[PATCH net v4 1/2] sctp: hold shkey across socket migration

From: David Lee <redacted>

sctp_sock_migrate() transfers queued DATA skbs from the old socket to the
new one. skb_orphan() invokes sctp_wfree() during that transfer and drops
the skb-owned shared-key reference.

If userspace has removed that key from the association, this can be the
final reference. The following sctp_set_owner_w() then dereferences the
freed chunk->shkey while trying to take the new owner reference.

Take a temporary shared-key reference before orphaning the skb and release
it after the new owner has taken its reference. This preserves the selected
authentication key throughout the ownership transfer.

Bug found and triaged by OpenAI Security Research and
validated by Trail of Bits.

Fixes: 1b1e0bc99474 ("sctp: add refcnt support for sh_key")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol gpt-5.5-cyber
Signed-off-by: Kyle Zeng <redacted>
Signed-off-by: David Lee <redacted>
Acked-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
---
v4:
 - Add David Lee's and the forwarding submitter's sign-offs.

Original submission:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260731120558.558957-1-david.lee@trailofbits.com/ (local)

 net/sctp/socket.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index c7b9e325ec1c..4a08023d52aa 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c

@@ -147,9 +147,19 @@ static inline void sctp_set_owner_w(struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
 
 static void sctp_clear_owner_w(struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
 {
+	/* Keep the shkey alive until the new owner takes its reference. */
+	if (chunk->shkey)
+		sctp_auth_shkey_hold(chunk->shkey);
 	skb_orphan(chunk->skb);
 }
 
+static void sctp_set_owner_w_migrate(struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	sctp_set_owner_w(chunk);
+	if (chunk->shkey)
+		sctp_auth_shkey_release(chunk->shkey);
+}
+
 #define traverse_and_process()	\
 do {				\
 	msg = chunk->msg;	\

@@ -9632,7 +9642,7 @@ static int sctp_sock_migrate(struct sock *oldsk, struct sock *newsk,
 	lock_sock_nested(newsk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	sctp_for_each_tx_datachunk(assoc, true, sctp_clear_owner_w);
 	sctp_assoc_migrate(assoc, newsk);
-	sctp_for_each_tx_datachunk(assoc, false, sctp_set_owner_w);
+	sctp_for_each_tx_datachunk(assoc, false, sctp_set_owner_w_migrate);
 
 	/* If the association on the newsk is already closed before accept()
 	 * is called, set RCV_SHUTDOWN flag.