From 9552b11e3edabc97cfcd9f29103d5afbce7ae183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamal Hadi Salim Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 08:25:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] net/sched: fix packet loop on netem when duplicate is on When netem duplicates a packet it re-enqueues the copy at the root qdisc. If another netem sits in the tree the copy can be duplicated again, recursing until the stack or memory is exhausted. The original duplication guard temporarily zeroed q->duplicate around the re-enqueue, but that does not cover all cases because it is per-qdisc state shared across all concurrent enqueue paths and is not safe without additional locking. Use the skb tc_depth field introduced in an earlier patch: - increment it on the duplicate before re-enqueue - skip duplication for any skb whose tc_depth is already non-zero. This marks the packet itself rather than mutating qdisc state, therefore it is safe regardless of tree topology or concurrency. Fixes: 0afb51e72855 ("[PKT_SCHED]: netem: reinsert for duplication") Reported-by: William Liu Reported-by: Savino Dicanosa Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/8DuRWwfqjoRDLDmBMlIfbrsZg9Gx50DHJc1ilxsEBNe2D6NMoigR_eIRIG0LOjMc3r10nUUZtArXx4oZBIdUfZQrwjcQhdinnMis_0G7VEk=@willsroot.io/ Co-developed-by: Victor Nogueira Signed-off-by: Victor Nogueira Reviewed-by: William Liu Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260525122556.973584-5-jhs@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- net/sched/sch_netem.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c index d97acd2f3923..17a79fe2f091 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c @@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ static int netem_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, skb->prev = NULL; /* Random duplication */ - if (q->duplicate && q->duplicate >= get_crandom(&q->dup_cor, &q->prng)) + if (q->duplicate && skb->tc_depth == 0 && + q->duplicate >= get_crandom(&q->dup_cor, &q->prng)) ++count; /* Drop packet? */ @@ -540,11 +541,9 @@ static int netem_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, */ if (skb2) { struct Qdisc *rootq = qdisc_root_bh(sch); - u32 dupsave = q->duplicate; /* prevent duplicating a dup... */ - q->duplicate = 0; + skb2->tc_depth++; /* prevent duplicating a dup... */ rootq->enqueue(skb2, rootq, to_free); - q->duplicate = dupsave; skb2 = NULL; }