From: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>,
Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3] sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:28 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729160028.54546-1-baul.lee@xbow.com> (raw)
__sctp_outq_flush_rtx() moves a gap-acked chunk onto another transport's
transmitted list without updating chunk->transport:
if (chunk->tsn_gap_acked) {
list_move_tail(&chunk->transmitted_list,
&transport->transmitted);
continue;
}
The chunk then sits on a live transport's list while chunk->transport still
names a different one. If that transport is removed - sctp_assoc_rm_peer()
from an ASCONF Delete-IP - sctp_transport_free() RCU-frees it and the chunk
is left with a dangling pointer. sctp_assoc_rm_peer() scrubs
peer->transmitted and asoc->outqueue.out_chunk_list, but the chunk is on
neither.
The pointer is not followed while tsn_gap_acked is set. A SACK that
reneges on the TSN clears the flag, and the next SACK reaches
tchunk->transport->flight_size -= sctp_data_size(tchunk);
inside the freed transport. KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free read in
sctp_check_transmitted(), freed from sctp_assoc_rm_peer(). Both the
removal and the SACKs come from the association peer.
Set chunk->transport at the move. The ordinary resend path needs nothing:
it reaches its list_move_tail() only after sctp_packet_append_chunk()
returned SCTP_XMIT_OK, and __sctp_packet_append_chunk() has rebound the
chunk by then.
Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
---
v3:
- drop the redundant assignment on the ordinary resend path (Xin Long)
- trim the commit message
v2:
- fix the root cause in __sctp_outq_flush_rtx() rather than scrubbing the
retransmit queue in sctp_assoc_rm_peer(), which cannot see chunks already
migrated onto another transport's list
- correct the Fixes tag
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260726060453.42730-1-baul.lee@xbow.com/
Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260729124929.5885-1-baul.lee@xbow.com/
net/sctp/outqueue.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
index f6b8c13dafa4..e92fb9da4647 100644
--- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ static int __sctp_outq_flush_rtx(struct sctp_outq *q, struct sctp_packet *pkt,
if (chunk->tsn_gap_acked) {
list_move_tail(&chunk->transmitted_list,
&transport->transmitted);
+ chunk->transport = transport;
continue;
}
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 16:00 Baul Lee [this message]
2026-07-29 17:16 ` [PATCH net v3] sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on Xin Long
2026-08-03 21:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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