[PATCH 6.12.y v2] xfrm: hold dev ref until after transport_finish NF_HOOK
From: Simon Liebold <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-11 12:12:22
Also in:
lkml, stable
Subsystem:
networking [general], networking [ipsec], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Steffen Klassert, Herbert Xu, Linus Torvalds
From: Qi Tang <redacted>
[ Upstream commit 1c428b03840094410c5fb6a5db30640486bbbfcb ]
After async crypto completes, xfrm_input_resume() calls dev_put()
immediately on re-entry before the skb reaches transport_finish.
The skb->dev pointer is then used inside NF_HOOK and its okfn,
which can race with device teardown.
Remove the dev_put from the async resumption entry and instead
drop the reference after the NF_HOOK call in transport_finish,
using a saved device pointer since NF_HOOK may consume the skb.
This covers NF_DROP, NF_QUEUE and NF_STOLEN paths that skip
the okfn.
For non-transport exits (decaps, gro, drop) and secondary
async return points, release the reference inline when
async is set.
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Fixes: acf568ee859f ("xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through tasklet")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
[ net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c: dev_hold/dev_put are unconditional here rather
than inside !crypto_done as in mainline, and the dev_put in the
encap_type == -1 async-resumption block does not exist. Adapted by
taking a fresh dev_hold (when async && !xfrm_gro) immediately before
transport_finish, which releases it after NF_HOOK. The per-iteration
dev_hold/dev_put pair at loop-top/resume: is left unchanged.]
Signed-off-by: Simon Liebold <redacted>
---
Notes:
v2: Restore unconditional dev_put at resume: and instead take a fresh (commits)
dev_hold immediately before transport_finish (when async && !xfrm_gro),
avoiding the reference leak on nested transport-mode that v1's
suppressed resume: dev_put caused.
Prerequisite b05d42eefac7 ("xfrm: hold device only for the asynchronous
decryption") was not backported as it restructures the lock ordering and
resume: label semantics of the decryption loop, requiring non-trivial
adaptation beyond what a minimal stable fix warrants.
I will send patches for 5.10.y -> 6.6.y once we concluded on this patch.
net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c | 5 ++++-
net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c | 5 ++++-
net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 5 ++++-
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
index 12a1a0f421956..adf21d6b6076c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int xfrm4_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async) { struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb); struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb); + struct net_device *dev = skb->dev; iph->protocol = XFRM_MODE_SKB_CB(skb)->protocol;
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ int xfrm4_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async) } NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING, - dev_net(skb->dev), NULL, skb, skb->dev, NULL, + dev_net(dev), NULL, skb, dev, NULL, xfrm4_rcv_encap_finish); + if (async) + dev_put(dev); return 0; }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
index 9005fc156a20e..699a001ac1662 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static int xfrm6_transport_finish2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, int xfrm6_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async) { struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb); + struct net_device *dev = skb->dev; int nhlen = -skb_network_offset(skb); skb_network_header(skb)[IP6CB(skb)->nhoff] =
@@ -68,8 +69,10 @@ int xfrm6_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async) } NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING, - dev_net(skb->dev), NULL, skb, skb->dev, NULL, + dev_net(dev), NULL, skb, dev, NULL, xfrm6_transport_finish2); + if (async) + dev_put(dev); return 0; }
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index 8edcb32735e59..0288d98e66ee4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c@@ -726,8 +726,11 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type) err = -EAFNOSUPPORT; rcu_read_lock(); afinfo = xfrm_state_afinfo_get_rcu(x->props.family); - if (likely(afinfo)) + if (likely(afinfo)) { + if (async && !xfrm_gro) + dev_hold(skb->dev); err = afinfo->transport_finish(skb, xfrm_gro || async); + } rcu_read_unlock(); if (xfrm_gro) { sp = skb_sec_path(skb);
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