kernel/linux.git/include/net/udp_tunnel.h, branch linux-7.0.y

udp_tunnel: fix NULL deref caused by udp_sock_create6 when CONFIG_IPV6=n

2026-03-19T01:00:07+00:00

When CONFIG_IPV6 is disabled, the udp_sock_create6() function returns 0 (success) without actually creating a socket. Callers such as fou_create() then proceed to dereference the uninitialized socket pointer, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. The captured NULL deref crash: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018 RIP: 0010:fou_nl_add_doit (net/ipv4/fou_core.c:590 net/ipv4/fou_core.c:764) [...] Call Trace: genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.constprop.0 (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114) genl_rcv_msg (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209) [...] netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550) genl_rcv (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219) netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344) netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894) __sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 1)) __sys_sendto (./include/linux/file.h:62 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/file.h:83 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2183 (discriminator 1)) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2213 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2209 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2209 (discriminator 1)) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (net/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) This patch makes udp_sock_create6 return -EPFNOSUPPORT instead, so callers correctly take their error paths. There is only one caller of the vulnerable function and only privileged users can trigger it. Fixes: fd384412e199b ("udp_tunnel: Seperate ipv6 functions into its own file.") Reported-by: Weiming Shi Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260317010241.1893893-1-xmei5@asu.edu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

geneve: expose gso partial features for tunnel offload

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

GSO partial features for tunnels do not require any kind of support from the underlying device: we can safely add them to the geneve UDP tunnel. The only point of attention is the skb required features propagation in the device xmit op: partial features must be stripped, except for UDP_TUNNEL*. Keep partial features disabled by default. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/d851ca8e928cf05d68310bcbaeaa5e9e0b01e058.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

udp_tunnel: fix deadlock in udp_tunnel_nic_set_port_priv()

2025-06-24T23:31:36+00:00

While configuring a vxlan tunnel in a system with a i40e NIC driver, I observe the following deadlock: WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 6.16.0-rc2.net-next-6.16_92d87230d899+ #13 Tainted: G E -------------------------------------------- kworker/u256:4/1125 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88921ab9c8c8 (&utn->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: i40e_udp_tunnel_set_port (/home/pabeni/net-next/include/net/udp_tunnel.h:343 /home/pabeni/net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c:13013) i40e but task is already holding lock: ffff88921ab9c8c8 (&utn->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:739) udp_tunnel other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&utn->lock); lock(&utn->lock); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 4 locks held by kworker/u256:4/1125: #0: ffff8892910ca158 ((wq_completion)udp_tunnel_nic){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/workqueue.c:3213) #1: ffffc900244efd30 ((work_completion)(&utn->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/workqueue.c:3214) #2: ffffffff9a14e290 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:737) udp_tunnel #3: ffff88921ab9c8c8 (&utn->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:739) udp_tunnel stack backtrace: Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7525/0YHMCJ, BIOS 2.2.5 04/08/2021 i Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl (/home/pabeni/net-next/lib/dump_stack.c:123) print_deadlock_bug (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3047) validate_chain (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3901) __lock_acquire (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5240) lock_acquire.part.0 (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:473 /home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5873) __mutex_lock (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/mutex.c:604 /home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/locking/mutex.c:747) i40e_udp_tunnel_set_port (/home/pabeni/net-next/include/net/udp_tunnel.h:343 /home/pabeni/net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c:13013) i40e udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_by_port (/home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:230 /home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:249) udp_tunnel __udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync.part.0 (/home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:292) udp_tunnel udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c:742) udp_tunnel process_one_work (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/workqueue.c:3243) worker_thread (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/workqueue.c:3315 /home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/workqueue.c:3402) kthread (/home/pabeni/net-next/kernel/kthread.c:464) AFAICS all the existing callsites of udp_tunnel_nic_set_port_priv() are already under the utn lock scope, avoid (re-)acquiring it in such a function. Fixes: 1ead7501094c ("udp_tunnel: remove rtnl_lock dependency") Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/95a827621ec78c12d1564ec3209e549774f9657d.1750675978.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

