Syzkaller reported a panic in smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock() [1].

smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock() is called in the TCP receive path
(softirq) via icsk_af_ops->syn_recv_sock on the clcsock (TCP
listening socket). It reads sk_user_data to get the smc_sock
pointer. However, when the SMC listen socket is being closed
concurrently, smc_close_active() sets clcsock->sk_user_data
to NULL under sk_callback_lock, and then the smc_sock itself
can be freed via sock_put() in smc_release().

This leads to two issues:

1) NULL pointer dereference: sk_user_data is NULL when
   accessed.
2) Use-after-free: sk_user_data is read as non-NULL, but the
   smc_sock is freed before its fields (e.g., queued_smc_hs,
   ori_af_ops) are accessed.

The race window looks like this:

  CPU A (softirq)              CPU B (process ctx)

  tcp_v4_rcv()
    TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV:
    sk = req->rsk_listener
    sock_hold(sk)
    /* No lock on listener */
                               smc_close_active():
                                 write_lock_bh(cb_lock)
                                 sk_user_data = NULL
                                 write_unlock_bh(cb_lock)
                                 ...
                                 smc_clcsock_release()
                                 sock_put(smc->sk) x2
                                   -> smc_sock freed!
    tcp_check_req()
      smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock():
        smc = user_data(sk)
          -> NULL or dangling
        smc->queued_smc_hs
          -> crash!

Note that the clcsock and smc_sock are two independent objects
with separate refcounts. TCP stack holds a reference on the
clcsock, which keeps it alive, but this does NOT prevent the
smc_sock from being freed.

Fix this by taking sk_callback_lock to read sk_user_data and
then sock_hold(&smc->sk) under the lock to pin the smc_sock.
The lock is released immediately after sock_hold(), rather
than being held for the entire function, to avoid holding it
across ori_af_ops->syn_recv_sock() which creates child
sockets and could risk deadlocks with nested lock ordering.
sock_put(&smc->sk) is called on all exit paths after the
hold.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=827ae2bfb3a3529333e9

Fixes: 8270d9c21041 ("net/smc: Limit backlog connections")
Reported-by: syzbot+827ae2bfb3a3529333e9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67eaf9b8.050a0220.3c3d88.004a.GAE@google.com/T/ (local)
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
 net/smc/af_smc.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index d0119afcc6a1..21218b9b0f9a 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c

@@ -131,7 +131,14 @@ static struct sock *smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
        struct smc_sock *smc;
        struct sock *child;

+       read_lock_bh(&((struct sock *)sk)->sk_callback_lock);

+       read_unlock_bh(&((struct sock *)sk)->sk_callback_lock);

        if (READ_ONCE(sk->sk_ack_backlog) + atomic_read(&smc->queued_smc_hs) >
                                sk->sk_max_ack_backlog)

@@ -153,11 +160,13 @@ static struct sock *smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
                if (inet_csk(child)->icsk_af_ops == inet_csk(sk)->icsk_af_ops)
                        inet_csk(child)->icsk_af_ops = smc->ori_af_ops;
        }
+       sock_put(&smc->sk);
        return child;

 drop:
        dst_release(dst);
        tcp_listendrop(sk);
+       sock_put(&smc->sk);
        return NULL;
 }

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