From 85a3e0ede38450ea3053b8c45d28cf55208409b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:15:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net_sched: red: fix a race in __red_change() Gerrard Tai reported a race condition in RED, whenever SFQ perturb timer fires at the wrong time. The race is as follows: CPU 0 CPU 1 [1]: lock root [2]: qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() [3]: unlock root | | [5]: lock root | [6]: rehash | [7]: qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() | [4]: qdisc_put() This can be abused to underflow a parent's qlen. Calling qdisc_purge_queue() instead of qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() should fix the race, because all packets will be purged from the qdisc before releasing the lock. Fixes: 0c8d13ac9607 ("net: sched: red: delay destroying child qdisc on replace") Reported-by: Gerrard Tai Suggested-by: Gerrard Tai Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250611111515.1983366-3-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/sched/sch_red.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_red.c b/net/sched/sch_red.c index 1ba3e0bba54f..4696c893cf55 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_red.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_red.c @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int __red_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr **tb, q->userbits = userbits; q->limit = ctl->limit; if (child) { - qdisc_tree_flush_backlog(q->qdisc); + qdisc_purge_queue(q->qdisc); old_child = q->qdisc; q->qdisc = child; } -- 2.25.1