From: Qi Zhang <marsy12010123@gmail.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
nicoyip.dev@gmail.com, Qi Zhang <marsy12010123@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] net: pktgen: use a consistent flow count
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:21:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812052130.32823-1-marsy12010123@gmail.com> (raw)
pktgen_if_write() can update cflows while the packet generator thread is
inside mod_cur_headers(). The latter first tests cflows, but f_pick() then
reloads it when selecting a random flow.
This allows the following interleaving:
CPU 0 (kpktgend) CPU 1 (proc write)
if (pkt_dev->cflows) // 10
pkt_dev->cflows = 0
get_random_u32_below(pkt_dev->cflows)
get_random_u32_below(0) returns a full-width random value. Using that
value as an index into the fixed-size flows array causes an out-of-bounds
access. The kernel reported:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc8fe2d2674bc
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 65 Comm: kpktgend_0
RIP: 0010:mod_cur_headers+0x16f8/0x2840
Call Trace:
<TASK>
pktgen_thread_worker+0x305a/0x6bc0
kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0
ret_from_fork+0x36e/0x5a0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
Read cflows once at the start of mod_cur_headers(), pass the snapshot to
f_pick(), and use it for later flow-state decisions in the same packet.
Publish proc updates with WRITE_ONCE(). Flow selection then always uses a
nonzero count bounded by MAX_CFLOWS, while a concurrent update takes
effect on a later packet.
Fixes: 007a531b0a0c ("[PKTGEN]: Introduce sequential flows")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <marsy12010123@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Use the written value when reporting the new flow count.
- Add READ_ONCE() to the remaining lockless cflows reads, including
pktgen_if_show(), as suggested by Paolo Abeni.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260802152309.821584-1-marsy12010123@gmail.com
net/core/pktgen.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index ee64f3012..e14bb9a48 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ static const struct proc_ops pktgen_proc_ops = {
static int pktgen_if_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
const struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev = seq->private;
+ unsigned int cflows = READ_ONCE(pkt_dev->cflows);
ktime_t stopped;
unsigned int i;
u64 idle;
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ static int pktgen_if_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
pkt_dev->nfrags, (unsigned long long) pkt_dev->delay,
pkt_dev->clone_skb, pkt_dev->odevname);
- seq_printf(seq, " flows: %u flowlen: %u\n", pkt_dev->cflows,
+ seq_printf(seq, " flows: %u flowlen: %u\n", cflows,
pkt_dev->lflow);
seq_printf(seq,
@@ -675,7 +676,7 @@ static int pktgen_if_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
for (i = 0; i < NR_PKT_FLAGS; i++) {
if (i == FLOW_SEQ_SHIFT)
- if (!pkt_dev->cflows)
+ if (!cflows)
continue;
if (pkt_dev->flags & (1 << i)) {
@@ -1632,8 +1633,8 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file,
if (value > MAX_CFLOWS)
value = MAX_CFLOWS;
- pkt_dev->cflows = value;
- sprintf(pg_result, "OK: flows=%u", pkt_dev->cflows);
+ WRITE_ONCE(pkt_dev->cflows, value);
+ sprintf(pg_result, "OK: flows=%u", (unsigned int)value);
return count;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
@@ -2373,7 +2374,7 @@ static inline int f_seen(const struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev, int flow)
return !!(pkt_dev->flows[flow].flags & F_INIT);
}
-static inline int f_pick(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
+static inline int f_pick(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev, unsigned int cflows)
{
int flow = pkt_dev->curfl;
@@ -2383,11 +2384,11 @@ static inline int f_pick(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
pkt_dev->flows[flow].count = 0;
pkt_dev->flows[flow].flags = 0;
pkt_dev->curfl += 1;
- if (pkt_dev->curfl >= pkt_dev->cflows)
+ if (pkt_dev->curfl >= cflows)
pkt_dev->curfl = 0; /*reset */
}
} else {
- flow = get_random_u32_below(pkt_dev->cflows);
+ flow = get_random_u32_below(cflows);
pkt_dev->curfl = flow;
if (pkt_dev->flows[flow].count > pkt_dev->lflow) {
@@ -2461,12 +2462,14 @@ static void set_cur_queue_map(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
*/
static void mod_cur_headers(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
{
+ unsigned int cflows;
__u32 imn;
__u32 imx;
int flow = 0;
- if (pkt_dev->cflows)
- flow = f_pick(pkt_dev);
+ cflows = READ_ONCE(pkt_dev->cflows);
+ if (cflows)
+ flow = f_pick(pkt_dev, cflows);
/* Deal with source MAC */
if (pkt_dev->src_mac_count > 1) {
@@ -2582,7 +2585,7 @@ static void mod_cur_headers(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
pkt_dev->cur_saddr = htonl(t);
}
- if (pkt_dev->cflows && f_seen(pkt_dev, flow)) {
+ if (cflows && f_seen(pkt_dev, flow)) {
pkt_dev->cur_daddr = pkt_dev->flows[flow].cur_daddr;
} else {
imn = ntohl(pkt_dev->daddr_min);
@@ -2611,7 +2614,7 @@ static void mod_cur_headers(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
pkt_dev->cur_daddr = htonl(t);
}
}
- if (pkt_dev->cflows) {
+ if (cflows) {
pkt_dev->flows[flow].flags |= F_INIT;
pkt_dev->flows[flow].cur_daddr =
pkt_dev->cur_daddr;
--
2.25.1
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