From: Junwoong Doh <jdoh.kernel@gmail.com>
To: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
Cc: "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>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
oe-linux-nfc@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Junwoong Doh <jdoh.kernel@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] nfc: llcp: fix NULL pointer dereference race in nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame()
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:32:44 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821103244.72313-1-jdoh.kernel@gmail.com> (raw)
nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() checks whether sock->local is NULL, but it is
called by llcp_sock_sendmsg() without the socket lock held, which opens
a window for a race condition. Between the sock->local check and the
sock->dev use in nfc_alloc_send_skb(), llcp_sock_bind() can run
concurrently and set both sock->local and sock->dev to NULL, which can
lead to a NULL pointer dereference in nfc_alloc_send_skb().
Take a reference to sock->local under the socket lock and pass it to
nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(), which now uses the pinned local->dev instead
of re-reading sock->dev. nfc_llcp_local_get() also pins the nfc_dev, so
both stay valid against a concurrent llcp_sock_bind().
Fixes: dded08927ca3 ("nfc: llcp: fix NULL error pointer dereference on sendmsg() after failed bind()")
Signed-off-by: Junwoong Doh <jdoh.kernel@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a89d0419-8bcf-40a2-b52d-3e5d911f11da@gmail.com/
---
v2:
- Changed locking to refcounting to avoid holding the socket lock
across the blocking send.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260725115556.1250160-1-jdoh.kernel@gmail.com/
net/nfc/llcp.h | 4 +++-
net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 10 +++-------
net/nfc/llcp_core.c | 2 +-
net/nfc/llcp_sock.c | 10 ++++++++--
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp.h b/net/nfc/llcp.h
index d8345ed57c95..3ff9729daf63 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp.h
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void nfc_llcp_sock_link(struct llcp_sock_list *l, struct sock *s);
void nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(struct llcp_sock_list *l, struct sock *s);
void nfc_llcp_socket_remote_param_init(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock);
struct nfc_llcp_local *nfc_llcp_find_local(struct nfc_dev *dev);
+struct nfc_llcp_local *nfc_llcp_local_get(struct nfc_llcp_local *local);
int nfc_llcp_local_put(struct nfc_llcp_local *local);
u8 nfc_llcp_get_sdp_ssap(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock);
@@ -243,7 +244,8 @@ int nfc_llcp_send_dm(struct nfc_llcp_local *local, u8 ssap, u8 dsap, u8 reason);
int nfc_llcp_send_disconnect(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock);
int nfc_llcp_send_i_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
struct msghdr *msg, size_t len);
-int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
+int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
+ struct nfc_llcp_local *local, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
struct msghdr *msg, size_t len);
int nfc_llcp_send_rr(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock);
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
index ca89fe967d6a..1549ed2631f5 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
@@ -740,11 +740,11 @@ int nfc_llcp_send_i_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
return len;
}
-int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
+int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
+ struct nfc_llcp_local *local, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
{
struct sk_buff *pdu;
- struct nfc_llcp_local *local;
size_t frag_len = 0, remaining_len;
u8 *msg_ptr, *msg_data;
u16 remote_miu;
@@ -752,10 +752,6 @@ int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
pr_debug("Send UI frame len %zd\n", len);
- local = sock->local;
- if (local == NULL)
- return -ENODEV;
-
msg_data = kmalloc(len, GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN);
if (msg_data == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -777,7 +773,7 @@ int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
pr_debug("Fragment %zd bytes remaining %zd",
frag_len, remaining_len);
- pdu = nfc_alloc_send_skb(sock->dev, &sock->sk, 0,
+ pdu = nfc_alloc_send_skb(local->dev, &sock->sk, 0,
frag_len + LLCP_HEADER_SIZE, &err);
if (pdu == NULL) {
pr_err("Could not allocate PDU (error=%d)\n", err);
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
index cac1b5487064..52e72399d731 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void nfc_llcp_socket_release(struct nfc_llcp_local *local, bool device,
write_unlock(&local->raw_sockets.lock);
}
-static struct nfc_llcp_local *nfc_llcp_local_get(struct nfc_llcp_local *local)
+struct nfc_llcp_local *nfc_llcp_local_get(struct nfc_llcp_local *local)
{
/* Since using nfc_llcp_local may result in usage of nfc_dev, whenever
* we hold a reference to local, we also need to hold a reference to
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
index 5558d8a4d48b..4d38025e8213 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ static int llcp_sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
{
struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
struct nfc_llcp_sock *llcp_sock = nfc_llcp_sock(sk);
+ struct nfc_llcp_local *local;
int ret;
pr_debug("sock %p sk %p", sock, sk);
@@ -819,10 +820,15 @@ static int llcp_sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
return -EINVAL;
}
+ local = nfc_llcp_local_get(llcp_sock->local);
release_sock(sk);
+ if (!local)
+ return -ENODEV;
- return nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(llcp_sock, addr->dsap, addr->ssap,
- msg, len);
+ ret = nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(llcp_sock, local, addr->dsap,
+ addr->ssap, msg, len);
+ nfc_llcp_local_put(local);
+ return ret;
}
if (sk->sk_state != LLCP_CONNECTED) {
--
2.34.1
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