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From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: john.fastabend@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org, sd@queasysnail.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-tls-handshake@lists.linux.dev,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>,
	Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/8] tls: Fix dangling skb pointer in tls_sw_read_sock()
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:47:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312014804.5083-4-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312014804.5083-1-cel@kernel.org>

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

Per ISO/IEC 9899:2011 section 6.2.4p2, a pointer value becomes
indeterminate when the object it points to reaches the end of its
lifetime; Annex J.2 classifies the use of such a value as undefined
behavior. In tls_sw_read_sock(), consume_skb(skb) in the
fully-consumed path frees the skb, but the "do { } while (skb)"
loop condition then evaluates that freed pointer. Although the
value is never dereferenced -- the loop either continues and
overwrites skb, or exits -- any future change that adds a
dereference between consume_skb() and the loop condition would
produce a silent use-after-free.

Fixes: 662fbcec32f4 ("net/tls: implement ->read_sock()")
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 81e0e8aaa6f9..e5d0447cbba6 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 		goto read_sock_end;
 
 	decrypted = 0;
-	do {
+	for (;;) {
 		if (!skb_queue_empty(&ctx->rx_list)) {
 			skb = __skb_dequeue(&ctx->rx_list);
 			rxm = strp_msg(skb);
@@ -2422,10 +2422,11 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 				goto read_sock_requeue;
 		} else {
 			consume_skb(skb);
+			skb = NULL;
 			if (!desc->count)
-				skb = NULL;
+				break;
 		}
-	} while (skb);
+	}
 
 read_sock_end:
 	tls_rx_reader_release(sk, ctx);
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-12  1:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-12  1:47 [PATCH v3 0/8] TLS read_sock performance scalability Chuck Lever
2026-03-12  1:47 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] tls: Factor tls_decrypt_async_drain() from recvmsg Chuck Lever
2026-03-12  4:34   ` Alistair Francis
2026-03-16 10:13   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-12  1:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] tls: Factor tls_rx_decrypt_record() helper Chuck Lever
2026-03-12  4:35   ` Alistair Francis
2026-03-16 10:20   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-17  7:06     ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-12  1:47 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-03-12  1:48 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] tls: Factor tls_strp_msg_release() from tls_strp_msg_done() Chuck Lever
2026-03-12  1:48 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] tls: Suppress spurious saved_data_ready on all receive paths Chuck Lever
2026-03-12  1:48 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] tls: Flush backlog before tls_rx_rec_wait in read_sock Chuck Lever
2026-03-16 17:17   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-12  1:48 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] tls: Restructure tls_sw_read_sock() into submit/deliver phases Chuck Lever
2026-03-12  1:48 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] tls: Enable batch async decryption in read_sock Chuck Lever

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