udp_tunnel: remove rtnl_lock dependency

2025-06-19T01:53:51+00:00

Drivers that are using ops lock and don't depend on RTNL lock still need to manage it because udp_tunnel's RTNL dependency. Introduce new udp_tunnel_nic_lock and use it instead of rtnl_lock. Drop non-UDP_TUNNEL_NIC_INFO_MAY_SLEEP mode from udp_tunnel infra (udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work needs to grab udp_tunnel_nic_lock mutex and might sleep). Cover more places in v4: - netlink - udp_tunnel_notify_add_rx_port (ndo_open) - triggers udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work - udp_tunnel_notify_del_rx_port (ndo_stop) - triggers udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work - udp_tunnel_get_rx_info (__netdev_update_features) - triggers NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO - udp_tunnel_drop_rx_info (__netdev_update_features) - triggers NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_DROP_INFO - udp_tunnel_nic_reset_ntf (ndo_open) - notifiers - udp_tunnel_nic_netdevice_event, depending on the event: - triggers NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO - triggers NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_DROP_INFO - ethnl_tunnel_info_reply_size - udp_tunnel_nic_set_port_priv (two intel drivers) Cc: Michael Chan Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250616162117.287806-4-stfomichev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: ipv6: Add a flags argument to ip6tunnel_xmit(), udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb()

2025-06-18T01:18:45+00:00

ip6tunnel_xmit() erases the contents of the SKB control block. In order to be able to set particular IP6CB flags on the SKB, add a corresponding parameter, and propagate it to udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() as well. In one of the following patches, VXLAN driver will use this facility to mark packets as subject to IPv6 multicast routing. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/acb4f9f3e40c3a931236c3af08a720b017fbfbfb.1750113335.git.petrm@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: ipv6: Make udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() void

2025-06-18T01:18:45+00:00

The function always returns zero, thus the return value does not carry any signal. Just make it void. Most callers already ignore the return value. However: - Refold arguments of the call from sctp_v6_xmit() so that they fit into the 80-column limit. - tipc_udp_xmit() initializes err from the return value, but that should already be always zero at that point. So there's no practical change, but elision of the assignment prompts a couple more tweaks to clean up the function. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/7facacf9d8ca3ca9391a4aee88160913671b868d.1750113335.git.petrm@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: ipv4: Add a flags argument to iptunnel_xmit(), udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()

2025-06-18T01:18:44+00:00

iptunnel_xmit() erases the contents of the SKB control block. In order to be able to set particular IPCB flags on the SKB, add a corresponding parameter, and propagate it to udp_tunnel_xmit_skb() as well. In one of the following patches, VXLAN driver will use this facility to mark packets as subject to IP multicast routing. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli Link: https://patch.msgid.link/89c9daf9f2dc088b6b92ccebcc929f51742de91f.1750113335.git.petrm@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

