From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft)" <blbllhy@gmail.com>
To: edumazet@google.com, ncardwell@google.com, davem@davemloft.net,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
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Subject: [PATCH net v2 2/2] tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CC_INFO)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:13:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260826171344.4133-3-blbllhy@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826171344.4133-1-blbllhy@gmail.com>
From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs)" <blbllhy@gmail.com>
do_tcp_getsockopt() reads icsk->icsk_ca_ops and dereferences the
get_info function pointer without rcu_read_lock(). With BPF struct_ops
congestion control, ca_ops can point to dynamically allocated memory
that is freed concurrently, resulting in a use-after-free when the
kernel dereferences or calls through the stale pointer.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt+0x2037/0x23e0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888013701258 by task exploit/149
do_tcp_getsockopt+0x2037/0x23e0 (net/ipv4/tcp.c:4564)
tcp_getsockopt+0x91/0xf0
__sys_getsockopt+0xf7/0x170
Fix this by wrapping the ca_ops load and get_info call within
rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(), and using READ_ONCE() to load
the icsk_ca_ops pointer.
Fixes: 0baf26b0fcd7 ("bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf")
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: GitHub-Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
---
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260821182449.79785-3-blbllhy@gmail.com/ (v1)
Changes in v2:
- Add READ_ONCE() for the icsk_ca_ops load.
---
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 4918f48ba76d..c45776d3ed90 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -4562,9 +4562,11 @@ int do_tcp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
if (copy_from_sockptr(&len, optlen, sizeof(int)))
return -EFAULT;
- ca_ops = icsk->icsk_ca_ops;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ca_ops = READ_ONCE(icsk->icsk_ca_ops);
if (ca_ops && ca_ops->get_info)
sz = ca_ops->get_info(sk, ~0U, &attr, &info);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sz);
if (copy_to_sockptr(optlen, &len, sizeof(int)))
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-26 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 17:13 [PATCH net v2 0/2] tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt() Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
2026-08-26 17:13 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
2026-08-26 17:30 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-08-27 10:38 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-08-27 23:50 ` Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
2026-08-27 17:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 17:13 ` Cen Zhang (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-08-26 17:31 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CC_INFO) Eric Dumazet
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