Re: [PATCH net] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done

[Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>]

From: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:46 +0200

> The async decrypt completion path mirrors the encrypt one but is missing
> the net reference that guards against the tipc_crypto being freed during
> netns teardown.
> 
> When crypto_aead_decrypt() is offloaded to cryptd (the SIMD aead wrapper
> queues the request when crypto_simd_usable() is false), the cryptd worker
> runs tipc_aead_decrypt_done() asynchronously. If the bearer's netns is
> torn down in the meantime, tipc_exit_net() -> tipc_crypto_stop() frees the
> tipc_crypto, and the completion then reads it: tipc_aead_decrypt_done()
> dereferences aead->crypto->stats and aead->crypto->net, and
> tipc_crypto_rcv_complete() dereferences aead->crypto->aead[] and the node
> table, reading freed memory:
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_crypto_rcv_complete
>   Read of size 8 at addr ffff888104c8c808 by task kworker/3:2/70
>   Workqueue: cryptd cryptd_queue_worker
>   Call Trace:
>    tipc_crypto_rcv_complete+0x1dd6/0x2240
>    tipc_aead_decrypt_done+0x1c3/0x300
>    cryptd_aead_crypt+0x3ae/0x660
>    cryptd_queue_worker+0x12b/0x200
>    process_one_work+0x66c/0x10c0
>    worker_thread+0x55d/0xc80
>    kthread+0x269/0x340
>   Allocated by task 1550:
>    tipc_crypto_start+0x7e/0x890
>    tipc_init_net+0x30d/0x480
>    ...
>   Freed by task 116:
>    tipc_crypto_stop+0x1a4/0x2a0
>    tipc_exit_net+0x11c/0x1c0
>    cleanup_net+0x510/0xaf0
> 
> This is the same class of bug that commit e279024617134 ("net/tipc: fix
> slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done") fixed for the
> encrypt side. The encrypt path takes maybe_get_net(aead->crypto->net)
> before crypto_aead_encrypt() and drops it with put_net() on the
> synchronous return paths and in tipc_aead_encrypt_done(); the -EINPROGRESS
> /-EBUSY return keeps the reference for the async callback to release. The
> decrypt path was left without the equivalent guard.
> 
> Mirror the encrypt-side fix on the decrypt path: take a net reference
> before crypto_aead_decrypt() (failing with -ENODEV and the matching
> bearer put if it cannot be acquired), keep it across the -EINPROGRESS/
> -EBUSY async return, and drop it with put_net() on the synchronous
> success/error return and at the end of tipc_aead_decrypt_done().
> 
> Reproduced under KASAN on v6.12.92: a UDP bearer with a cluster key is
> flooded with encrypted frames from an unknown peer (driving the cluster-
> key decrypt path) while the bearer's netns is repeatedly torn down. The
> SIMD aead must be forced onto its cryptd async child for the completion
> to outlive tipc_crypto_stop(), and the cryptd worker was delayed to land
> the narrow race deterministically; with the patch applied the same
> workload runs cleanly. Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling
> while auditing the siblings of commit e279024617134.
> 
> Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai).
> 
> Fixes: fc1b6d6de220 ("tipc: introduce TIPC encryption & authentication")

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org ?

> Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>

Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>

Thanks,
Olek