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RE: [PATCH net] tipc: purge cong_links under the socket lock in tipc_release()

From: Tung Quang Nguyen <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-03 02:13:42
Also in: lkml

Subject: [PATCH net] tipc: purge cong_links under the socket lock in
tipc_release()

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-
quoted
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
Please update the commit message with decoded stack trace (using linux/scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh).
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 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;

--
2.55.0
  
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