From: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dsahern@kernel.org, idosch@nvidia.com, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net,
horms@kernel.org, xmei5@asu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] ipv4: fib: free fib_alias with kfree_rcu() on insert error path
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 10:14:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260704171421.1786806-1-bestswngs@gmail.com> (raw)
fib_table_insert() publishes new_fa into the leaf's fa_list with
fib_insert_alias() before calling the fib entry notifiers. When a
notifier fails, the error path removes new_fa with fib_remove_alias()
(hlist_del_rcu) and frees it right away with kmem_cache_free().
fib_table_lookup() walks that list under rcu_read_lock() only, so a
concurrent lookup that already reached new_fa keeps reading it after the
free:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fib_table_lookup (net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1601)
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88810676d4eb by task exploit/297
Call Trace:
fib_table_lookup (net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1601)
ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu (net/ipv4/route.c:2814)
ip_route_output_key_hash (net/ipv4/route.c:2705)
__ip4_datagram_connect (net/ipv4/datagram.c:49)
udp_connect (net/ipv4/udp.c:2144)
__sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167)
__x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2173)
do_syscall_64
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
which belongs to the cache ip_fib_alias of size 56
Triggering the error path needs CAP_NET_ADMIN and a registered fib
notifier that can reject a route; a netdevsim device whose IPv4 FIB
resource is exhausted is enough.
Free new_fa with alias_free_mem_rcu(), as fib_table_delete() already
does for a fib_alias removed from the trie.
Fixes: a6c76c17df02 ("ipv4: Notify route after insertion to the routing table")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
---
net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 1308213791f1..2dc87e2156d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ int fib_table_insert(struct net *net, struct fib_table *tb,
out_remove_new_fa:
fib_remove_alias(t, tp, l, new_fa);
out_free_new_fa:
- kmem_cache_free(fn_alias_kmem, new_fa);
+ alias_free_mem_rcu(new_fa);
out:
fib_release_info(fi);
err:
--
2.43.0
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