From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 10/12] xfrm: hold net_device reference under RCU in bundle creation
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 11:29:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907093020.2228346-11-steffen.klassert@secunet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907093020.2228346-1-steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs)" <blbllhy@gmail.com>
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 this by reading dst->dev via dst_dev_rcu() and keeping the RCU
read-side critical section active until xfrm_fill_dst() has taken the
required device references.
Fixes: 25ee3286dcbc ("[IPSEC]: Merge common code into xfrm_bundle_create")
Fixes: a0073fe18e71 ("xfrm: Add a state resolution packet queue")
Suggested-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260820200245.44312-1-blbllhy@gmail.com/
Cc: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Assisted-by: GitHub-Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 932a313b9460..513c9f228334 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2770,9 +2770,12 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
xdst0->path = dst;
err = -ENODEV;
- dev = dst->dev;
- if (!dev)
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst);
+ if (!dev) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
goto free_dst;
+ }
xfrm_init_path(xdst0, dst, nfheader_len);
xfrm_init_pmtu(bundle, nx);
@@ -2780,8 +2783,10 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
for (xdst_prev = xdst0; xdst_prev != (struct xfrm_dst *)dst;
xdst_prev = (struct xfrm_dst *) xfrm_dst_child(&xdst_prev->u.dst)) {
err = xfrm_fill_dst(xdst_prev, dev, fl);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
goto free_dst;
+ }
xdst_prev->u.dst.header_len = header_len;
xdst_prev->u.dst.trailer_len = trailer_len;
@@ -2789,6 +2794,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
trailer_len -= xdst_prev->u.dst.xfrm->props.trailer_len;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return &xdst0->u.dst;
put_states:
@@ -3058,11 +3064,15 @@ 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;
- if (!dev)
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst);
+ if (!dev) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
goto free_dst;
+ }
err = xfrm_fill_dst(xdst, dev, fl);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
if (err)
goto free_dst;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 9:29 [PATCH 0/12] pull request (net): ipsec 2026-09-07 Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 01/12] xfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 02/12] xfrm: serialize state GC with device state flush Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 03/12] xfrm: add missing RCU read lock in xfrm_send_migrate_state() Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 04/12] xfrm: iptfs: fix runt reassembly panic from short inner tot_len Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 05/12] ipv6: xfrm: use full sockets in local error paths Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 06/12] xfrm: fix compat ALLOCSPI request use-after-free Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 07/12] xfrm: add missing rcu_read_lock(), skb_dst_force() and dev_hold() for xfrm_trans_reinject() Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 08/12] xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 09/12] esp: downgrade zerocopy managed frags before mutating skb frags Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
2026-09-08 22:49 ` [PATCH 10/12] xfrm: hold net_device reference under RCU in bundle creation Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 11/12] xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 12/12] net: xfrm: reject unrepresentable espintcp transport headers Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-09 6:38 ` Some clarifications on the upstreaming process (was: [PATCH 0/12] pull request (net): ipsec 2026-09-07) Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 9:23 ` Some clarifications on the upstreaming process Paolo Abeni
2026-09-09 10:22 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-09-10 8:17 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-10 8:35 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-09-10 9:28 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 10:23 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 10:34 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-09 10:44 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 18:57 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-10 8:29 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-09-10 9:02 ` Steffen Klassert
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