[PATCH net] tipc: purge cong_links under the socket lock in tipc_release()
From: Jun Yang <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-31 10:19:47
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Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest, tipc network layer · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Jon Maloy
From: Jun Yang <redacted>
tipc_release() frees the elements of tsk->cong_links after release_sock(),
i.e. with no lock held:
tipc_sk_remove(tsk);
sock_orphan(sk);
release_sock(sk);
tipc_dest_list_purge(&tsk->cong_links); /* no lock */
tsk->cong_link_cnt = 0;
Every other accessor of that list runs under the socket lock, including
the SOCK_WAKEUP handler in tipc_sk_proto_rcv(), which does
tipc_dest_del(&tsk->cong_links, ...) while holding only sk->sk_lock.slock
via tipc_sk_rcv()'s spin_trylock_bh(). Because the purge never acquires
that spinlock, it provides no mutual exclusion against the wakeup path.
A SOCK_WAKEUP delivered for this port can therefore run concurrently with
the purge: tipc_sk_rcv() looks the socket up and takes a reference before
tipc_sk_remove() unhashes it, is then delayed past release_sock() so
sock_owned_by_user() is false, its spin_trylock_bh() succeeds, and it
list_del()s and kfree()s a struct tipc_dest that the closing task is
walking at the same time. Both paths free entries of the same list.
__tipc_shutdown() does not close this window: it waits on
!tsk->cong_link_cnt but ignores the return value of tipc_wait_for_cond(),
which returns early on timeout, on a pending signal, or on sk_err, so the
close can proceed with cong_links still populated.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x1ce/0x280
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888105ddda88 by task poc_cong_race/7856
__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x1ce/0x280
tipc_dest_list_purge+0xad/0x240
tipc_release+0x9a5/0x1340
Allocated by task 7856:
tipc_dest_push+0x11c/0x2f0
__tipc_sendmsg+0x1443/0x17a0
Freed by task 7851:
tipc_dest_del+0x1ce/0x280
tipc_sk_filter_rcv+0x1da7/0x2e70
tipc_sk_rcv+0xdaa/0x1a80
tipc_udp_recv+0x42a/0x7e0
Oops: general protection fault ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Move the purge above release_sock() so it runs under the socket lock, the
same discipline commit 844cf763fba6 ("tipc: make macro tipc_wait_for_cond()
smp safe") established for the wait condition. A concurrent tipc_sk_rcv()
then either backlogs the wakeup because the socket is owned, or processes
it against an already empty list, and no new delivery can arrive because
tipc_sk_remove() has already unhashed the socket.
Fixes: 365ad353c256 ("tipc: reduce risk of user starvation during link congestion")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: TencentOS Corvus AI <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jun Yang <redacted>
---
net/tipc/socket.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index d5d70eb230b5..9b45b16d0a31 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c@@ -647,11 +647,17 @@ static int tipc_release(struct socket *sock) sk_stop_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer); tipc_sk_remove(tsk); + /* Purge under the socket lock: a straggler SOCK_WAKEUP that looked the + * socket up before tipc_sk_remove() can still reach tipc_dest_del() on + * this list, and it only holds the socket spinlock. Purging after + * release_sock() would race that list_del()/kfree(). + */ + tipc_dest_list_purge(&tsk->cong_links); + tsk->cong_link_cnt = 0; + sock_orphan(sk); /* Reject any messages that accumulated in backlog queue */ release_sock(sk); - tipc_dest_list_purge(&tsk->cong_links); - tsk->cong_link_cnt = 0; call_rcu(&tsk->rcu, tipc_sk_callback); sock->sk = NULL;
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