udp: properly deal with xfrm encap and ADDRFORM

2025-04-14T21:29:01+00:00

UDP GRO accounting assumes that the GRO receive callback is always set when the UDP tunnel is enabled, but syzkaller proved otherwise, leading tot the following splat: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5837 at net/ipv4/udp_offload.c:123 udp_tunnel_update_gro_rcv+0x28d/0x4c0 net/ipv4/udp_offload.c:123 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5837 Comm: syz-executor850 Not tainted 6.14.0-syzkaller-13320-g420aabef3ab5 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025 RIP: 0010:udp_tunnel_update_gro_rcv+0x28d/0x4c0 net/ipv4/udp_offload.c:123 Code: 00 00 e8 c6 5a 2f f7 48 c1 e5 04 48 8d b5 20 53 c7 9a ba 10 00 00 00 4c 89 ff e8 ce 87 99 f7 e9 ce 00 00 00 e8 a4 5a 2f f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 de fd ff ff bf 01 00 00 00 89 ee e8 cf 5e 2f f7 85 ed RSP: 0018:ffffc90003effa88 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff8a93fc9c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff8880306f9e00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff8a93fabe R09: 1ffffffff20bfb2e R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20bfb2f R12: ffff88814ef21738 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88814ef21778 R15: 1ffff11029de42ef FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124f96000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f04eec760d0 CR3: 000000000eb38000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: udp_tunnel_cleanup_gro include/net/udp_tunnel.h:205 [inline] udpv6_destroy_sock+0x212/0x270 net/ipv6/udp.c:1829 sk_common_release+0x71/0x2e0 net/core/sock.c:3896 inet_release+0x17d/0x200 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:435 __sock_release net/socket.c:647 [inline] sock_close+0xbc/0x240 net/socket.c:1391 __fput+0x3e9/0x9f0 fs/file_table.c:465 task_work_run+0x251/0x310 kernel/task_work.c:227 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline] do_exit+0xa11/0x27f0 kernel/exit.c:953 do_group_exit+0x207/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:1102 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1113 [inline] __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1111 [inline] __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1111 x64_sys_call+0x26c3/0x26d0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:232 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f04eebfac79 Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f04eebfac4f. RSP: 002b:00007fffdcaa34a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f04eebfac79 RDX: 000000000000003c RSI: 00000000000000e7 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 00007f04eec75270 R08: ffffffffffffffb8 R09: 00007fffdcaa36c8 R10: 0000200000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f04eec75270 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f04eec75cc0 R15: 00007f04eebcca70 Address the issue moving the accounting hook into setup_udp_tunnel_sock() and set_xfrm_gro_udp_encap_rcv(), where the GRO callback is actually set. set_xfrm_gro_udp_encap_rcv() is prone to races with IPV6_ADDRFORM, run the relevant setsockopt under the socket lock to ensure using consistent values of sk_family and up->encap_type. Refactor the GRO callback selection code, to make it clear that the function pointer is always initialized. Reported-by: syzbot+8c469a2260132cd095c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8c469a2260132cd095c1 Fixes: 172bf009c18d ("xfrm: Support GRO for IPv4 ESP in UDP encapsulation") Fixes: 5d7f5b2f6b935 ("udp_tunnel: use static call for GRO hooks when possible") Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca Link: https://patch.msgid.link/92bcdb6899145a9a387c8fa9e3ca656642a43634.1744228733.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

udp_tunnel: use static call for GRO hooks when possible

2025-04-09T01:19:45+00:00

It's quite common to have a single UDP tunnel type active in the whole system. In such a case we can replace the indirect call for the UDP tunnel GRO callback with a static call. Add the related accounting in the control path and switch to static call when possible. To keep the code simple use a static array for the registered tunnel types, and size such array based on the kernel config. Note that there are valid kernel configurations leading to UDP_MAX_TUNNEL_TYPES == 0 even with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_UDP_TUNNEL), Explicitly skip the accounting in such a case, to avoid compile warning when accessing "udp_tunnel_gro_types". Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/53d156cdfddcc9678449e873cc83e68fa1582653.1744040675.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

udp_tunnel: create a fastpath GRO lookup.

2025-04-09T01:19:41+00:00

Most UDP tunnels bind a socket to a local port, with ANY address, no peer and no interface index specified. Additionally it's quite common to have a single tunnel device per namespace. Track in each namespace the UDP tunnel socket respecting the above. When only a single one is present, store a reference in the netns. When such reference is not NULL, UDP tunnel GRO lookup just need to match the incoming packet destination port vs the socket local port. The tunnel socket never sets the reuse[port] flag[s]. When bound to no address and interface, no other socket can exist in the same netns matching the specified local port. Matching packets with non-local destination addresses will be aggregated, and eventually segmented as needed - no behavior changes intended. Restrict the optimization to kernel sockets only: it covers all the relevant use-cases, and user-space owned sockets could be disconnected and rebound after setup_udp_tunnel_sock(), breaking the uniqueness assumption Note that the UDP tunnel socket reference is stored into struct netns_ipv4 for both IPv4 and IPv6 tunnels. That is intentional to keep all the fastpath-related netns fields in the same struct and allow cacheline-based optimization. Currently both the IPv4 and IPv6 socket pointer share the same cacheline as the `udp_table` field. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/41d16bc8d1257d567f9344c445b4ae0b4a91ede4.1744040675.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski