Message ID | 20201210010252.4029245-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com |
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Headers | show |
Series | Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2020-12-09 | expand |
From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@intel.com>
The page recycle code, incorrectly, relied on that a page fragment
could not be freed inside xdp_do_redirect(). This assumption leads to
that page fragments that are used by the stack/XDP redirect can be
reused and overwritten.
To avoid this, store the page count prior invoking xdp_do_redirect().
Longer explanation:
Intel NICs have a recycle mechanism. The main idea is that a page is
split into two parts. One part is owned by the driver, one part might
be owned by someone else, such as the stack.
t0: Page is allocated, and put on the Rx ring
+---------------
used by NIC ->| upper buffer
(rx_buffer) +---------------
| lower buffer
+---------------
page count == USHRT_MAX
rx_buffer->pagecnt_bias == USHRT_MAX
t1: Buffer is received, and passed to the stack (e.g.)
+---------------
| upper buff (skb)
+---------------
used by NIC ->| lower buffer
(rx_buffer) +---------------
page count == USHRT_MAX
rx_buffer->pagecnt_bias == USHRT_MAX - 1
t2: Buffer is received, and redirected
+---------------
| upper buff (skb)
+---------------
used by NIC ->| lower buffer
(rx_buffer) +---------------
Now, prior calling xdp_do_redirect():
page count == USHRT_MAX
rx_buffer->pagecnt_bias == USHRT_MAX - 2
This means that buffer *cannot* be flipped/reused, because the skb is
still using it.
The problem arises when xdp_do_redirect() actually frees the
segment. Then we get:
page count == USHRT_MAX - 1
rx_buffer->pagecnt_bias == USHRT_MAX - 2