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* [PATCH net] xfrm: hold net_device reference under RCU in bundle creation
@ 2026-08-20 20:02 Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
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From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) @ 2026-08-20 20:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: steffen.klassert, herbert, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni
  Cc: horms, netdev, linux-kernel, AutonomousCodeSecurity, xmei5,
	tgopinath, kys, blbllhy

xfrm_bundle_create() and xfrm_create_dummy_bundle() read dst->dev into
a local pointer without taking a device reference, then pass it to
xfrm_fill_dst().  A concurrent RTM_DELLINK replaces dst->dev via
dst_dev_put() and frees the old net_device, causing a use-after-free
when xfrm6_fill_dst() later dereferences the stale dev pointer.

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xfrm6_fill_dst+0x82c/0x860
  (net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:86 netdev_hold())
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880142fe588 by task exploit/153
  Call Trace:
   xfrm6_fill_dst+0x82c/0x860
   xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x21d4/0x2bd0
   xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0x485/0x1640
   ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x19b/0x1e0
   udpv6_sendmsg+0x1443/0x2dd0

Fix by reading dst->dev under rcu_read_lock() via dst_dev_rcu() and
taking dev_hold() before leaving the RCU critical section.  To properly
release the reference, add dev_put() on both the success and error
paths, and initialize dev to NULL to prevent dev_put() on an
uninitialized pointer when put_states falls through to free_dst before
dev is assigned.

Fixes: 25ee3286dcbc ("[IPSEC]: Merge common code into xfrm_bundle_create")
Fixes: a0073fe18e71 ("xfrm: Add a state resolution packet queue")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu>
Reported-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 932a313b9460..13585ff24aba 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 	const struct xfrm_mode *inner_mode;
 	struct net *net = xp_net(policy);
 	unsigned long now = jiffies;
-	struct net_device *dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	struct xfrm_dst *xdst_prev = NULL;
 	struct xfrm_dst *xdst0 = NULL;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -2770,7 +2770,11 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 	xdst0->path = dst;
 
 	err = -ENODEV;
-	dev = dst->dev;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst);
+	if (dev)
+		dev_hold(dev);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!dev)
 		goto free_dst;
 
@@ -2789,6 +2793,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 		trailer_len -= xdst_prev->u.dst.xfrm->props.trailer_len;
 	}
 
+	dev_put(dev);
 	return &xdst0->u.dst;
 
 put_states:
@@ -2798,6 +2803,8 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 	if (xdst0)
 		dst_release_immediate(&xdst0->u.dst);
 
+	if (dev)
+		dev_put(dev);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
@@ -3058,11 +3065,16 @@ static struct xfrm_dst *xfrm_create_dummy_bundle(struct net *net,
 	xfrm_init_path((struct xfrm_dst *)dst1, dst, 0);
 
 	err = -ENODEV;
-	dev = dst->dev;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst);
+	if (dev)
+		dev_hold(dev);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!dev)
 		goto free_dst;
 
 	err = xfrm_fill_dst(xdst, dev, fl);
+	dev_put(dev);
 	if (err)
 		goto free_dst;
 
-- 
2.55.0


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