[PATCH 1/2] ip_frag: fix unsafe TAILQ usage
Konstantin Ananyev
konstantin.ananyev at huawei.com
Mon Apr 13 14:24:00 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);
> + }
> }
> --
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at huawei.com>
> 2.53.0
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