From: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
To: tpluszz77@gmail.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] xfrm: hold skb->dev across async IPv6 transport reinject
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:56:04 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260319165604.9472-1-tpluszz77@gmail.com> (raw)
xfrm_trans_queue() queues transport-mode packets for async reinject via
xfrm_trans_reinject(). The queued skb keeps only a bare skb->dev pointer.
If the originating netns is torn down before the workqueue callback runs,
ip6_rcv_finish() can still dereference skb->dev after the device
has already been released by default_device_exit_batch().
Fix this by taking a netdev reference when queueing the skb and dropping it
after the reinject callback completes.
This was reproduced with KASAN under QEMU:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip6_rcv_finish+0x17c/0x1b0
Workqueue: events xfrm_trans_reinject
Call Trace:
ip6_rcv_finish+0x17c/0x1b0
xfrm_trans_reinject+0x292/0x440
process_one_work+0x63c/0x1100
worker_thread+0x62d/0xef0
kthread+0x368/0x480
ret_from_fork+0x529/0x750
Allocated by task 112:
alloc_netdev_mqs+0x82/0x1180
rtnl_create_link+0xaa4/0xe30
rtnl_newlink+0xa98/0x1f90
Freed by task 12:
device_release+0x9b/0x210
netdev_run_todo+0x497/0xcf0
default_device_exit_batch+0x735/0xab0
cleanup_net+0x3c7/0x860
The issue can be reproduced by repeatedly:
- creating an IPv6 veth pair and network namespace,
- installing IPv6 transport-mode XFRM state and policy,
- sending IPv6 traffic to queue async reinject work, and
- tearing the namespace and device down in parallel.
When unprivileged user namespaces are enabled, this can be triggered by a
non-root user after entering its own user/net namespace with unshare -Urn.
Fixes: acf568ee859f ("xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through tasklet")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index 4ed346e682c7..4b5147cb44b7 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct xfrm_trans_cb {
} header;
int (*finish)(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
struct net *net;
+ struct net_device *dev;
};
#define XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(__skb) ((struct xfrm_trans_cb *)&((__skb)->cb[0]))
@@ -784,9 +785,13 @@ static void xfrm_trans_reinject(struct work_struct *work)
spin_unlock_bh(&trans->queue_lock);
local_bh_disable();
- while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&queue)))
- XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->finish(XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->net,
- NULL, skb);
+ while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&queue))) {
+ struct xfrm_trans_cb *cb = XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb);
+ struct net_device *dev = cb->dev;
+
+ cb->finish(cb->net, NULL, skb);
+ dev_put(dev);
+ }
local_bh_enable();
}
@@ -805,6 +810,8 @@ int xfrm_trans_queue_net(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->finish = finish;
XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->net = net;
+ XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->dev = skb->dev;
+ dev_hold(XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->dev);
spin_lock_bh(&trans->queue_lock);
__skb_queue_tail(&trans->queue, skb);
spin_unlock_bh(&trans->queue_lock);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-19 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-19 16:56 Qi Tang [this message]
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2026-03-20 7:30 [PATCH net] xfrm: hold skb->dev across async IPv6 transport reinject Qi Tang
2026-03-20 7:44 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-03-26 12:41 ` Qi Tang
2026-03-31 7:59 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-03-20 8:32 steffen-ai
2026-03-20 8:37 ` Steffen Klassert
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