[PATCH 1/2] ip_frag: fix unsafe TAILQ usage

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 8 18:16:16 CEST 2026


The frag table next pointer was being access after TAILQ_REMOVE().
This is not safe since it depends on TAILQ_REMOVE() not changing
next pointer. Fix by using RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE().

Fixes: 95908f52393d ("ip_frag: free mbufs on reassembly table destroy")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_common.h     |  1 +
 lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_common.h b/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_common.h
index 51fc9d47fb..34be5bb6ab 100644
--- a/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_common.h
+++ b/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_common.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
 #include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_tailq.h>
 
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
 #include <rte_cmp_arm64.h>
diff --git a/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c b/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
index ee9aa93027..79ac45289b 100644
--- a/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
+++ b/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
@@ -135,18 +135,18 @@ rte_ip_frag_table_del_expired_entries(struct rte_ip_frag_tbl *tbl,
 	struct rte_ip_frag_death_row *dr, uint64_t tms)
 {
 	uint64_t max_cycles;
-	struct ip_frag_pkt *fp;
+	struct ip_frag_pkt *fp, *tmp;
 
 	max_cycles = tbl->max_cycles;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(fp, &tbl->lru, lru)
-		if (max_cycles + fp->start < tms) {
-			/* check that death row has enough space */
-			if (RTE_IP_FRAG_DEATH_ROW_MBUF_LEN - dr->cnt >=
-					fp->last_idx)
-				ip_frag_tbl_del(tbl, dr, fp);
-			else
-				return;
-		} else
+	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(fp, &tbl->lru, lru, tmp) {
+		if (max_cycles + fp->start >= tms)
+			return;
+
+		/* check that death row has enough space */
+		if (RTE_IP_FRAG_DEATH_ROW_MBUF_LEN - dr->cnt < fp->last_idx)
 			return;
+
+		ip_frag_tbl_del(tbl, dr, fp);
+	}
 }
-- 
2.53.0



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