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um: vector: fix use-after-free in vector_mmsg_rx()
authorMichael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:47:22 +0000 (08:47 -0400)
committerRichard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:31:14 +0000 (21:31 +0200)
commitaf421e9aed3920c7ac88c24daa48606c7112feca
tree972fc6d4ce68ffd2e2afc878bd00a49a8b5e4355
parent1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f
um: vector: fix use-after-free in vector_mmsg_rx()

When vector_mmsg_rx() discards a packet whose overlay header fails
verify_header(), it frees the skb and continues the loop:

if (header_check < 0) {
dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
vp->estats.rx_encaps_errors++;
continue;
}

The normal and short-packet paths fall through to the bottom of the
loop body, which clears the consumed slot and advances the cursors:

(*skbuff_vector) = NULL;
mmsg_vector++;
skbuff_vector++;

The verify_header() < 0 path skips that via continue, so the freed skb
is left in skbuff_vector[] and the cursors do not advance. The next
iteration reads the same slot, gets the freed skb, and frees it again,
producing a refcount underflow / use-after-free in the RX path.

Discard the slot the same way the other paths do before continuing.

Only transports whose verify_header() can return negative are affected:
GRE and L2TPv3 do so on a cookie/session-id mismatch (raw/tap do not),
so any peer on such a transport can trigger it without authentication.

Fixes: 49da7e64f33e ("High Performance UML Vector Network Driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c