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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
	 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	syzbot+e14bc5d4942756023b77@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	 Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>,
	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] tipc: fix UAF in cleanup_bearer() due to premature dst_cache_destroy()
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:10:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622171048.1626022-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)

TIPC UDP media bearer teardown calls dst_cache_destroy() on its
replicast caches before calling synchronize_net() to wait for
concurrent RCU readers (transmitters) to finish:

static void cleanup_bearer(struct work_struct *work)
{
...
	list_for_each_entry_safe(rcast, tmp, &ub->rcast.list, list) {
		dst_cache_destroy(&rcast->dst_cache);
		list_del_rcu(&rcast->list);
		kfree_rcu(rcast, rcu);
	}
...
	dst_cache_destroy(&ub->rcast.dst_cache);
	udp_tunnel_sock_release(ub->sk);
	synchronize_net();
...
}

This is highly buggy because dst_cache_destroy() immediately frees the
per-CPU cache memory (free_percpu()) and releases the cached dst
entries without any synchronization.

If a concurrent transmitter (e.g., tipc_udp_xmit()) is running on another
CPU under RCU protection, it can call dst_cache_get() concurrently,
leading to:
1. Use-After-Free on the per-CPU cache pointer itself (crash).
2. "rcuref - imbalanced put()" warning if it attempts to release a
   dst that was concurrently released by dst_cache_destroy().

Furthermore, calling kfree(ub) immediately after synchronize_net() without
closing the socket first (or waiting after closing it) leaves a window
where a concurrent receiver (tipc_udp_recv()) could start after
synchronize_net(), access ub, and suffer a UAF when kfree(ub) runs.

To fix this, we must defer dst_cache_destroy() and kfree(ub) until after
we have ensured that no more readers can see the bearer/socket and all
existing readers have finished:

1. Move the rcast entries from the public list to a private list
   and delete them using list_del_rcu() (stops new transmit readers).
2. Release the bearer socket using udp_tunnel_sock_release() (stops
   new receive readers).
3. Call synchronize_net() to wait for all outstanding RCU readers
   (both transmit and receive) to finish.
4. Now that it is safe, call dst_cache_destroy() on all isolated
   rcast entries and the main bearer cache, and free the memory.

Fixes: e9c1a793210f ("tipc: add dst_cache support for udp media")
Reported-by: syzbot+e14bc5d4942756023b77@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a396a66.52ae72c2.136ac7.0003.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Cc: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
---
 net/tipc/udp_media.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/udp_media.c b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
index 988b8a7f953ad6da860e6190f1f244650f121dce..befaf7137caf642462b7203a2429a60386e64db8 100644
--- a/net/tipc/udp_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
@@ -808,21 +808,26 @@ static void cleanup_bearer(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct udp_bearer *ub = container_of(work, struct udp_bearer, work);
 	struct udp_replicast *rcast, *tmp;
+	LIST_HEAD(private_list);
 	struct tipc_net *tn;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(rcast, tmp, &ub->rcast.list, list) {
-		dst_cache_destroy(&rcast->dst_cache);
 		list_del_rcu(&rcast->list);
-		kfree_rcu(rcast, rcu);
+		list_add(&rcast->list, &private_list);
 	}
 
 	tn = tipc_net(sock_net(ub->sk));
 
-	dst_cache_destroy(&ub->rcast.dst_cache);
 	udp_tunnel_sock_release(ub->sk);
 
-	/* Note: could use a call_rcu() to avoid another synchronize_net() */
 	synchronize_net();
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(rcast, tmp, &private_list, list) {
+		dst_cache_destroy(&rcast->dst_cache);
+		kfree(rcast);
+	}
+
+	dst_cache_destroy(&ub->rcast.dst_cache);
 	atomic_dec(&tn->wq_count);
 	kfree(ub);
 }
-- 
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog


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