From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
To: eulgyukim@snu.ac.kr
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, byoungyoung@snu.ac.kr, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, horms@kernel.org, jakub@cloudflare.com,
jjy600901@snu.ac.kr, john.fastabend@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sk_msg_recvmsg
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 07:52:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260504075232.3861715-1-kuniyu@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260504072325.23474-1-eulgyukim@snu.ac.kr>
From: Eulgyu Kim <eulgyukim@snu.ac.kr>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 16:23:25 +0900
> Hello,
>
> We encountered a "KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sk_msg_recvmsg"
> on kernel version v7.1.0-rc1.
>
> As this issue was identified via fuzzing and we have limited background,
> we find it challenging to identify the exact root cause or propose a correct fix.
> Therefore, please consider the following analysis as a best-effort guess,
> which may still be incomplete or incorrect.
>
> The issue is that sk_psock_peek_msg() only protects the list lookup; after it
> drops ingress_lock, the returned sk_msg can be concurrently consumed and freed
> by another recvmsg caller.
>
> Following is the harmful sequence:
>
> 1. Thread A calls recvmmsg() on the socket and reaches __sk_msg_recvmsg()
> through udp_bpf_recvmsg() -> sk_msg_recvmsg() -> __sk_msg_recvmsg().
>
> 2. __sk_msg_recvmsg() calls sk_psock_peek_msg() and obtains msg_rx, the
> first struct sk_msg on psock->ingress_msg. The ingress_lock is dropped
> immediately after the peek.
>
> 3. Thread A copies data to userspace and still holds local pointers to
> msg_rx and sge = sk_msg_elem(msg_rx, i), but has not yet updated
> sge->offset/sge->length or dequeued the message.
>
> 4. Thread B concurrently calls recvmmsg() on the same socket.
>
> 5. Because udp_bpf_recvmsg() does not hold a per-socket receive lock,
This reminds me that I forgot to respin this series.
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260221233234.3814768-1-kuniyu@google.com/
I'll rebase and respin it.
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2026-05-04 7:23 [BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sk_msg_recvmsg Eulgyu Kim
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