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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 04/10] xfrm: fix sk_dst_cache double-free in xfrm_user_policy()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:03:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710090349.343389-5-steffen.klassert@secunet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710090349.343389-1-steffen.klassert@secunet.com>

From: "Xiang Mei (Microsoft)" <xmei5@asu.edu>

xfrm_user_policy() clears the socket dst cache with __sk_dst_reset(),
i.e. the non-atomic __sk_dst_set(sk, NULL): it reads sk_dst_cache with
rcu_dereference_protected(), stores NULL and dst_release()s the old dst.
That is only safe if no other thread modifies sk_dst_cache concurrently.

For a connected UDP socket that does not hold: the transmit fast path
(udp_sendmsg -> sk_dst_check -> sk_dst_reset) resets the cache locklessly
with an atomic xchg(). A per-socket policy change racing a send can make
both sides observe the same old dst and each dst_release() it, dropping
the socket's single reference twice and freeing the xfrm_dst bundle while
it is still referenced:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dst_release
  Write of size 4 at addr ffff88801897b6c0 by task exploit/155
  Call Trace:
   ...
   dst_release (... ./include/linux/rcuref.h:109)
   xfrm_user_policy (./include/net/sock.h:2239 ./include/net/sock.h:2256 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:3053)
   do_ip_setsockopt (net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1347)
   ip_setsockopt (net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1417)
   do_sock_setsockopt (net/socket.c:2368)
   __sys_setsockopt (net/socket.c:2393)
   __x64_sys_setsockopt (net/socket.c:2396)
   do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)

Reachable by an unprivileged user via a user+network namespace.

Use the atomic sk_dst_reset() so the cache is cleared and released with a
single xchg(): whichever side wins releases the dst once, the other sees
NULL and does nothing. Behaviour is otherwise unchanged.

Fixes: 2b06cdf3e688 ("xfrm: Clear sk_dst_cache when applying per-socket policy.")
Fixes: be8f8284cd89 ("net: xfrm: allow clearing socket xfrm policies.")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index c58cd024e3c6..08ba6805ddb3 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ int xfrm_user_policy(struct sock *sk, int optname, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
 	if (sockptr_is_null(optval) && !optlen) {
 		xfrm_sk_policy_insert(sk, XFRM_POLICY_IN, NULL);
 		xfrm_sk_policy_insert(sk, XFRM_POLICY_OUT, NULL);
-		__sk_dst_reset(sk);
+		sk_dst_reset(sk);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3050,7 +3050,7 @@ int xfrm_user_policy(struct sock *sk, int optname, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
 	if (err >= 0) {
 		xfrm_sk_policy_insert(sk, err, pol);
 		xfrm_pol_put(pol);
-		__sk_dst_reset(sk);
+		sk_dst_reset(sk);
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10  9:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-10  9:03 [PATCH 0/10] pull request (net): ipsec 2026-07-10 Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 01/10] xfrm: propagate -EINPROGRESS from validate_xmit_xfrm() Steffen Klassert
2026-07-11 11:00   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 02/10] xfrm: fix stale skb->prev after async crypto steals a GSO segment Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 03/10] xfrm: nat_keepalive: avoid double free on send error Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 05/10] xfrm: cache the offload ifindex for netlink dumps Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 06/10] xfrm: reject optional IPTFS templates in outbound policies Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 07/10] xfrm: clear mode callbacks after failed mode setup Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 08/10] xfrm: iptfs: propagate SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG in iptfs_skb_add_frags() Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 09/10] xfrm6: clear dst.dev on error to avoid double netdev_put in xfrm6_fill_dst() Steffen Klassert
2026-07-10  9:03 ` [PATCH 10/10] xfrm: policy: preallocate inexact bins before xfrm_hash_rebuild reinsert Steffen Klassert

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