[PATCH net v2] xfrm: hold net_device reference under RCU in bundle creation
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-26 20:17:48
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Subsystem:
networking [general], networking [ipsec], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Steffen Klassert, Herbert Xu, Linus Torvalds
From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs)" <redacted>
xfrm_bundle_create() and xfrm_create_dummy_bundle() read dst->dev into
a local pointer without taking a device reference, then pass it to
xfrm_fill_dst(). A concurrent RTM_DELLINK replaces dst->dev via
dst_dev_put() and frees the old net_device, causing a use-after-free
when xfrm6_fill_dst() later dereferences the stale dev pointer.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xfrm6_fill_dst+0x82c/0x860
(net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:86 netdev_hold())
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880142fe588 by task exploit/153
Call Trace:
xfrm6_fill_dst+0x82c/0x860
xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x21d4/0x2bd0
xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0x485/0x1640
ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x19b/0x1e0
udpv6_sendmsg+0x1443/0x2dd0
Fix this by reading dst->dev via dst_dev_rcu() and keeping the RCU
read-side critical section active until xfrm_fill_dst() has taken the
required device references.
Fixes: 25ee3286dcbc ("[IPSEC]: Merge common code into xfrm_bundle_create")
Fixes: a0073fe18e71 ("xfrm: Add a state resolution packet queue")
Suggested-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <redacted>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260820200245.44312-1-blbllhy@gmail.com/ (local)
Cc: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Assisted-by: GitHub-Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs) <redacted>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep the RCU read-side critical section active through xfrm_fill_dst()
instead of taking a temporary device reference, as suggested by
Steffen.
net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 932a313b9460..513c9f228334 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c@@ -2770,9 +2770,12 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy, xdst0->path = dst; err = -ENODEV; - dev = dst->dev; - if (!dev) + rcu_read_lock(); + dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst); + if (!dev) { + rcu_read_unlock(); goto free_dst; + } xfrm_init_path(xdst0, dst, nfheader_len); xfrm_init_pmtu(bundle, nx);
@@ -2780,8 +2783,10 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy, for (xdst_prev = xdst0; xdst_prev != (struct xfrm_dst *)dst; xdst_prev = (struct xfrm_dst *) xfrm_dst_child(&xdst_prev->u.dst)) { err = xfrm_fill_dst(xdst_prev, dev, fl); - if (err) + if (err) { + rcu_read_unlock(); goto free_dst; + } xdst_prev->u.dst.header_len = header_len; xdst_prev->u.dst.trailer_len = trailer_len;
@@ -2789,6 +2794,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy, trailer_len -= xdst_prev->u.dst.xfrm->props.trailer_len; } + rcu_read_unlock(); return &xdst0->u.dst; put_states:
@@ -3058,11 +3064,15 @@ static struct xfrm_dst *xfrm_create_dummy_bundle(struct net *net, xfrm_init_path((struct xfrm_dst *)dst1, dst, 0); err = -ENODEV; - dev = dst->dev; - if (!dev) + rcu_read_lock(); + dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst); + if (!dev) { + rcu_read_unlock(); goto free_dst; + } err = xfrm_fill_dst(xdst, dev, fl); + rcu_read_unlock(); if (err) goto free_dst;
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