From: Zhenghang Xiao <kipreyyy@gmail.com>
To: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Zhenghang Xiao <kipreyyy@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH xfrm] xfrm: iptfs: fix use-after-free on first_skb in __input_process_payload
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 18:53:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260526105328.87078-1-kipreyyy@gmail.com> (raw)
__input_process_payload() stores first_skb into xtfs->ra_newskb under
drop_lock when starting partial reassembly, then unlocks and breaks out
of the processing loop. The post-loop check reads xtfs->ra_newskb
without the lock to decide whether first_skb is still owned:
if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && first_skb != xtfs->ra_newskb)
Between spin_unlock and this read, a concurrent CPU running
iptfs_reassem_cont() (or the drop_timer hrtimer) can complete
reassembly, NULL xtfs->ra_newskb, and free the skb. The check then
evaluates first_skb != NULL as true, and pskb_trim/ip_summed/consume_skb
operate on the freed skb — a use-after-free in skbuff_head_cache.
Replace the unlocked read with a local bool that records whether
first_skb was handed to the reassembly state in the current call. The
flag is set after the existing spin_unlock, before the break, using the
pointer equality that is stable at that point (first_skb == skb iff
first_skb was stored in ra_newskb).
Fixes: 3f3339885fb3 ("xfrm: iptfs: add reusing received skb for the tunnel egress packet")
Signed-off-by: Zhenghang Xiao <kipreyyy@gmail.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
index 97bc979e55ba..c5172ac523b8 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ static bool __input_process_payload(struct xfrm_state *x, u32 data,
u32 first_iplen, iphlen, iplen, remaining, tail;
u32 capturelen;
u64 seq;
+ bool first_skb_partial = false;
xtfs = x->mode_data;
net = xs_net(x);
@@ -1161,6 +1162,7 @@ static bool __input_process_payload(struct xfrm_state *x, u32 data,
spin_unlock(&xtfs->drop_lock);
+ first_skb_partial = (first_skb == skb);
break;
}
@@ -1172,7 +1174,7 @@ static bool __input_process_payload(struct xfrm_state *x, u32 data,
/* this should not happen from the above code */
XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMINIPTFSERROR);
- if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && first_skb != xtfs->ra_newskb) {
+ if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && !first_skb_partial) {
/* first_skb is queued b/c !defer and not partial */
if (pskb_trim(first_skb, first_iplen)) {
/* error trimming */
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-26 10:53 UTC|newest]
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2026-05-26 10:53 Zhenghang Xiao [this message]
2026-06-01 16:50 ` [PATCH xfrm] xfrm: iptfs: fix use-after-free on first_skb in __input_process_payload Simon Horman
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