From 8a60ade2277e1f0e0d0578d565354e52292fa46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamal Hadi Salim Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:57:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] net/sched: sch_hfsc: bound the classify inner-filter walk with a drift budget MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit hfsc_classify() applies the "filter may only point downwards" level check only when the filter result carries no bound class. A filter created with a flowid gets res.class set once at bind time, so the check never runs for it during classification. hfsc_adjust_levels() can later raise a class's level without revalidating existing bindings, leaving two binds that were each legal at bind time pointing at each other; the classify walk then bounces between two interior classes forever with the qdisc lock held and BH disabled — a soft lockup from a single packet. The stuck walk trips the watchdog: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 13s! [ping:444] RIP: 0010:u32_classify+0x542/0x17f0 ... tcf_classify+0x66/0xa0 hfsc_enqueue+0x166/0xdf0 Bound the traversal with a budget of non-descending hops, the only way a configured walk can move without descending the class tree once levels drift after bind time. The budget is cumulative over the whole walk and is deliberately not reset on a descending hop: a chain that alternates a descent with a lateral hop would return the budget every lap and never trip. Descending hops never decrement it, so legitimately deep trees are unaffected and a terminating lateral chain still classifies normally. Drop the packet with a rate-limited warning once the budget is exhausted, mirroring the merged HTB fix. This is a follow-up to commit 729c4896ab82 ("net/sched: sch_htb: limit htb_classify inner-class filter hops"), which bounded the same classify loop on the HTB side but left the HFSC walk unbounded. Conditions to recreate the bug: - CONFIG_NET_SCHED, CONFIG_NET_SCH_HFSC, CONFIG_NET_CLS_U32, CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR. - Build a cycle with two legal-at-bind-time flowid binds and a level drift: class X 1:1 (child of root) with leaf child 1:10; class Y 1:2 (sibling of X) with children 1:20 and 1:200; root u32 filter flowid 1:1; filter on X flowid 1:2 (legal when Y is a leaf); after Y's level rises to 2, filter on Y flowid 1:1 (legal then). Send one packet (ping on the device). Unfixed kernel: classify spins with the qdisc lock held; with softlockup_panic=1 it panics. - Reachable from unprivileged user via unshare -Urn (CAP_NET_ADMIN). Fixes: a2f79227138c ("net_sched: sch_hfsc: fix classification loops") Reported-by: Sashiko (gemini + nipa) Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/QDISC-CTUU.v2.20260913192614@mojatatu.com/ Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/QDISC-CTUU.v2.20260913192614@mojatatu.com Link: https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/QDISC-CTUU.v2.20260913192614%40mojatatu.com Reviewed-by: Victor Nogueira Tested-by: hybris Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/QDISC-CTUU.v3.20260916184908@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/sched/sch_hfsc.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c index e87f5021a199..284490fd6ca9 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c @@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ cftree_update(struct hfsc_class *cl) #define SM_MASK ((1ULL << SM_SHIFT) - 1) #define ISM_MASK ((1ULL << ISM_SHIFT) - 1) +/* + * Cap on the non-descending hops a classify walk may take before its + * filter chain is treated as misconfigured. A flowid binding that was + * legal at bind time can become lateral once hfsc_adjust_levels() + * raises a class level; a few such hops are legitimate, an unbounded + * run means the chain cycles. + */ +#define HFSC_CLASSIFY_MAX_DRIFT 8 + static inline u64 seg_x2y(u64 x, u64 sm) { @@ -1133,6 +1142,7 @@ hfsc_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, int *qerr) struct hfsc_class *head, *cl; struct tcf_result res; struct tcf_proto *tcf; + unsigned int drift; int result; if (TC_H_MAJ(skb->priority ^ sch->handle) == 0 && @@ -1142,6 +1152,7 @@ hfsc_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, int *qerr) *qerr = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS | __NET_XMIT_BYPASS; head = &q->root; + drift = HFSC_CLASSIFY_MAX_DRIFT; tcf = rcu_dereference_bh(q->root.filter_list); while (tcf && (result = tcf_classify_qdisc(skb, tcf, &res, false)) >= 0) { #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT @@ -1167,6 +1178,17 @@ hfsc_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, int *qerr) if (cl->level == 0) return cl; /* hit leaf class */ + /* + * flowid binds skip the level check above (res.class is set + * at bind time and levels drift after), so a walk can follow + * lateral hops without descending; a bounded number of them + * is legal, more means the chain cycles. + */ + if (cl->level >= head->level && drift-- == 0) { + pr_warn_ratelimited("hfsc: classify hop budget exhausted, dropping packet\n"); + return NULL; + } + /* apply inner filter chain */ tcf = rcu_dereference_bh(cl->filter_list); head = cl;