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[PATCH net] tipc: fix UAF in tipc_l2_send_msg()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2026-06-12 13:59:51
Subsystem: networking [general], the rest, tipc network layer · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Jon Maloy

Syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free in ipvlan_hard_header() when
called from tipc_l2_send_msg().

The root cause is that tipc_disable_l2_media() calls synchronize_net()
while b->media_ptr is still valid. This allows concurrent RCU readers
to obtain the device pointer after synchronize_net() has finished.
The pointer is cleared later in bearer_disable(), but without any
subsequent synchronization, allowing the device to be freed while
still in use by readers.

Fix this by clearing b->media_ptr in tipc_disable_l2_media() before
calling synchronize_net().

This is safe to do now because the call order in bearer_disable()
was reversed in 0d051bf93c06 ("tipc: make bearer packet filtering generic")
to call tipc_node_delete_links() (which needs the pointer) before
disable_media().

Fixes: 282b3a056225 ("tipc: send out RESET immediately when link goes down")
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a2c1007.428ffe26.258b27.015d.GAE@google.com/T/#u (local)
Reported-by: syzbot+64ec81389cbad56a8c35@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
---
 net/tipc/bearer.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index a3bd1ef17558a37787bb92f2c3805c0fda874d8a..05dcd2f9e887a6e5ca6665ab41e4d5b5107f158c 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ void tipc_disable_l2_media(struct tipc_bearer *b)
 	dev = (struct net_device *)rtnl_dereference(b->media_ptr);
 	dev_remove_pack(&b->pt);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->tipc_ptr, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(b->media_ptr, NULL);
 	synchronize_net();
 	dev_put(dev);
 }
-- 
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog
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