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 11/12] xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 11:29:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907093020.2228346-12-steffen.klassert@secunet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907093020.2228346-1-steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
From: Zhiling Zou <zhilinz@nebusec.ai>
xfrm_input() stores the current xfrm_state in the skb secpath while it
continues receive-side processing. Some input paths can reset that secpath
before xfrm_input() has finished dereferencing the state.
Receive callback users such as VTI and XFRM interfaces can reset the
secpath. The VTI receive path does so before checking whether the packet
crosses network namespaces, while the XFRM interface path does so only for
cross-network-namespace packets. The XFRM_MAX_DEPTH error path can also
reset the secpath before the final drop callback reports the current
state's protocol.
If secpath_reset() drops the last state reference while the state is
concurrently deleted, xfrm_input() can still dereference the freed state
when selecting transport_finish() or reporting the drop callback protocol.
Save the state protocol on the stack while the state is still valid,
and use the already saved address family for transport_finish(). A larval
XFRM_STATE_ACQ state has no type, so retain nexthdr as its protocol. This
preserves the existing drop-path fallback while avoiding the post-reset
state dereferences without adding an extra state reference to every
received packet.
Fixes: df3893c176e9 ("vti: Update the ipv4 side to use it's own receive hook.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
Signed-off-by: Zhiling Zou <zhilinz@nebusec.ai>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index 8f6109eada7e..5ed87d51392a 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
struct xfrm_state *x = NULL;
xfrm_address_t *daddr;
u32 mark = skb->mark;
+ u8 xfrm_proto = nexthdr;
unsigned int family = AF_UNSPEC;
int decaps = 0;
int async = 0;
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
if (encap_type < 0 || (xo && (xo->flags & XFRM_GRO || encap_type == 0 ||
encap_type == UDP_ENCAP_ESPINUDP))) {
x = xfrm_input_state(skb);
+ xfrm_proto = x->type ? x->type->proto : nexthdr;
if (unlikely(x->km.state != XFRM_STATE_VALID)) {
if (x->km.state == XFRM_STATE_ACQ)
@@ -592,11 +594,13 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
x = xfrm_input_state_lookup(net, mark, daddr, spi, nexthdr, family);
if (x == NULL) {
+ xfrm_proto = nexthdr;
secpath_reset(skb);
XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMINNOSTATES);
xfrm_audit_state_notfound(skb, family, spi, seq);
goto drop;
}
+ xfrm_proto = x->type ? x->type->proto : nexthdr;
if (unlikely(x->dir && x->dir != XFRM_SA_DIR_IN)) {
secpath_reset(skb);
@@ -604,6 +608,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
xfrm_audit_state_notfound(skb, family, spi, seq);
xfrm_state_put(x);
x = NULL;
+ xfrm_proto = nexthdr;
goto drop;
}
@@ -728,7 +733,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
} while (!err);
rcu_read_lock();
- err = xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, x->type->proto, 0);
+ err = xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, xfrm_proto, 0);
if (err) {
rcu_read_unlock();
goto drop;
@@ -753,7 +758,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
xfrm_gro = xo->flags & XFRM_GRO;
err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
- afinfo = xfrm_state_afinfo_get_rcu(x->props.family);
+ afinfo = xfrm_state_afinfo_get_rcu(family);
if (likely(afinfo))
err = afinfo->transport_finish(skb, xfrm_gro || async);
if (xfrm_gro) {
@@ -776,7 +781,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
drop:
if (async)
dev_put(dev);
- xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, x && x->type ? x->type->proto : nexthdr, -1);
+ xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, xfrm_proto, -1);
kfree_skb(skb);
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 9:29 [PATCH 0/12] pull request (net): ipsec 2026-09-07 Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 01/12] xfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 02/12] xfrm: serialize state GC with device state flush Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 03/12] xfrm: add missing RCU read lock in xfrm_send_migrate_state() Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 04/12] xfrm: iptfs: fix runt reassembly panic from short inner tot_len Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 05/12] ipv6: xfrm: use full sockets in local error paths Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 06/12] xfrm: fix compat ALLOCSPI request use-after-free Steffen Klassert
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 07/12] xfrm: add missing rcu_read_lock(), skb_dst_force() and dev_hold() for xfrm_trans_reinject() Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 08/12] xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 09/12] esp: downgrade zerocopy managed frags before mutating skb frags Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 10/12] xfrm: hold net_device reference under RCU in bundle creation Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-07 9:29 ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
2026-09-07 9:29 ` [PATCH 12/12] net: xfrm: reject unrepresentable espintcp transport headers Steffen Klassert
2026-09-08 22:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-09 6:38 ` Some clarifications on the upstreaming process (was: [PATCH 0/12] pull request (net): ipsec 2026-09-07) Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 9:23 ` Some clarifications on the upstreaming process Paolo Abeni
2026-09-09 10:22 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-09-10 8:17 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-10 8:35 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-09-10 9:28 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 10:23 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 10:34 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-09 10:44 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-09-09 18:57 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-10 8:29 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-09-10 9:02 ` Steffen Klassert
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