When a TAPRIO child qdisc is deleted via RTM_DELQDISC, taprio_graft() is called with new == NULL and stores NULL into q->qdiscs[cl - 1]. Subsequent RTM_GETTCLASS dump operations walk all classes via taprio_walk() and call taprio_dump_class(), which calls taprio_leaf() returning the NULL pointer, then dereferences it to read child->handle, causing a kernel NULL pointer dereference. The bug is reachable with namespace-scoped CAP_NET_ADMIN on any kernel with CONFIG_NET_SCH_TAPRIO enabled. On systems with unprivileged user namespaces enabled, an unprivileged local user can trigger a kernel panic by creating a taprio qdisc inside a new network namespace, grafting an explicit child qdisc, deleting it, and requesting a class dump. The RTM_GETTCLASS dump itself requires no capability. Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000007: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000038-0x000000000000003f] RIP: 0010:taprio_dump_class (net/sched/sch_taprio.c:2475) Call Trace: tc_fill_tclass (net/sched/sch_api.c:1966) qdisc_class_dump (net/sched/sch_api.c:2329) taprio_walk (net/sched/sch_taprio.c:2510) tc_dump_tclass_qdisc (net/sched/sch_api.c:2353) tc_dump_tclass_root (net/sched/sch_api.c:2370) tc_dump_tclass (net/sched/sch_api.c:2431) rtnl_dumpit (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6827) netlink_dump (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2325) rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6927) netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550) Fix this by substituting &noop_qdisc when new is NULL in taprio_graft(), following the same pattern used by multiq_graft() and prio_graft(). This ensures q->qdiscs[] slots are never NULL, making control-plane dump paths safe without requiring individual NULL checks. Since the data-plane paths (taprio_enqueue and taprio_dequeue_from_txq) previously had explicit NULL guards that would drop/skip the packet cleanly, update those checks to test for &noop_qdisc instead. Without this, packets would reach taprio_enqueue_one() which increments the root qdisc's qlen and backlog before calling the child's enqueue; noop_qdisc drops the packet but those counters are never rolled back, permanently inflating the root qdisc's statistics. Fixes: 665338b2a7a0 ("net/sched: taprio: dump class stats for the actual q->qdiscs[]") Reported-by: Xiang Mei Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi --- v3: fix broken patch v2: Also update NULL guards in taprio_enqueue() and taprio_dequeue_from_txq() to avoid qlen/backlog inflation (Paolo). --- net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c index f721c03514f60..07723b156c5b3 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static int taprio_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, queue = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb); child = q->qdiscs[queue]; - if (unlikely(!child)) + if (unlikely(child == &noop_qdisc)) return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free); if (taprio_skb_exceeds_queue_max_sdu(sch, skb)) { @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *taprio_dequeue_from_txq(struct Qdisc *sch, int txq, int len; u8 tc; - if (unlikely(!child)) + if (unlikely(child == &noop_qdisc)) return NULL; if (TXTIME_ASSIST_IS_ENABLED(q->flags)) @@ -2183,6 +2183,9 @@ static int taprio_graft(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl, if (!dev_queue) return -EINVAL; + if (!new) + new = &noop_qdisc; + if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) dev_deactivate(dev); @@ -2196,14 +2199,14 @@ static int taprio_graft(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl, *old = q->qdiscs[cl - 1]; if (FULL_OFFLOAD_IS_ENABLED(q->flags)) { WARN_ON_ONCE(dev_graft_qdisc(dev_queue, new) != *old); - if (new) + if (new != &noop_qdisc) qdisc_refcount_inc(new); if (*old) qdisc_put(*old); } q->qdiscs[cl - 1] = new; - if (new) + if (new != &noop_qdisc) new->flags |= TCQ_F_ONETXQUEUE | TCQ_F_NOPARENT; if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) -- 2.43.0