On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 6:52 PM HanQuan [off-list ref] wrote:

In tcp_ao_delete_key(), the del_async path skips the current_key
and rnext_key validity checks present in the synchronous path,
assuming these pointers are always NULL on LISTEN sockets.  However,
if a key was added with set_current=1/set_rnext=1 while the socket
was in CLOSE state, current_key and rnext_key will be non-NULL
after listen() transitions the socket to LISTEN.

When such a key is deleted with del_async=1, hlist_del_rcu() and
call_rcu() free the key without clearing the dangling pointers.
After the RCU grace period, getsockopt(TCP_AO_INFO) dereferences
current_key->sndid and rnext_key->rcvid from freed slab memory.

Clear current_key and rnext_key in the del_async path when they
reference the key being deleted.

Fixes: d6732b95b6fb ("net/tcp: Allow asynchronous delete for TCP-AO keys (MKTs)")
Signed-off-by: HanQuan <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>