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[PATCH net v2 1/1] xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input

From: Siwei Zhang <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-30 11:40:49
Also in: 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: Siwei Zhang <redacted>

Commit 14acf9652e56 ("xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in
__xfrm_state_delete") converted bydst/bysrc/byseq/byspi from
hlist_del_rcu() to hlist_del_init_rcu() so that a second
__xfrm_state_delete() on the same object becomes a no-op rather than a
write through LIST_POISON pprev. It missed state_cache and
state_cache_input, which kept hlist_del_rcu():

- hlist_del_rcu() leaves pprev = LIST_POISON2 (non-NULL), so
  hlist_unhashed() returns false.
- hlist_del_init_rcu() leaves pprev = NULL, so hlist_unhashed()
  returns true.

A second __xfrm_state_delete() therefore enters __hlist_del() on the
already-deleted state_cache/state_cache_input nodes and does
WRITE_ONCE(*pprev, next) through LIST_POISON2 — a write use-after-free
once the slab is reused. The corruption can in turn cause a subsequent
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu traversal to follow a dangling next pointer,
producing the read use-after-free reported in xfrm_input_state_lookup().

Switch state_cache and state_cache_input to hlist_del_init_rcu() to
match the other four lists, closing the write use-after-free and, with
it, the read use-after-free it spawns.

Assisted-by: CodeBuddy:GLM-5.2
Fixes: 0045e3d80613 ("xfrm: Cache used outbound xfrm states at the policy.")
Fixes: 81a331a0e72d ("xfrm: Add an inbound percpu state cache.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Siwei Zhang <redacted>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 36a4f6793ede..f494c1ac57a4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -823,9 +823,9 @@ int __xfrm_state_delete(struct xfrm_state *x)
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->byseq))
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->byseq);
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->state_cache))
-			hlist_del_rcu(&x->state_cache);
+			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->state_cache);
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->state_cache_input))
-			hlist_del_rcu(&x->state_cache_input);
+			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->state_cache_input);
 
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&x->byspi))
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&x->byspi);
-- 
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