From: Nick Child nnac123@linux.ibm.com
[ Upstream commit bdf5d13aa05ec314d4385b31ac974d6c7e0997c9 ]
Previously, after successfully flushing the xmit buffer to VIOS, the tx_bytes stat was incremented by the length of the skb.
It is invalid to access the skb memory after sending the buffer to the VIOS because, at any point after sending, the VIOS can trigger an interrupt to free this memory. A race between reading skb->len and freeing the skb is possible (especially during LPM) and will result in use-after-free: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ibmvnic_xmit+0x75c/0x1808 [ibmvnic] Read of size 4 at addr c00000024eb48a70 by task hxecom/14495 <...> Call Trace: [c000000118f66cf0] [c0000000018cba6c] dump_stack_lvl+0x84/0xe8 (unreliable) [c000000118f66d20] [c0000000006f0080] print_report+0x1a8/0x7f0 [c000000118f66df0] [c0000000006f08f0] kasan_report+0x128/0x1f8 [c000000118f66f00] [c0000000006f2868] __asan_load4+0xac/0xe0 [c000000118f66f20] [c0080000046eac84] ibmvnic_xmit+0x75c/0x1808 [ibmvnic] [c000000118f67340] [c0000000014be168] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x150/0x358 <...> Freed by task 0: kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x68 kasan_save_track+0x2c/0x50 kasan_save_free_info+0x64/0x108 __kasan_mempool_poison_object+0x148/0x2d4 napi_skb_cache_put+0x5c/0x194 net_tx_action+0x154/0x5b8 handle_softirqs+0x20c/0x60c do_softirq_own_stack+0x6c/0x88 <...> The buggy address belongs to the object at c00000024eb48a00 which belongs to the cache skbuff_head_cache of size 224 ==================================================================
Fixes: 032c5e82847a ("Driver for IBM System i/p VNIC protocol") Signed-off-by: Nick Child nnac123@linux.ibm.com Reviewed-by: Simon Horman horms@kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250214155233.235559-1-nnac123@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org [Minor context change fixed.] Signed-off-by: Bin Lan bin.lan.cn@windriver.com Signed-off-by: He Zhe zhe.he@windriver.com --- Build test passed. --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c index 7f4539a2e551..4b87d9f59628 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -1758,6 +1758,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) dma_addr_t data_dma_addr; struct netdev_queue *txq; unsigned long lpar_rc; + unsigned int skblen; union sub_crq tx_crq; unsigned int offset; int num_entries = 1; @@ -1843,6 +1844,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) tx_buff->skb = skb; tx_buff->index = index; tx_buff->pool_index = queue_num; + skblen = skb->len;
memset(&tx_crq, 0, sizeof(tx_crq)); tx_crq.v1.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD; @@ -1919,7 +1921,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) }
tx_packets++; - tx_bytes += skb->len; + tx_bytes += skblen; txq->trans_start = jiffies; ret = NETDEV_TX_OK; goto out;
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✅ All tests passed successfully. No issues detected. No action required from the submitter.
The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: bdf5d13aa05ec314d4385b31ac974d6c7e0997c9
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: bin.lan.cn@windriver.com Commit author: Nick Childnnac123@linux.ibm.com
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.14.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.12.y | Present (different SHA1: 25dddd01dcc8) 6.6.y | Present (different SHA1: 093b0e5c9059) 6.1.y | Present (different SHA1: 501ac6a7e21b)
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: bdf5d13aa05ec ! 1: a7d6d80294525 ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS @@ Metadata ## Commit message ## ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS
+ [ Upstream commit bdf5d13aa05ec314d4385b31ac974d6c7e0997c9 ] + Previously, after successfully flushing the xmit buffer to VIOS, the tx_bytes stat was incremented by the length of the skb.
@@ Commit message Reviewed-by: Simon Horman horms@kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250214155233.235559-1-nnac123@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org + [Minor context change fixed.] + Signed-off-by: Bin Lan bin.lan.cn@windriver.com + Signed-off-by: He Zhe zhe.he@windriver.com
## drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c ## @@ drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c: static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) @@ drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c: static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_bu + unsigned int skblen; union sub_crq tx_crq; unsigned int offset; - bool use_scrq_send_direct = false; + int num_entries = 1; @@ drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c: static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) tx_buff->skb = skb; - tx_buff->index = bufidx; + tx_buff->index = index; tx_buff->pool_index = queue_num; + skblen = skb->len;
memset(&tx_crq, 0, sizeof(tx_crq)); tx_crq.v1.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD; @@ drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c: static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) - netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, queue_num); }
+ tx_packets++; - tx_bytes += skb->len; + tx_bytes += skblen; - txq_trans_cond_update(txq); + txq->trans_start = jiffies; ret = NETDEV_TX_OK; goto out; ---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | stable/linux-5.15.y | Success | Success |
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