PFCP uses dev_get_tstats64() as its ndo_get_stats64 callback, but
pfcp_link_setup() does not request NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS. The net
core therefore leaves dev->tstats NULL for PFCP devices.
Creating a PFCP rtnetlink device can immediately ask the new netdev for
stats while building the RTM_NEWLINK notification. That reaches
dev_get_tstats64() and dereferences the NULL dev->tstats pointer.
Set pcpu_stat_type to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS during PFCP link setup so
the net core allocates the storage expected by dev_get_tstats64().
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5-cyber-preview
Signed-off-by: Samuel Moelius <sam.moelius@trailofbits.com>
---
drivers/net/pfcp.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/pfcp.c b/drivers/net/pfcp.c
index 28e6bc4a1f14..a6aa30ae0af7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pfcp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pfcp.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ static void pfcp_link_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->flags = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP | IFF_MULTICAST;
dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
+ dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS;
netif_keep_dst(dev);
}
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