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linux/net/hsr
Quan Sun 911f54771c net: hsr: fix NULL pointer dereference in hsr_get_node_data()
In the HSR (High-availability Seamless Redundancy) protocol, node
information is maintained in the node_db. When a supervision frame is
received, node->addr_B_port is updated to track the receiving port type
(e.g., HSR_PT_SLAVE_B).

If the underlying physical interface associated with this slave port is
removed (e.g., via `ip link del`), hsr_del_port() frees the hsr_port
object. However, the stale node->addr_B_port reference is kept in the
node_db until the node ages out.

Subsequently, if userspace queries the node status via the Netlink
command HSR_C_GET_NODE_STATUS, the kernel calls hsr_get_node_data().
This function unconditionally dereferences the pointer returned by
hsr_port_get_hsr():

    if (node->addr_B_port != HSR_PT_NONE) {
            port = hsr_port_get_hsr(hsr, node->addr_B_port);
            *addr_b_ifindex = port->dev->ifindex; // <-- NULL deref
    }

If the slave port has been deleted, hsr_port_get_hsr() returns NULL,
resulting in a kernel panic.

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]
RIP: 0010:hsr_get_node_data+0x7b6/0x9e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 hsr_get_node_status+0x445/0xa40

Fix this by adding a proper NULL pointer check. If the port lookup fails
due to a stale port type, gracefully treat it as if no valid port exists
and assign -1 to the interface index.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create an HSR interface with two slave devices.
2. Receive a supervision frame to populate node_db with
   addr_B_port assigned to SLAVE_B.
3. Delete the underlying slave device B.
4. Send an HSR_C_GET_NODE_STATUS Netlink message.

Fixes: c5a7591172 ("net/hsr: Use list_head (and rcu) instead of array for slave devices.")
Signed-off-by: Quan Sun <2022090917019@std.uestc.edu.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260508124636.1462346-1-2022090917019@std.uestc.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2026-05-12 12:28:34 +02:00
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