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c | 26 +++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
index d67d5a72bb41..8c0039c5425e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void mlx5i_pkey_qpn_ht_cleanup(struct net_device *netdev);
int mlx5i_pkey_add_qpn(struct net_device *netdev, u32 qpn);
int mlx5i_pkey_del_qpn(struct net_device *netdev, u32 qpn);
-/* Get the net-device corresponding to the given underlay QPN */
+/* Get the net-device for a QPN. Caller must hold rcu_read_lock(). */
struct net_device *mlx5i_pkey_get_netdev(struct net_device *netdev, u32 qpn);
/* Shared ndo functions */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
index 4120afd097c3..5edc39247525 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
#include "ipoib.h"
#define MLX5I_MAX_LOG_PKEY_SUP 7
@@ -39,11 +40,12 @@ struct qpn_to_netdev {
struct net_device *netdev;
struct hlist_node hlist;
u32 underlay_qpn;
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
};
struct mlx5i_pkey_qpn_ht {
struct hlist_head buckets[1 << MLX5I_MAX_LOG_PKEY_SUP];
- spinlock_t ht_lock; /* Synchronise with NAPI */
+ spinlock_t ht_lock; /* Serialize hash table updates */
};
int mlx5i_pkey_qpn_ht_init(struct net_device *netdev)
@@ -68,13 +70,14 @@ void mlx5i_pkey_qpn_ht_cleanup(struct net_device *netdev)
kfree(ipriv->qpn_htbl);
}
-static struct qpn_to_netdev *mlx5i_find_qpn_to_netdev_node(struct hlist_head *buckets,
- u32 qpn)
+static struct qpn_to_netdev *
+mlx5i_find_qpn_to_netdev_node(struct mlx5i_pkey_qpn_ht *ht, u32 qpn)
{
- struct hlist_head *h = &buckets[hash_32(qpn, MLX5I_MAX_LOG_PKEY_SUP)];
+ struct hlist_head *h = &ht->buckets[hash_32(qpn, MLX5I_MAX_LOG_PKEY_SUP)];
struct qpn_to_netdev *node;
- hlist_for_each_entry(node, h, hlist) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(node, h, hlist,
+ lockdep_is_held(&ht->ht_lock)) {
if (node->underlay_qpn == qpn)
return node;
}
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ int mlx5i_pkey_add_qpn(struct net_device *netdev, u32 qpn)
new_node->netdev = netdev;
new_node->underlay_qpn = qpn;
spin_lock_bh(&ht->ht_lock);
- hlist_add_head(&new_node->hlist, &ht->buckets[key]);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&new_node->hlist, &ht->buckets[key]);
spin_unlock_bh(&ht->ht_lock);
return 0;
@@ -109,16 +112,17 @@ int mlx5i_pkey_del_qpn(struct net_device *netdev, u32 qpn)
struct mlx5i_pkey_qpn_ht *ht = ipriv->qpn_htbl;
struct qpn_to_netdev *node;
- node = mlx5i_find_qpn_to_netdev_node(ht->buckets, qpn);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ht->ht_lock);
+ node = mlx5i_find_qpn_to_netdev_node(ht, qpn);
if (!node) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ht->ht_lock);
mlx5_core_warn(epriv->mdev, "QPN to netdev delete from HT failed\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
- spin_lock_bh(&ht->ht_lock);
- hlist_del_init(&node->hlist);
+ hlist_del_rcu(&node->hlist);
spin_unlock_bh(&ht->ht_lock);
- kfree(node);
+ kfree_rcu(node, rcu);
return 0;
}
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ struct net_device *mlx5i_pkey_get_netdev(struct net_device *netdev, u32 qpn)
struct mlx5i_priv *ipriv = netdev_priv(netdev);
struct qpn_to_netdev *node;
- node = mlx5i_find_qpn_to_netdev_node(ipriv->qpn_htbl->buckets, qpn);
+ node = mlx5i_find_qpn_to_netdev_node(ipriv->qpn_htbl, qpn);
if (!node)
return NULL;
--
2.43.0