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From: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rxrpc: fix connection reference leak on aborted CHALLENGE
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 2026 19:50:03 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009115003.3696517-1-bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com> (raw)

rxrpc_process_event() returns -ECONNABORTED before reaching the
CHALLENGE case, skipping the rxrpc_put_connection() that pairs with
the reference rxrpc_post_challenge() stored in sp->chall.conn.  The
skb is then freed by the caller while the connection reference stays
held, pinning the connection forever; a malicious server repeating
CHALLENGE-then-ABORT leaks one connection per packet.

Clear sp->chall.conn and put the reference on the aborted path.

Commit 092275882aec4 ("rxrpc: Fix oob challenge leak in cleanup after
notification failure") handled the sibling leak stored by
rxrpc_post_challenge() when its socket notification fails; the
early-return on RXRPC_CONN_ABORTED is the remaining, still-open one.

This vulnerability was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 5800b1cf3fd8c ("rxrpc: Allow CHALLENGEs to the passed to the app for a RESPONSE")
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
---
 net/rxrpc/conn_event.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c b/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
index 611c790bc6d0..56503a05d5d7 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
@@ -272,8 +272,20 @@ static int rxrpc_process_event(struct rxrpc_connection *conn,
 	bool secured = false;
 	int ret;

-	if (conn->state == RXRPC_CONN_ABORTED)
+	if (conn->state == RXRPC_CONN_ABORTED) {
+		/*
+		 * Drop the ref taken by rxrpc_post_challenge() on this
+		 * CHALLENGE before bailing out: otherwise the skb is
+		 * released by the caller with the connection reference
+		 * still held, pinning the connection forever (leak).
+		 */
+		if (sp->chall.conn) {
+			sp->chall.conn = NULL;
+			rxrpc_put_connection(conn,
+					rxrpc_conn_put_challenge_input);
+		}
 		return -ECONNABORTED;
+	}

 	_enter("{%d},{%u,%%%u},", conn->debug_id, sp->hdr.type, sp->hdr.serial);

--
2.43.7


             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-09 11:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-09 11:50 Henry Martin [this message]
2026-10-09 11:54 ` [PATCH] rxrpc: fix connection reference leak on aborted CHALLENGE netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-10 11:52 ` netdev-bot+sashiko

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