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From: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
To: linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: marcelo.leitner@gmail.com, lucien.xin@gmail.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	horms@kernel.org, matttbe@kernel.org, yuantan098@gmail.com,
	yifanwucs@gmail.com, tomapufckgml@gmail.com, bird@lzu.edu.cn,
	tpluszz77@gmail.com, roxy520tt@gmail.com, n05ec@lzu.edu.cn,
	sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 1/2] sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:22:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2e48ecffe7fa9e983203a22f68e603cd8530c5d1.1782745545.git.roxy520tt@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1782745545.git.roxy520tt@gmail.com>

From: Zhiling Zou <roxy520tt@gmail.com>

proc_sctp_do_auth() updates the SCTP control socket after changing
net.sctp.auth_enable. The handler gets the per-net SCTP state from
ctl->data, so an already opened sysctl file can still target a network
namespace while that namespace is being torn down.

SCTP previously registered its per-net sysctls from sctp_defaults_init(),
while the control socket is created later from sctp_ctrlsock_init(). This
exposed a window during initialization where auth_enable was writable
before net->sctp.ctl_sock existed, and a teardown window where auth_enable
stayed writable after inet_ctl_sock_destroy() had released the control
socket.

Move the per-net SCTP sysctl registration into sctp_ctrlsock_init() after
sctp_ctl_sock_init() succeeds, and unregister the sysctl table before
destroying the control socket in sctp_ctrlsock_exit(). If sysctl
registration fails after the control socket was created, destroy the
control socket in the same init path.

Make sctp_sysctl_net_unregister() tolerate a missing header and clear the
saved pointer so init-error and exit paths can safely share the unregister
helper.

Fixes: 15649fd5415e ("sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: avoid using current->nsproxy")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Co-developed-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhiling Zou <roxy520tt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
---
 net/sctp/protocol.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
 net/sctp/sysctl.c   |  9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 587b0017a67d..f5fe6ddf0d7d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1382,10 +1382,6 @@ static int __net_init sctp_defaults_init(struct net *net)
 	net->sctp.l3mdev_accept = 1;
 #endif
 
-	status = sctp_sysctl_net_register(net);
-	if (status)
-		goto err_sysctl_register;
-
 	/* Allocate and initialise sctp mibs.  */
 	status = init_sctp_mibs(net);
 	if (status)
@@ -1419,8 +1415,6 @@ static int __net_init sctp_defaults_init(struct net *net)
 	cleanup_sctp_mibs(net);
 #endif
 err_init_mibs:
-	sctp_sysctl_net_unregister(net);
-err_sysctl_register:
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -1435,7 +1429,6 @@ static void __net_exit sctp_defaults_exit(struct net *net)
 	net->sctp.proc_net_sctp = NULL;
 #endif
 	cleanup_sctp_mibs(net);
-	sctp_sysctl_net_unregister(net);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations sctp_defaults_ops = {
@@ -1451,14 +1444,24 @@ static int __net_init sctp_ctrlsock_init(struct net *net)
 	status = sctp_ctl_sock_init(net);
 	if (status)
 		pr_err("Failed to initialize the SCTP control sock\n");
+	else
+		status = sctp_sysctl_net_register(net);
+
+	if (status && net->sctp.ctl_sock) {
+		inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->sctp.ctl_sock);
+		net->sctp.ctl_sock = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return status;
 }
 
 static void __net_exit sctp_ctrlsock_exit(struct net *net)
 {
+	sctp_sysctl_net_unregister(net);
+
 	/* Free the control endpoint.  */
 	inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->sctp.ctl_sock);
+	net->sctp.ctl_sock = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations sctp_ctrlsock_ops = {
diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 15e7db9a3ab2..fca840484ebf 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -615,11 +615,16 @@ int sctp_sysctl_net_register(struct net *net)
 
 void sctp_sysctl_net_unregister(struct net *net)
 {
+	struct ctl_table_header *header = net->sctp.sysctl_header;
 	const struct ctl_table *table;
 
-	table = net->sctp.sysctl_header->ctl_table_arg;
-	unregister_net_sysctl_table(net->sctp.sysctl_header);
+	if (!header)
+		return;
+
+	table = header->ctl_table_arg;
+	unregister_net_sysctl_table(header);
 	kfree(table);
+	net->sctp.sysctl_header = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *sctp_sysctl_header;
-- 
2.43.0


       reply	other threads:[~2026-07-11  4:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <cover.1782745545.git.roxy520tt@gmail.com>
2026-07-11  4:22 ` Ren Wei [this message]
2026-07-11  4:22 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] sctp: close UDP tunnel sockets during netns teardown Ren Wei

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