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[PATCH net] net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of current_key on reconnect to another peer

From: Hyunwoo Kim <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-16 21:28:48
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [tcp], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Neal Cardwell, Linus Torvalds

tcp_inbound_ao_hash() is called before bh_lock_sock_nested() is taken,
with only rcu_read_lock() held. On the fast path for established
sockets, if the rnext_keyid sent by the peer differs from
current_key->sndid, the key the peer asked for is looked up and stored
in current_key. The lookup is inside the RCU read side, but current_key
outlives it.

When the socket is disconnected and connect() is called again for
another peer, tcp_ao_connect_init() unlinks every key that does not
match the new peer and frees it with call_rcu(). If current_key points
at such a key, it is cleared to NULL.

The fast path reads sk_state only once on entry, so a softirq that got
into it while the socket was still established can update current_key
after that loop has already run. The update is inside the RCU read side,
so it comes before the call_rcu() callback, and once the callback frees
the key, current_key is left pointing at freed memory.

The next transmission picks that pointer up in tcp_get_current_key().
tcp_ao_transmit_skb() then reads the traffic key from the freed object,
which is the use-after-free.

Wait for one grace period before unlinking, and only if a key is going
to be removed. By the time tcp_connect() runs the socket is already in
TCP_SYN_SENT, and TCP_AO_ESTABLISHED does not contain TCPF_SYN_SENT, so
a softirq entering after the wait cannot reach the fast path, and the
ones already in it have finished. The existing NULL handling in the loop
is then enough.

Fixes: 0a3a809089eb ("net/tcp: Verify inbound TCP-AO signed segments")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <redacted>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c
index e4ec60a3349635..5094267447aee5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,15 @@ void tcp_ao_connect_init(struct sock *sk)
 	l3index = l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index(sock_net(sk),
 						 sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
 
+	hlist_for_each_entry(key, &ao_info->head, node) {
+		if (tcp_ao_key_cmp(key, l3index, addr, key->prefixlen,
+				   family, -1, -1)) {
+			/* pairs with tcp_inbound_ao_hash() */
+			synchronize_rcu();
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(key, next, &ao_info->head, node) {
 		if (!tcp_ao_key_cmp(key, l3index, addr, key->prefixlen, family, -1, -1))
 			continue;
-- 
2.43.0
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