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From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
	<netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] esp: fix page frag reference leak on skb_to_sgvec failure
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 10:41:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260527084148.3489759-6-steffen.klassert@secunet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260527084148.3489759-1-steffen.klassert@secunet.com>

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 adding a bool parameter to esp_ssg_unref() that, when true,
unconditionally unrefs the source scatterlist frags without checking
req->src and req->dst, since those fields are not yet initialized by
aead_request_set_crypt() at the point of the error. Existing callers
pass false to preserve the original behavior.

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>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
---
 net/ipv4/esp4.c | 12 +++++++-----
 net/ipv6/esp6.c | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index 6a5febbdbee4..8314d7bddcb7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static inline struct scatterlist *esp_req_sg(struct crypto_aead *aead,
 			     __alignof__(struct scatterlist));
 }
 
-static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb, bool already_unref)
 {
 	struct crypto_aead *aead = x->data;
 	int extralen = 0;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Unref skb_frag_pages in the src scatterlist if necessary.
 	 * Skip the first sg which comes from skb->data.
 	 */
-	if (req->src != req->dst)
+	if (already_unref || req->src != req->dst)
 		for (sg = sg_next(req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
 			skb_page_unref(page_to_netmem(sg_page(sg)),
 				       skb->pp_recycle);
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void esp_output_done(void *data, int err)
 	}
 
 	tmp = ESP_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp;
-	esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb);
+	esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false);
 	kfree(tmp);
 
 	if (xo && (xo->flags & XFRM_DEV_RESUME)) {
@@ -569,8 +569,10 @@ int esp_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *
 		err = skb_to_sgvec(skb, dsg,
 			           (unsigned char *)esph - skb->data,
 			           assoclen + ivlen + esp->clen + alen);
-		if (unlikely(err < 0))
+		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+			esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, true);
 			goto error_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ((x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN))
@@ -602,7 +604,7 @@ int esp_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *
 	}
 
 	if (sg != dsg)
-		esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb);
+		esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false);
 
 	if (!err && x->encap && x->encap->encap_type == TCP_ENCAP_ESPINTCP)
 		err = esp_output_tail_tcp(x, skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index 9c06c5a1419d..9d0c4957ac62 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline struct scatterlist *esp_req_sg(struct crypto_aead *aead,
 			     __alignof__(struct scatterlist));
 }
 
-static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb, bool already_unref)
 {
 	struct crypto_aead *aead = x->data;
 	int extralen = 0;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Unref skb_frag_pages in the src scatterlist if necessary.
 	 * Skip the first sg which comes from skb->data.
 	 */
-	if (req->src != req->dst)
+	if (already_unref || req->src != req->dst)
 		for (sg = sg_next(req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
 			skb_page_unref(page_to_netmem(sg_page(sg)),
 				       skb->pp_recycle);
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void esp_output_done(void *data, int err)
 	}
 
 	tmp = ESP_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp;
-	esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb);
+	esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false);
 	kfree(tmp);
 
 	esp_output_encap_csum(skb);
@@ -600,8 +600,10 @@ int esp6_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info
 		err = skb_to_sgvec(skb, dsg,
 			           (unsigned char *)esph - skb->data,
 			           assoclen + ivlen + esp->clen + alen);
-		if (unlikely(err < 0))
+		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+			esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, true);
 			goto error_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ((x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN))
@@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ int esp6_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info
 	}
 
 	if (sg != dsg)
-		esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb);
+		esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false);
 
 	if (!err && x->encap && x->encap->encap_type == TCP_ENCAP_ESPINTCP)
 		err = esp_output_tail_tcp(x, skb);
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-27  8:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-27  8:41 [PATCH 0/9] pull request (net): ipsec 2026-05-27 Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 1/9] xfrm: route MIGRATE notifications to caller's netns Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 2/9] xfrm: ipcomp: Free destination pages on acomp errors Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 3/9] xfrm: Check for underflow in xfrm_state_mtu Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 4/9] xfrm: ah: use skb_to_full_sk in async output callbacks Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
2026-05-28 13:44   ` [PATCH 5/9] esp: fix page frag reference leak on skb_to_sgvec failure Paolo Abeni
2026-05-29  5:52     ` Steffen Klassert
2026-05-29  7:14       ` Paolo Abeni
2026-05-29  8:27         ` Steffen Klassert
2026-05-29 18:14       ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 6/9] xfrm: esp: restore combined single-frag length gate Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 7/9] xfrm: iptfs: reset runtime state when cloning SAs Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 8/9] xfrm: move policy_bydst RCU sync from per-netns .exit to .pre_exit Steffen Klassert
2026-05-27  8:41 ` [PATCH 9/9] xfrm: input: hold netns during deferred transport reinjection Steffen Klassert

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