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From: Siwei Zhang <oss@fourdim.xyz>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	"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>,
	Siwei Zhang <fourdizhang@tencent.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 1/1] xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:40:08 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730114028.1077499-2-oss@fourdim.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260730114028.1077499-1-oss@fourdim.xyz>

From: Siwei Zhang <fourdizhang@tencent.com>

Commit 14acf9652e56 ("xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in
__xfrm_state_delete") converted bydst/bysrc/byseq/byspi from
hlist_del_rcu() to hlist_del_init_rcu() so that a second
__xfrm_state_delete() on the same object becomes a no-op rather than a
write through LIST_POISON pprev. It missed state_cache and
state_cache_input, which kept hlist_del_rcu():

- hlist_del_rcu() leaves pprev = LIST_POISON2 (non-NULL), so
  hlist_unhashed() returns false.
- hlist_del_init_rcu() leaves pprev = NULL, so hlist_unhashed()
  returns true.

A second __xfrm_state_delete() therefore enters __hlist_del() on the
already-deleted state_cache/state_cache_input nodes and does
WRITE_ONCE(*pprev, next) through LIST_POISON2 — a write use-after-free
once the slab is reused. The corruption can in turn cause a subsequent
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu traversal to follow a dangling next pointer,
producing the read use-after-free reported in xfrm_input_state_lookup().

Switch state_cache and state_cache_input to hlist_del_init_rcu() to
match the other four lists, closing the write use-after-free and, with
it, the read use-after-free it spawns.

Assisted-by: CodeBuddy:GLM-5.2
Fixes: 0045e3d80613 ("xfrm: Cache used outbound xfrm states at the policy.")
Fixes: 81a331a0e72d ("xfrm: Add an inbound percpu state cache.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Siwei Zhang <fourdizhang@tencent.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 36a4f6793ede..f494c1ac57a4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -823,9 +823,9 @@ int __xfrm_state_delete(struct xfrm_state *x)
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->byseq))
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->byseq);
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->state_cache))
-			hlist_del_rcu(&x->state_cache);
+			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->state_cache);
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->state_cache_input))
-			hlist_del_rcu(&x->state_cache_input);
+			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->state_cache_input);
 
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->byspi))
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->byspi);
-- 
2.43.7


      reply	other threads:[~2026-07-30 11:40 UTC|newest]

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2026-07-30 11:40 [PATCH net v2 0/1] xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input Siwei Zhang
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