[PATCH] app/test-pmd: terminate process on second signal

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Apr 27 19:26:17 CEST 2026


The SIGINT/SIGTERM handler starts a graceful shutdown via
prompt_exit(), after which prompt() frees the cmdline object with
cmdline_stdin_exit(). A second signal delivered during or after
that free re-enters prompt_exit() and dereferences testpmd_cl,
producing a use-after-free.

Set SA_RESETHAND so the second signal terminates the process via
SIG_DFL instead of re-running the shutdown path. On Windows the
C runtime's signal() already resets the disposition after delivery,
so behavior is consistent without an #ifdef.

Fixes: f1d0993e034e ("app/testpmd: fix interactive mode on Windows")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org
Reported-by: Sunyang Wu <sunyang.wu at jaguarmicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index e2569d9e30..d93c696057 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -4603,9 +4603,14 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
 	signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
 #else
-	/* Want read() not to be restarted on signal */
+	/*
+	 * Do not restart read() on signal (no SA_RESTART), and reset
+	 * to SIG_DFL after first delivery so a second SIGINT/SIGTERM
+	 * terminates instead of re-entering the shutdown path.
+	 */
 	struct sigaction action = {
 		.sa_handler = signal_handler,
+		.sa_flags = SA_RESETHAND,
 	};
 
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &action, NULL);
-- 
2.53.0



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