[PATCH net] net: tun: fix race condition between tun_attach and tun_get_user with XDP

From: xietangxin

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 03:36:39 EST


Concurrent TUNSETIFF ioctls and write() operations on the same
file descriptor can trigger a WARN_ONCE in netif_get_rxqueue():

virt_tun0 received packet on queue 2, but number of RX queues is 2
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 5989 at net/core/dev.c:5494
Call trace:
bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp
netif_receive_generic_xdp
do_xdp_generic
tun_get_user
tun_chr_write_iter

Because tfile->tun is published before tun_set_real_num_queues()
updates dev->real_num_rx_queues. Concurrent tun_get_user() can
observe the newly attached tun file and process packets with
the new queue_index before dev->real_num_rx_queues is updated.

CPU 0 (tun_attach) CPU 1 (tun_get_user)
tfile->queue_index = 2
rcu_assign_pointer(tfile->tun)
skb_record_rx_queue(skb,tfile->queue_index)
do_xdp_generic()
netif_receive_generic_xdp()
bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp()
netif_get_rxqueue()
// index(2) >= real_num_rx_queues(2)
WARN_ONCE
tun_set_real_num_queues()
dev->real_num_rx_queues = 3

Fix this by increase tun->numqueues and call tun_set_real_num_queues()
prior to publishing tfile->tun. This ensures dev->real_num_rx_queues
is updated before any concurrent packet processing path can observe
the attached tun file.

Fixes: 3fe260e00cd0 ("net: tun: record RX queue in skb before do_xdp_generic()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: xietangxin <xietangxin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 5a302709a68a..2fb8df036d8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -807,15 +807,16 @@ static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file,
* refcnt.
*/

+ WRITE_ONCE(tun->numqueues, tun->numqueues + 1);
+ tun_set_real_num_queues(tun);
+
/* Publish tfile->tun and tun->tfiles only after we've fully
* initialized tfile; otherwise we risk using half-initialized
* object.
*/
if (publish_tun)
rcu_assign_pointer(tfile->tun, tun);
- rcu_assign_pointer(tun->tfiles[tun->numqueues], tfile);
- WRITE_ONCE(tun->numqueues, tun->numqueues + 1);
- tun_set_real_num_queues(tun);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(tun->tfiles[tun->numqueues - 1], tfile);
out:
return err;
}
--
2.43.0