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[PATCH net] xfrm: add missing rcu_read_lock(), skb_dst_force() and dev_hold() for xfrm_trans_reinject()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2026-08-07 17:15:35
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipsec], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Steffen Klassert, Herbert Xu, Linus Torvalds

syzbot reported a suspicious RCU usage warning in ip6_pkt_drop():

  WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in ip6_pkt_drop
  include/net/addrconf.h:389 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

  Call Trace:
   __in6_dev_get_safely include/net/addrconf.h:389 [inline]
   ip6_pkt_drop+0x596/0x610 net/ipv6/route.c:4620
   ip6_pkt_discard+0x1c/0x30 net/ipv6/route.c:4651
   xfrm_trans_reinject+0x324/0x630 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c:806
   process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
   process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
   worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486

When commit 4f4920669d21 ("xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through
workqueue") converted xfrm_trans_reinject from a tasklet to a workqueue,
the reinjection loop ceased running in softirq context. Workqueue workers
run in process context where local_bh_disable() does not enter an RCU
read-side critical section under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU.

Because finish callbacks (such as ip6_rcv_finish) expect to run under an
RCU read lock (performing route lookups, l3mdev lookups, and accessing
RCU-protected data structures), invoking them in workqueue context without
rcu_read_lock() triggers RCU lockdep warnings.

Furthermore, packets queued to the workqueue via xfrm_trans_queue_net()
may carry non-refcounted (noref) dst entries (e.g. from ip_route_input_noref).
Additionally, on netdevice unregistration, dst_dev_put() replaces dst->dev
with blackhole_netdev, so dst entries do not keep skb->dev alive while
queued in the workqueue.

Fix these issues by:
1. Calling skb_dst_force(skb) in xfrm_trans_queue_net() while still in the
   caller's RCU section to ensure dst is reference-counted before queuing.
2. Holding a reference on skb->dev via dev_hold()/dev_put() across workqueue
   deferral so skb->dev remains valid during finish() callback processing.
3. Acquiring rcu_read_lock() around the finish callback invocation loop in
   xfrm_trans_reinject().

Fixes: 4f4920669d21 ("xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through workqueue")
Reported-by: syzbot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Cc: Liu Jian <redacted>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index eecab337bd0a794588b192598851bd77427c8392..8f6109eada7eaaf1c70aa2da610523b42d75b50c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -800,12 +800,17 @@ static void xfrm_trans_reinject(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&trans->queue_lock);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&queue))) {
 		struct net *net = XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->net;
+		struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 
 		XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->finish(net, NULL, skb);
+		if (dev)
+			dev_put(dev);
 		put_net(net);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
@@ -821,12 +826,18 @@ int xfrm_trans_queue_net(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (skb_queue_len(&trans->queue) >= READ_ONCE(net_hotdata.max_backlog))
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
+	if (skb_dst(skb) && !skb_dst_force(skb))
+		return -EHOSTUNREACH;
+
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct xfrm_trans_cb) > sizeof(skb->cb));
 
 	hold_net = maybe_get_net(net);
 	if (!hold_net)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (skb->dev)
+		dev_hold(skb->dev);
+
 	XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->finish = finish;
 	XFRM_TRANS_SKB_CB(skb)->net = hold_net;
 	spin_lock_bh(&trans->queue_lock);
-- 
2.55.0.654.g21b8a5bc05-goog
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