From: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: 3chas3@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
kuba@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, horms@kernel.org,
linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xmei5@asu.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: atm: fix use-after-free in sigd_put_skb()
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 23:49:31 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aigrk5B3VzaWgKIF@Air.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609110615.196819-1-pabeni@redhat.com>
On 26-06-09 13:06, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> From: AI Reviewer <ai@example.com>
>
> This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this
> email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible.
> Full review at: https://sashiko.dev/
> ---
> net: atm: fix use-after-free in sigd_put_skb()
>
> This commit addresses a use-after-free in sigd_put_skb() by pinning the
> socket with find_get_vcc() and checking if it is marked SOCK_DEAD under
> the callback lock.
>
> > diff --git a/net/atm/signaling.c b/net/atm/signaling.c
> > index b991d937205af..3dbe8e0fdc9af 100644
> > --- a/net/atm/signaling.c
> > +++ b/net/atm/signaling.c
> > @@ -54,14 +54,31 @@ static struct atm_vcc *find_get_vcc(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
> >
> > static void sigd_put_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> > {
> > - if (!sigd) {
> > + struct atm_vcc *vcc;
> > + struct sock *sk;
> > +
> > + vcc = find_get_vcc(READ_ONCE(sigd));
>
> [Severity: Critical]
> Does this introduce a regression where an ABA vulnerability allows a KASLR
> bypass if the daemon socket is freed and reallocated?
>
> If the signaling daemon is closed, sigd is cleared and the socket freed, but
> an unprivileged thread in sigd_put_skb() might have already latched the old
> sigd pointer.
>
> If an unprivileged user subsequently creates a new ATM socket, couldn't the
> slab allocator reuse the exact same memory address? In this case, find_get_vcc()
> would match the raw pointer and return the attacker's new socket.
>
> Since the attacker's socket isn't marked SOCK_DEAD, sigd_put_skb() would blindly
> enqueue the signaling message to the attacker's receive queue.
>
> Because the message contains literal kernel pointers (vcc, listen_vcc),
> wouldn't this allow an unprivileged KASLR bypass and message injection?
>
> [ ... ]
>
> [Severity: High]
> This is a pre-existing issue, but does sigd_send() leak memory when queuing
> SKBs to a closing listening socket?
>
> When processing an as_indicate message, sigd_send() resolves the listening
> socket via msg->listen_vcc, acquires lock_sock(), and appends an SKB:
>
> net/atm/signaling.c:sigd_send() {
> ...
> lock_sock(sk);
> if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk)) {
> ...
> }
> sk_acceptq_added(sk);
> skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
> ...
> }
>
> Does this code blindly queue an SKB without checking if the socket has been
> marked closed (ATM_VF_CLOSE) and already purged?
>
> If the listening socket is concurrently closed, vcc_release() will lock the
> socket, purge its receive queue, mark it closed, and release the lock.
>
> Could sigd_send() then acquire the lock and append the new SKB to the dead
> socket's receive queue? Since sk_free() expects an empty queue and does not
> purge it during memory free, would this permanently leak the SKB and allow
> an attacker to exhaust kernel memory?
> --
> This is an AI-generated review.
>
Thanks. The find_get_vcc() issue will be fixed in v2; the sigd_send()
leak will be sent as a separate patch.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 16:49 [PATCH net] net: atm: fix use-after-free in sigd_put_skb() Weiming Shi
2026-06-09 11:06 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-06-09 15:49 ` Weiming Shi [this message]
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