bpf: Fix race in devmap on PREEMPT_RT

On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the per-CPU xdp_dev_bulk_queue (bq) can be
accessed concurrently by multiple preemptible tasks on the same CPU.

The original code assumes bq_enqueue() and __dev_flush() run atomically
with respect to each other on the same CPU, relying on
local_bh_disable() to prevent preemption. However, on PREEMPT_RT,
local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable() (when
PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable
preemption, which allows CFS scheduling to preempt a task during
bq_xmit_all(), enabling another task on the same CPU to enter
bq_enqueue() and operate on the same per-CPU bq concurrently.

This leads to several races:

1. Double-free / use-after-free on bq->q[]: bq_xmit_all() snapshots
   cnt = bq->count, then iterates bq->q[0..cnt-1] to transmit frames.
   If preempted after the snapshot, a second task can call bq_enqueue()
   -> bq_xmit_all() on the same bq, transmitting (and freeing) the
   same frames. When the first task resumes, it operates on stale
   pointers in bq->q[], causing use-after-free.

2. bq->count and bq->q[] corruption: concurrent bq_enqueue() modifying
   bq->count and bq->q[] while bq_xmit_all() is reading them.

3. dev_rx/xdp_prog teardown race: __dev_flush() clears bq->dev_rx and
   bq->xdp_prog after bq_xmit_all(). If preempted between
   bq_xmit_all() return and bq->dev_rx = NULL, a preempting
   bq_enqueue() sees dev_rx still set (non-NULL), skips adding bq to
   the flush_list, and enqueues a frame. When __dev_flush() resumes,
   it clears dev_rx and removes bq from the flush_list, orphaning the
   newly enqueued frame.

4. __list_del_clearprev() on flush_node: similar to the cpumap race,
   both tasks can call __list_del_clearprev() on the same flush_node,
   the second dereferences the prev pointer already set to NULL.

The race between task A (__dev_flush -> bq_xmit_all) and task B
(bq_enqueue -> bq_xmit_all) on the same CPU:

  Task A (xdp_do_flush)          Task B (ndo_xdp_xmit redirect)
  ----------------------         --------------------------------
  __dev_flush(flush_list)
    bq_xmit_all(bq)
      cnt = bq->count  /* e.g. 16 */
      /* start iterating bq->q[] */
    <-- CFS preempts Task A -->
                                   bq_enqueue(dev, xdpf)
                                     bq->count == DEV_MAP_BULK_SIZE
                                     bq_xmit_all(bq, 0)
                                       cnt = bq->count  /* same 16! */
                                       ndo_xdp_xmit(bq->q[])
                                       /* frames freed by driver */
                                       bq->count = 0
    <-- Task A resumes -->
      ndo_xdp_xmit(bq->q[])
      /* use-after-free: frames already freed! */

Fix this by adding a local_lock_t to xdp_dev_bulk_queue and acquiring
it in bq_enqueue() and __dev_flush(). These paths already run under
local_bh_disable(), so use local_lock_nested_bh() which on non-RT is
a pure annotation with no overhead, and on PREEMPT_RT provides a
per-CPU sleeping lock that serializes access to the bq.

Fixes: 3253cb49cbad ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225121459.183121-3-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index 2984e938f94d..3d619d01088e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  * types of devmap; only the lookup and insertion is different.
  */
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/local_lock.h>
 #include <net/xdp.h>
 #include <linux/filter.h>
 #include <trace/events/xdp.h>
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue {
 	struct net_device *dev_rx;
 	struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog;
 	unsigned int count;
+	local_lock_t bq_lock;
 };
 
 struct bpf_dtab_netdev {
@@ -381,6 +383,8 @@ static void bq_xmit_all(struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq, u32 flags)
 	int to_send = cnt;
 	int i;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&bq->bq_lock);
+
 	if (unlikely(!cnt))
 		return;
 
@@ -425,10 +429,12 @@ void __dev_flush(struct list_head *flush_list)
 	struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq, *tmp;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(bq, tmp, flush_list, flush_node) {
+		local_lock_nested_bh(&bq->dev->xdp_bulkq->bq_lock);
 		bq_xmit_all(bq, XDP_XMIT_FLUSH);
 		bq->dev_rx = NULL;
 		bq->xdp_prog = NULL;
 		__list_del_clearprev(&bq->flush_node);
+		local_unlock_nested_bh(&bq->dev->xdp_bulkq->bq_lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -451,12 +457,16 @@ static void *__dev_map_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map, u32 key)
 
 /* Runs in NAPI, i.e., softirq under local_bh_disable(). Thus, safe percpu
  * variable access, and map elements stick around. See comment above
- * xdp_do_flush() in filter.c.
+ * xdp_do_flush() in filter.c. PREEMPT_RT relies on local_lock_nested_bh()
+ * to serialise access to the per-CPU bq.
  */
 static void bq_enqueue(struct net_device *dev, struct xdp_frame *xdpf,
 		       struct net_device *dev_rx, struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog)
 {
-	struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq = this_cpu_ptr(dev->xdp_bulkq);
+	struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq;
+
+	local_lock_nested_bh(&dev->xdp_bulkq->bq_lock);
+	bq = this_cpu_ptr(dev->xdp_bulkq);
 
 	if (unlikely(bq->count == DEV_MAP_BULK_SIZE))
 		bq_xmit_all(bq, 0);
@@ -477,6 +487,8 @@ static void bq_enqueue(struct net_device *dev, struct xdp_frame *xdpf,
 	}
 
 	bq->q[bq->count++] = xdpf;
+
+	local_unlock_nested_bh(&dev->xdp_bulkq->bq_lock);
 }
 
 static inline int __xdp_enqueue(struct net_device *dev, struct xdp_frame *xdpf,
@@ -1127,8 +1139,13 @@ static int dev_map_notification(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 		if (!netdev->xdp_bulkq)
 			return NOTIFY_BAD;
 
-		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-			per_cpu_ptr(netdev->xdp_bulkq, cpu)->dev = netdev;
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+			struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq;
+
+			bq = per_cpu_ptr(netdev->xdp_bulkq, cpu);
+			bq->dev = netdev;
+			local_lock_init(&bq->bq_lock);
+		}
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 		/* This rcu_read_lock/unlock pair is needed because