From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
When xsk_build_skb() processes multi-buffer packets in copy mode, the
first descriptor stores data into the skb linear area without adding
any frags, so nr_frags stays at 0. The caller then sets xs->skb = skb
to accumulate subsequent descriptors.
If a continuation descriptor fails (e.g. alloc_page returns NULL with
-EAGAIN), we jump to free_err where the condition:
if (skb && !skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)
kfree_skb(skb);
evaluates to true because nr_frags is still 0 (the first descriptor
used the linear area, not frags). This frees the skb while xs->skb
still points to it, creating a dangling pointer. On the next transmit
attempt or socket close, xs->skb is dereferenced, causing a
use-after-free or double-free.
Fix by using a !xs->skb check to handle first frag situation, ensuring
we only free skbs that were freshly allocated in this call
(xs->skb is NULL) and never free an in-progress multi-buffer skb that
the caller still references.
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260415082654.21026-4-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com/ (local)
Fixes: 6b9c129c2f93 ("xsk: remove @first_frag from xsk_build_skb()")
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
---
net/xdp/xsk.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
index ff1eade29aa6..ae59d1c1d2f8 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xsk_build_skb(struct xdp_sock *xs,
return skb;
free_err:
- if (skb && !skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)
+ if (skb && !xs->skb)
kfree_skb(skb);
if (err == -EOVERFLOW) {--
2.41.3