[PATCH v4 08/22] hash: fix unaligned access in predictable RSS

David Marchand david.marchand at redhat.com
Wed Jul 16 15:01:55 CEST 2025


Caught by UBSan:

../lib/hash/rte_thash.c:421:8: runtime error: load of misaligned address
	0x0001816c2da3 for type 'uint32_t' (aka 'unsigned int'),
	which requires 4 byte alignment

Fixes: 28ebff11c2dc ("hash: add predictable RSS")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medvedkin at intel.com>
---
Changes since v3:
- replaced memcpy() with use of unaligned_uint32_t type,

---
 lib/hash/rte_thash.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/hash/rte_thash.c b/lib/hash/rte_thash.c
index 6c662bf14f..0f9ed20d0d 100644
--- a/lib/hash/rte_thash.c
+++ b/lib/hash/rte_thash.c
@@ -415,10 +415,10 @@ generate_subkey(struct rte_thash_ctx *ctx, struct thash_lfsr *lfsr,
 static inline uint32_t
 get_subvalue(struct rte_thash_ctx *ctx, uint32_t offset)
 {
-	uint32_t *tmp, val;
+	uint32_t tmp, val;
 
-	tmp = (uint32_t *)(&ctx->hash_key[offset >> 3]);
-	val = rte_be_to_cpu_32(*tmp);
+	tmp = *(unaligned_uint32_t *)&ctx->hash_key[offset >> 3];
+	val = rte_be_to_cpu_32(tmp);
 	val >>= (TOEPLITZ_HASH_LEN - ((offset & (CHAR_BIT - 1)) +
 		ctx->reta_sz_log));
 
-- 
2.50.0



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