From: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
To: <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>, <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
<davem@davemloft.net>, <edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>,
<pabeni@redhat.com>, <horms@kernel.org>, <tpluszz77@gmail.com>,
<idosch@nvidia.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <zhangchangzhong@huawei.com>,
<xuchunxiao3@huawei.com>,
Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 17:21:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609092117.1362316-1-dongchenchen2@huawei.com> (raw)
xfrm async resumption hold skb->dev refcnt until after transport_finish.
However, xfrm_rcv_cb may modify skb->dev to tunnel dev without taking
device reference, such as vti_rcv_cb. The subsequent async resumption
will decrement the tunnel device's reference count, which lead to uaf
of tunnel dev and refcnt leak of orig dev as below:
unregister_netdevice: waiting for vti1 to become free. Usage count = -2
Stash the original skb->dev to fix refcnt imbalance. The new skb->dev set
by xfrm_rcv_cb can race with device teardown. Extend rcu protection over
xfrm_rcv_cb and transport_finish to prevent races.
Fixes: 1c428b038400 ("xfrm: hold dev ref until after transport_finish NF_HOOK")
Reported-by: Xu Chunxiao <xuchunxiao3@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
---
changes in v2:
- Stash the original skb->dev to fix refcnt imbalance
- Extend rcu protection over xfrm_rcv_cb and transport_finish to
prevent races.
---
net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c | 2 --
net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c | 2 --
net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
index c2eac844bcdb..f6f2a8ef3f88 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ int xfrm4_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async)
NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING,
dev_net(dev), NULL, skb, dev, NULL,
xfrm4_rcv_encap_finish);
- if (async)
- dev_put(dev);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
index 699a001ac166..89d0443b5307 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ int xfrm6_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async)
NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING,
dev_net(dev), NULL, skb, dev, NULL,
xfrm6_transport_finish2);
- if (async)
- dev_put(dev);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index e4c2cd24936d..eecab337bd0a 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
{
const struct xfrm_state_afinfo *afinfo;
struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
+ struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
int err;
__be32 seq;
__be32 seq_hi;
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
LINUX_MIB_XFRMINSTATEINVALID);
if (encap_type == -1)
- dev_put(skb->dev);
+ dev_put(dev);
goto drop;
}
@@ -655,16 +656,16 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
if (!crypto_done) {
spin_unlock(&x->lock);
- dev_hold(skb->dev);
+ dev_hold(dev);
nexthdr = x->type->input(x, skb);
if (nexthdr == -EINPROGRESS) {
if (async)
- dev_put(skb->dev);
+ dev_put(dev);
return 0;
}
- dev_put(skb->dev);
+ dev_put(dev);
spin_lock(&x->lock);
}
resume:
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
err = xfrm_inner_mode_input(x, skb);
if (err == -EINPROGRESS) {
if (async)
- dev_put(skb->dev);
+ dev_put(dev);
return 0;
} else if (err) {
XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMINSTATEMODEERROR);
@@ -726,9 +727,12 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
crypto_done = false;
} while (!err);
+ rcu_read_lock();
err = xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, x->type->proto, 0);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
goto drop;
+ }
nf_reset_ct(skb);
@@ -739,8 +743,9 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
if (skb_valid_dst(skb))
skb_dst_drop(skb);
if (async)
- dev_put(skb->dev);
+ dev_put(dev);
gro_cells_receive(&gro_cells, skb);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return 0;
} else {
xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
@@ -748,23 +753,21 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
xfrm_gro = xo->flags & XFRM_GRO;
err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
- rcu_read_lock();
afinfo = xfrm_state_afinfo_get_rcu(x->props.family);
if (likely(afinfo))
err = afinfo->transport_finish(skb, xfrm_gro || async);
- rcu_read_unlock();
if (xfrm_gro) {
sp = skb_sec_path(skb);
if (sp)
sp->olen = 0;
if (skb_valid_dst(skb))
skb_dst_drop(skb);
- if (async)
- dev_put(skb->dev);
gro_cells_receive(&gro_cells, skb);
- return err;
}
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(dev);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return err;
}
@@ -772,7 +775,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
spin_unlock(&x->lock);
drop:
if (async)
- dev_put(skb->dev);
+ dev_put(dev);
xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, x && x->type ? x->type->proto : nexthdr, -1);
kfree_skb(skb);
return 0;
--
2.25.1
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2026-06-09 9:21 Dong Chenchen [this message]
2026-06-16 6:01 ` [PATCH net v2] xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption Steffen Klassert
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