From: Sanghyun Park <sanghyun.park.cnu@gmail.com>
To: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Sanghyun Park <sanghyun.park.cnu@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Alexandre Cassen <acassen@corp.free.fr>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] xfrm: Fix skb double-free in xfrm_dev_direct_output()
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:28:38 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722072837.2011916-2-sanghyun.park.cnu@gmail.com> (raw)
A return value other than 1 from local_out() means that the skb has been
consumed or its ownership was transferred. xfrm_dev_direct_output()
nevertheless frees the skb on this path, causing a double-free when
netfilter drops the packet and invalidating any other owner.
Return the local_out() result directly, matching the ownership handling
in xfrm_output_resume().
Fixes: 5eddd76ec2fd ("xfrm: fix tunnel mode TX datapath in packet offload mode")
Signed-off-by: Sanghyun Park <sanghyun.park.cnu@gmail.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
index cc35c2fcbbe09..e305ba32e356b 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
@@ -636,10 +636,8 @@ static int xfrm_dev_direct_output(struct sock *sk, struct xfrm_state *x,
nf_reset_ct(skb);
err = skb_dst(skb)->ops->local_out(net, sk, skb);
- if (unlikely(err != 1)) {
- kfree_skb(skb);
+ if (unlikely(err != 1))
return err;
- }
/* In transport mode, network destination is
* directly reachable, while in tunnel mode,
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-22 7:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-22 7:28 Sanghyun Park [this message]
2026-07-22 8:51 ` [PATCH net] xfrm: Fix skb double-free in xfrm_dev_direct_output() Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-27 7:30 ` Steffen Klassert
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