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From: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
	Christian Hopps <chopps@labn.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	"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>, David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 3/3] xfrm: transfer the skb->dev reference to the input path
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:46:10 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261013074610.17808-4-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013074610.17808-1-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>

vti_input() and vti6_input_proto() cache the tunnel pointer in the skb
control buffer without taking a reference.  With async crypto the
receive callback runs from the crypto completion, after a possible
device teardown, and dereferences the freed tunnel device:

    BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vti_rcv_cb

Taking a reference while the pointer is cached and dropping it in the
callback does not fix that: on the success path the callback drops what
may be the last reference before xfrm_input() hands the skb to
gro_cells_receive(), and taking a new reference on skb->dev at that
point is already too late, the device may have been freed in between:

    BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xfrm_input

Make the reference travel with the skb instead: the receive callbacks
install the device in skb->dev and leave their reference with it, and
xfrm_input() releases it once the packet has been delivered.  vti,
vti6 and xfrmi -- the only callbacks that replace skb->dev -- take the
reference when installing the device and drop it on their error paths.

Tested on arm64 with KASAN and an async AEAD: no use-after-free on
either completion path, and RTM_DELLINK on a VTI device with pending
async crypto now waits for the completion.

Fixes: df3893c176e9 ("vti: Update the ipv4 side to use it's own receive hook.")
Fixes: fa9ad96d4905 ("vti6: Update the ipv6 side to use its own receive hook.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_vti.c              |  6 ++++++
 net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c             |  7 +++++++
 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c          | 13 +++++++++++++
 net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c |  9 ++++++++-
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index 3b80929994a0..1964482064c1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static int vti_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi,
 
 		XFRM_TUNNEL_SKB_CB(skb)->tunnel.ip4 = tunnel;
 
+		dev_hold(tunnel->dev);
+
 		if (update_skb_dev)
 			skb->dev = tunnel->dev;
 
@@ -109,10 +111,14 @@ static int vti_rcv_cb(struct sk_buff *skb, int err)
 
 	dev = tunnel->dev;
 
+	/* Drop the reference taken in vti_input(); on success it is
+	 * transferred with skb->dev and released by xfrm_input().
+	 */
 	if (err) {
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, rx_errors);
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, rx_dropped);
 
+		dev_put(dev);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index ab94b3a4ba9c..a47acae4756c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ static int vti6_input_proto(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi,
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		XFRM_TUNNEL_SKB_CB(skb)->tunnel.ip6 = t;
+
+		dev_hold(t->dev);
+
 		XFRM_SPI_SKB_CB(skb)->family = AF_INET6;
 		XFRM_SPI_SKB_CB(skb)->daddroff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, daddr);
 		return xfrm_input(skb, nexthdr, spi, encap_type);
@@ -355,10 +358,14 @@ static int vti6_rcv_cb(struct sk_buff *skb, int err)
 
 	dev = t->dev;
 
+	/* Drop the reference taken in vti6_input_proto(); on success it is
+	 * transferred with skb->dev and released by xfrm_input().
+	 */
 	if (err) {
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, rx_errors);
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, rx_dropped);
 
+		dev_put(dev);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index f293d5e124d4..bdd493f9d877 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
 	const struct xfrm_state_afinfo *afinfo;
 	struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	struct net_device *tdev;
 	int err;
 	__be32 seq;
 	__be32 seq_hi;
@@ -767,7 +768,13 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
 			skb_dst_drop(skb);
 		if (async)
 			dev_put(dev);
+		/* Release the reference a receive callback left with
+		 * skb->dev, after the packet has been delivered.
+		 */
+		tdev = skb->dev != dev ? skb->dev : NULL;
 		gro_cells_receive(&gro_cells, skb);
+		if (tdev)
+			dev_put(tdev);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return 0;
 	} else {
@@ -775,6 +782,10 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
 		if (xo)
 			xfrm_gro = xo->flags & XFRM_GRO;
 
+		/* Release the reference a receive callback left with
+		 * skb->dev, after the packet has been delivered.
+		 */
+		tdev = skb->dev != dev ? skb->dev : NULL;
 		err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
 		afinfo = xfrm_state_afinfo_get_rcu(family);
 		if (likely(afinfo))
@@ -788,6 +799,8 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
 			gro_cells_receive(&gro_cells, skb);
 		}
 
+		if (tdev)
+			dev_put(tdev);
 		if (async)
 			dev_put(dev);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c
index 688306bf62c5..f4859be7ed18 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c
@@ -375,11 +375,18 @@ static int xfrmi_rcv_cb(struct sk_buff *skb, int err)
 
 	link = skb->dev->ifindex;
 	dev = xi->dev;
-	skb->dev = dev;
+	if (skb->dev != dev) {
+		/* Reference travels with skb->dev; released by xfrm_input()
+		 * after delivery.  Guard makes a re-invocation a no-op.
+		 */
+		dev_hold(dev);
+		skb->dev = dev;
+	}
 
 	if (err) {
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, rx_errors);
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, rx_dropped);
+		dev_put(dev);
 
 		return 0;
 	}
-- 
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-13  7:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-13  7:46 [PATCH net v2 0/3] xfrm: fix vti tunnel device use-after-free across async crypto resumption Qihang
2026-10-13  7:46 ` [PATCH net v2 1/3] xfrm: set the address family before the early invalid-state drop Qihang
2026-10-13  7:46 ` [PATCH net v2 2/3] xfrm: iptfs: run the receive callbacks before freeing the skb Qihang
2026-10-13  7:46 ` Qihang [this message]
2026-10-13  7:49 ` [PATCH net v2 0/3] xfrm: fix vti tunnel device use-after-free across async crypto resumption netdev-bot+sinfo

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