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From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	john.fastabend@gmail.com, sd@queasysnail.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, imv4bel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net v2] tcp: do not coalesce segments after FIN
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 21:25:21 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <au3HMfqNW3_DRMqS@v4bel> (raw)

A FIN consumes a sequence number. If another FIN segment is coalesced
into an skb that already carries FIN, end_seq advances to account for
the additional FIN, but tcp_flags still contains only one FIN bit.

When the preceding gap is filled and tcp_ofo_queue() processes the
coalesced skb, rcv_nxt advances to the skb's end_seq. When the receive
path consumes all data in the skb, copied_seq advances by the data
length and one sequence number for FIN. If three or more FIN segments
have been coalesced into one skb, tcp_inq() can still return a positive
value after the receive queue becomes empty and the SOCK_DONE adjustment
is applied.

TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE is another consumer affected by this state.
tcp_zerocopy_receive() takes its length from tcp_inq() and follows
skb->next without checking for the end of the receive queue.

Software kTLS receive is one consumer affected by this state. When
strp->copy_mode is false, tls_strp_msg_consume() calls the TCP helper
tcp_read_done() to consume the current TLS record. In the reproducer,
tcp_read_done() consumed the record data and one FIN before freeing the
receive skb.

When kTLS looked for the next record, tcp_inq() reported at least
TLS_HEADER_SIZE bytes even though the receive queue was empty.
tcp_recv_skb() returned NULL, so tls_strp_load_anchor_with_queue() hit
WARN_ON_ONCE() and returned without updating the anchor.

Since tcp_inq() had reported at least TLS_HEADER_SIZE,
tls_strp_read_sock() proceeded to tls_strp_check_queue_ok().
skb_shinfo(strp->anchor)->frag_list still pointed to the freed receive
skb. tls_strp_check_queue_ok() then read TCP_SKB_CB(first)->seq through
the stale pointer, causing a use-after-free.

The reproducer followed this call path:

  tls_rx_rec_done()
    tls_strp_msg_consume()
      tcp_read_done()                       // frees the receive skb
    tls_strp_check_rcv()
      tls_strp_read_sock()
        tls_strp_load_anchor_with_queue()   // returns after WARN_ON_ONCE()
          tcp_recv_skb() == NULL
        tls_strp_check_queue_ok()
          TCP_SKB_CB(first)->seq            // reads the freed receive skb

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tls_strp_check_queue_ok.isra.0+0x5f/0x100
  Read of size 4 at addr ffff888103169ca8 by task ktls-server/71
  ...
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   ...
   tls_strp_check_queue_ok.isra.0+0x5f/0x100
   tls_strp_check_rcv+0x2a9/0x400
   ...
   tls_sw_recvmsg+0x3ce/0xa10
   ...
   sock_recvmsg+0xea/0x100
   __sys_recvfrom+0x142/0x1f0
   ...
   __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x76/0x90
   do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x4a0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
   ...
   </TASK>
  ...
  Freed by task 71:
   ...
   napi_skb_cache_put+0x24/0xf0
   skb_attempt_defer_free+0x183/0x3b0
   tcp_read_done+0x2d4/0x340
   tls_strp_msg_consume+0x45/0x80
   tls_sw_recvmsg+0x3c4/0xa10
   ...

In tcp_try_coalesce(), skip coalescing when the destination skb already
carries FIN. tcp_add_backlog() calls skb_try_coalesce() directly instead
of using this helper, so add the same check there. Since both paths check
only the destination skb, a final segment carrying data and FIN can still
be coalesced into an skb without FIN when the other coalescing checks pass.

Fixes: e93a0435f809 ("tcp: allow segment with FIN in tcp_try_coalesce()")
Fixes: 4f693b55c3d2 ("tcp: implement coalescing on backlog queue")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Mention TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE as another affected path in the changelog.
  (Eric)
- Move the FIN check from tcp_ooo_try_coalesce() to tcp_try_coalesce(),
  after the existing checks and before skb_try_coalesce(), using unlikely().
  (Eric)
- Move the tcp_add_backlog() FIN check after the other tcp_flags checks
  and add a short comment. (Eric)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/auxx1bK0QJfUvcB7@v4bel/
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 4 ++++
 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c  | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index e1f2d9765f810..1e25db7e4514d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5290,6 +5290,10 @@ static bool tcp_try_coalesce(struct sock *sk,
 	if (!tcp_skb_can_collapse_rx(to, from))
 		return false;
 
+	/* Nothing follows a FIN. */
+	if (unlikely(TCP_SKB_CB(to)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_FIN))
+		return false;
+
 	if (!skb_try_coalesce(to, from, fragstolen, &delta))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index a7f9242f1e429..661c9f94f9c07 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1957,6 +1957,8 @@ enum skb_drop_reason tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	    ((TCP_SKB_CB(tail)->tcp_flags ^
 	      TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags) &
 	     (TCPHDR_ECE | TCPHDR_CWR | TCPHDR_AE)) ||
+	    /* Nothing follows a FIN, see tcp_try_coalesce() */
+	    (TCP_SKB_CB(tail)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_FIN) ||
 	    !tcp_skb_can_collapse_rx(tail, skb) ||
 	    thtail->doff != th->doff ||
 	    memcmp(thtail + 1, th + 1, hdrlen - sizeof(*th)) ||
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-11-06 12:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-06 12:25 Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-11-06 13:28 ` [PATCH net v2] tcp: do not coalesce segments after FIN Eric Dumazet
2026-11-07 19:38 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-11-10 23:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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