* [PATCH net v1] pfcp: fix socket lifetime on netdevice registration failure
@ 2026-09-18 12:31 Xuanqiang Luo
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From: Xuanqiang Luo @ 2026-09-18 12:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, aleksander.lobakin,
wojciech.drewek, marcin.szycik, horms, linux-kernel,
Xuanqiang Luo
From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
pfcp_newlink() creates the UDP socket before register_netdevice().
If registration fails after pfcp_dev_init() succeeds, the core calls
pfcp_dev_uninit(), which releases the socket and clears pfcp->sk.
The newlink error path then releases it again, causing a NULL pointer
dereference. This was observed with failslab fault injection:
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.
kobject: kobject_add_internal failed for pfcp0 (error: -12 parent: net)
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in udp_tunnel_sock_release+0x1c/0x50
Read of size 8 at addr 0000000000000120 by task ip/1037
Call trace:
show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C)
dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90
print_report+0x468/0x5cc
kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0
__asan_load8+0x7c/0xd0
udp_tunnel_sock_release+0x1c/0x50
pfcp_newlink+0x128/0x184
rtnl_newlink+0x848/0xe44
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x468/0x514
netlink_rcv_skb+0xc0/0x1f0
rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24
netlink_unicast+0x4b8/0x558
netlink_sendmsg+0x2b8/0x584
...
Create the socket in pfcp_dev_init() after initializing the GRO cells,
and let pfcp_dev_uninit() release it on registration failure or removal.
Move the RCU wait into pfcp_dev_uninit(), using synchronize_net() after
socket release to drain receive callbacks before destroying the GRO cells.
Fixes: 76c8764ef36a5 ("pfcp: add PFCP module")
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
---
A NULL check would fix the crash. Moving socket creation into ndo_init
also removes the duplicate cleanup and ensures the receive state is
initialized before enabling the socket's receive callback.
drivers/net/pfcp.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/pfcp.c b/drivers/net/pfcp.c
index e1cca779d2ecc..3db813ba2344c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pfcp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pfcp.c
@@ -103,27 +103,63 @@ static int pfcp_encap_recv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
return 0;
}
-static void pfcp_del_sock(struct pfcp_dev *pfcp)
+static struct sock *pfcp_create_sock(struct pfcp_dev *pfcp)
{
- udp_tunnel_sock_release(pfcp->sk);
- pfcp->sk = NULL;
+ struct udp_tunnel_sock_cfg tuncfg = {};
+ struct udp_port_cfg udp_conf = {
+ .local_ip.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY),
+ .family = AF_INET,
+ };
+ struct net *net = pfcp->net;
+ struct socket *sock;
+ int err;
+
+ udp_conf.local_udp_port = htons(PFCP_PORT);
+
+ err = udp_sock_create(net, &udp_conf, &sock);
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ tuncfg.sk_user_data = pfcp;
+ tuncfg.encap_rcv = pfcp_encap_recv;
+ tuncfg.encap_type = 1;
+
+ setup_udp_tunnel_sock(net, sock->sk, &tuncfg);
+
+ return sock->sk;
}
static void pfcp_dev_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct pfcp_dev *pfcp = netdev_priv(dev);
+ udp_tunnel_sock_release(pfcp->sk);
+ pfcp->sk = NULL;
+ /* Wait for receive callbacks before destroying their state. */
+ synchronize_net();
gro_cells_destroy(&pfcp->gro_cells);
- pfcp_del_sock(pfcp);
}
static int pfcp_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct pfcp_dev *pfcp = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct sock *sk;
+ int err;
pfcp->dev = dev;
- return gro_cells_init(&pfcp->gro_cells, dev);
+ err = gro_cells_init(&pfcp->gro_cells, dev);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ sk = pfcp_create_sock(pfcp);
+ if (IS_ERR(sk)) {
+ gro_cells_destroy(&pfcp->gro_cells);
+ return PTR_ERR(sk);
+ }
+ pfcp->sk = sk;
+
+ return 0;
}
static const struct net_device_ops pfcp_netdev_ops = {
@@ -153,39 +189,6 @@ static void pfcp_link_setup(struct net_device *dev)
netif_keep_dst(dev);
}
-static struct sock *pfcp_create_sock(struct pfcp_dev *pfcp)
-{
- struct udp_tunnel_sock_cfg tuncfg = {};
- struct udp_port_cfg udp_conf = {
- .local_ip.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY),
- .family = AF_INET,
- };
- struct net *net = pfcp->net;
- struct socket *sock;
- int err;
-
- udp_conf.local_udp_port = htons(PFCP_PORT);
-
- err = udp_sock_create(net, &udp_conf, &sock);
- if (err)
- return ERR_PTR(err);
-
- tuncfg.sk_user_data = pfcp;
- tuncfg.encap_rcv = pfcp_encap_recv;
- tuncfg.encap_type = 1;
-
- setup_udp_tunnel_sock(net, sock->sk, &tuncfg);
-
- return sock->sk;
-}
-
-static int pfcp_add_sock(struct pfcp_dev *pfcp)
-{
- pfcp->sk = pfcp_create_sock(pfcp);
-
- return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pfcp->sk);
-}
-
static int pfcp_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
struct rtnl_newlink_params *params,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
@@ -197,16 +200,10 @@ static int pfcp_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
pfcp->net = link_net;
- err = pfcp_add_sock(pfcp);
- if (err) {
- netdev_dbg(dev, "failed to add pfcp socket %d\n", err);
- goto exit_err;
- }
-
err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (err) {
netdev_dbg(dev, "failed to register pfcp netdev %d\n", err);
- goto exit_del_pfcp_sock;
+ goto exit_err;
}
pn = net_generic(link_net, pfcp_net_id);
@@ -219,9 +216,6 @@ static int pfcp_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
return 0;
-exit_del_pfcp_sock:
- pfcp_del_sock(pfcp);
- synchronize_rcu();
exit_err:
pfcp->net = NULL;
return err;
--
2.43.0
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