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From: Alessandro Schino <7991aleschino@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: steffen.klassert@secunet.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
	davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	e521588 <alessandro.schino@sbb.ch>,
	Alessandro Schino <7991aleschino@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] esp: fix page frag reference leak on skb_to_sgvec failure
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 11:20:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260516092001.679-1-7991aleschino@gmail.com> (raw)

From: e521588 <alessandro.schino@sbb.ch>

In esp_output_tail(), when esp->inplace is false, the old skb page frags
are replaced with a new page from the xfrm page_frag cache. The source
scatterlist (sg) is built from the old frags before the replacement, and
esp_ssg_unref() is responsible for releasing the old page references
after the crypto operation completes.

However, if the second skb_to_sgvec() call (which builds the destination
scatterlist from the new page) fails, the code jumps to error_free which
only calls kfree(tmp). The old page frag references captured in the
source scatterlist are never released:

  1. sg[] is built from old frags via skb_to_sgvec() (no extra get_page)
  2. nr_frags is set to 1 and frag[0] is replaced with the new page
  3. Second skb_to_sgvec() fails -> goto error_free
  4. kfree(tmp) frees the sg[] memory but old frags are not unref'd
  5. kfree_skb() only releases frag[0] (the new page), not the old ones

Fix this by introducing esp_ssg_unref_frags(), a variant of
esp_ssg_unref() that unconditionally unrefs the source scatterlist
frags without checking req->src and req->dst, since those fields are
not yet initialized at this point. The new function is called before
the goto error_free when the second skb_to_sgvec() fails, at which
point the source scatterlist in tmp is fully populated.

The same issue exists in both esp4 and esp6 as the code is identical.

Fixes: cac2661c53f3 ("esp4: Avoid skb_cow_data whenever possible")
Fixes: 03e2a30f6a27 ("esp6: Avoid skb_cow_data whenever possible")

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Schino <7991aleschino@gmail.com>
---
 net/ipv4/esp4.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 net/ipv6/esp6.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index 5c4b162c1bb5..bc5245c6a29a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -119,6 +119,26 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				       skb->pp_recycle);
 }
 
+static void esp_ssg_unref_frags(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp,
+                                struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct crypto_aead *aead = x->data;
+	int extralen = 0;
+	u8 *iv;
+	struct aead_request *req;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+
+	if (x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN)
+		extralen += sizeof(struct esp_output_extra);
+
+	iv = esp_tmp_iv(aead, tmp, extralen);
+	req = esp_tmp_req(aead, iv);
+
+	for (sg = sg_next(req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
+		skb_page_unref(page_to_netmem(sg_page(sg)),
+			       skb->pp_recycle);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET_ESPINTCP
 static struct sock *esp_find_tcp_sk(struct xfrm_state *x)
 {
@@ -570,7 +590,7 @@ int esp_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *
 			           (unsigned char *)esph - skb->data,
 			           assoclen + ivlen + esp->clen + alen);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
-			esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb);
+			esp_ssg_unref_frags(x, tmp, skb);
 			goto error_free;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index 9166e1da3615..9bb7242543d8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -136,6 +136,26 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				       skb->pp_recycle);
 }
 
+static void esp_ssg_unref_frags(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp,
+                                struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct crypto_aead *aead = x->data;
+	int extralen = 0;
+	u8 *iv;
+	struct aead_request *req;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+
+	if (x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN)
+		extralen += sizeof(struct esp_output_extra);
+
+	iv = esp_tmp_iv(aead, tmp, extralen);
+	req = esp_tmp_req(aead, iv);
+
+	for (sg = sg_next(req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
+		skb_page_unref(page_to_netmem(sg_page(sg)),
+			       skb->pp_recycle);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET6_ESPINTCP
 static struct sock *esp6_find_tcp_sk(struct xfrm_state *x)
 {
@@ -601,7 +621,7 @@ int esp6_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info
 			           (unsigned char *)esph - skb->data,
 			           assoclen + ivlen + esp->clen + alen);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
-			esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb);
+			esp_ssg_unref_frags(x, tmp, skb);
 			goto error_free;
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.41.0.windows.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-16  9:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-16  9:20 Alessandro Schino [this message]
2026-05-16 10:58 ` [PATCH] esp: fix page frag reference leak on skb_to_sgvec failure Steffen Klassert
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-05-14  9:42 Alessandro Schino
2026-05-16  8:53 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-05-14  8:11 Alessandro Schino
2026-05-14  8:41 ` Steffen Klassert

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