[PATCH] rxrpc: always copy skb on in-place decrypt to avoid pagecache aliasing

[PATCH] rxrpc: always copy skb on in-place decrypt to avoid pagecache aliasing

[Ziyi Guo]

skb_cloned() does not detect frag-level page sharing introduced by splice()
with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES.  When such an skb reaches the rxrpc DATA path,
in-place decryption (rxkad/rxgk) writes plaintext into file
pagecache pages still aliased to the source file, leading to
corrupt the page cache of any readable file.

Drop the skb_cloned() gate so skb_copy() is performed unconditionally
for DATA packets, severing the alias before decrypt.

Fixes: d0d5c0cd1e71 ("rxrpc: Use skb_unshare() rather than skb_cow_data()")
Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@u.northwestern.edu>
---
 net/rxrpc/call_event.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
index fdd683261226..39d19a354172 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
@@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ bool rxrpc_input_call_event(struct rxrpc_call *call)
 			saw_ack |= sp->hdr.type == RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_ACK;
 
 			if (sp->hdr.type == RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_DATA &&
-			    sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0 &&
-			    skb_cloned(skb)) {
-				/* Unshare the packet so that it can be
-				 * modified by in-place decryption.
+			    sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0) {
+				/* Always unshare: skb_cloned() does not
+				 * detect frag-level page sharing introduced
+				 * by splice() with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES, so
+				 * in-place decryption could otherwise corrupt
+				 * the source file's page cache.
 				 */
 				struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: always copy skb on in-place decrypt to avoid pagecache aliasing

[Hyunwoo Kim]

On Sat, May 02, 2026 at 09:13:40PM +0000, Ziyi Guo wrote:
> skb_cloned() does not detect frag-level page sharing introduced by splice()
> with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES.  When such an skb reaches the rxrpc DATA path,
> in-place decryption (rxkad/rxgk) writes plaintext into file
> pagecache pages still aliased to the source file, leading to
> corrupt the page cache of any readable file.
> 
> Drop the skb_cloned() gate so skb_copy() is performed unconditionally
> for DATA packets, severing the alias before decrypt.
> 
> Fixes: d0d5c0cd1e71 ("rxrpc: Use skb_unshare() rather than skb_cow_data()")
> Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@u.northwestern.edu>
> ---
>  net/rxrpc/call_event.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
> index fdd683261226..39d19a354172 100644
> --- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
> +++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
> @@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ bool rxrpc_input_call_event(struct rxrpc_call *call)
>  			saw_ack |= sp->hdr.type == RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_ACK;
>  
>  			if (sp->hdr.type == RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_DATA &&
> -			    sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0 &&
> -			    skb_cloned(skb)) {
> -				/* Unshare the packet so that it can be
> -				 * modified by in-place decryption.
> +			    sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0) {
> +				/* Always unshare: skb_cloned() does not
> +				 * detect frag-level page sharing introduced
> +				 * by splice() with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES, so
> +				 * in-place decryption could otherwise corrupt
> +				 * the source file's page cache.
>  				 */
>  				struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

Hi,

A patch for this issue has already been posted earlier:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/afKV2zGR6rrelPC7@v4bel/

Best regards,
Hyunwoo Kim