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| author | Yung Chih Su <yuuchihsu@gmail.com> | 2026-03-02 14:02:47 +0800 |
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| committer | Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> | 2026-03-12 07:09:53 -0400 |
| commit | 607e923a3c1b2120de430b3dcde25ed8ad213c0a (patch) | |
| tree | 55e6ff01fb857aa732b7ba0bb1aca55d8938c7fc /net | |
| parent | ae88c8256547b63980770a9ea7be73a15900d27e (diff) | |
net: ipv4: fix ARM64 alignment fault in multipath hash seed
[ Upstream commit 4ee7fa6cf78ff26d783d39e2949d14c4c1cd5e7f ]
`struct sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed` contains two u32 fields
(user_seed and mp_seed), making it an 8-byte structure with a 4-byte
alignment requirement.
In `fib_multipath_hash_from_keys()`, the code evaluates the entire
struct atomically via `READ_ONCE()`:
mp_seed = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed).mp_seed;
While this silently works on GCC by falling back to unaligned regular
loads which the ARM64 kernel tolerates, it causes a fatal kernel panic
when compiled with Clang and LTO enabled.
Commit e35123d83ee3 ("arm64: lto: Strengthen READ_ONCE() to acquire
when CONFIG_LTO=y") strengthens `READ_ONCE()` to use Load-Acquire
instructions (`ldar` / `ldapr`) to prevent compiler reordering bugs
under Clang LTO. Since the macro evaluates the full 8-byte struct,
Clang emits a 64-bit `ldar` instruction. ARM64 architecture strictly
requires `ldar` to be naturally aligned, thus executing it on a 4-byte
aligned address triggers a strict Alignment Fault (FSC = 0x21).
Fix the read side by moving the `READ_ONCE()` directly to the `u32`
member, which emits a safe 32-bit `ldar Wn`.
Furthermore, Eric Dumazet pointed out that `WRITE_ONCE()` on the entire
struct in `proc_fib_multipath_hash_set_seed()` is also flawed. Analysis
shows that Clang splits this 8-byte write into two separate 32-bit
`str` instructions. While this avoids an alignment fault, it destroys
atomicity and exposes a tear-write vulnerability. Fix this by
explicitly splitting the write into two 32-bit `WRITE_ONCE()`
operations.
Finally, add the missing `READ_ONCE()` when reading `user_seed` in
`proc_fib_multipath_hash_seed()` to ensure proper pairing and
concurrency safety.
Fixes: 4ee2a8cace3f ("net: ipv4: Add a sysctl to set multipath hash seed")
Signed-off-by: Yung Chih Su <yuuchihsu@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302060247.7066-1-yuuchihsu@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index a1a50a5c80dc..a96875e32050 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ static void proc_fib_multipath_hash_set_seed(struct net *net, u32 user_seed) proc_fib_multipath_hash_rand_seed), }; - WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed, new); + WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed.user_seed, new.user_seed); + WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed.mp_seed, new.mp_seed); } static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_seed(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, @@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_seed(const struct ctl_table *table, int write int ret; mphs = &net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed; - user_seed = mphs->user_seed; + user_seed = READ_ONCE(mphs->user_seed); tmp = *table; tmp.data = &user_seed; |
