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ipv4: fib: free fib_alias with kfree_rcu() on insert error path
authorWeiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Sat, 4 Jul 2026 17:14:21 +0000 (10:14 -0700)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:00:41 +0000 (16:00 +0200)
commitf2f152e94a67bc746afaf05a1b2702c195553112
treeee0f47749efde660c33cfa8457f96849cc6538fd
parentec4215683e47424c9c4762fd3c60f552a3119142
ipv4: fib: free fib_alias with kfree_rcu() on insert error path

fib_table_insert() publishes new_fa into the leaf's fa_list with
fib_insert_alias() before calling the fib entry notifiers. When a
notifier fails, the error path removes new_fa with fib_remove_alias()
(hlist_del_rcu) and frees it right away with kmem_cache_free().

fib_table_lookup() walks that list under rcu_read_lock() only, so a
concurrent lookup that already reached new_fa keeps reading it after the
free:

 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fib_table_lookup (net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1601)
 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88810676d4eb by task exploit/297
 Call Trace:
  fib_table_lookup (net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1601)
  ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu (net/ipv4/route.c:2814)
  ip_route_output_key_hash (net/ipv4/route.c:2705)
  __ip4_datagram_connect (net/ipv4/datagram.c:49)
  udp_connect (net/ipv4/udp.c:2144)
  __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167)
  __x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2173)
  do_syscall_64
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
 which belongs to the cache ip_fib_alias of size 56

Triggering the error path needs CAP_NET_ADMIN and a registered fib
notifier that can reject a route; a netdevsim device whose IPv4 FIB
resource is exhausted is enough.

Free new_fa with alias_free_mem_rcu(), as fib_table_delete() already
does for a fib_alias removed from the trie.

Fixes: a6c76c17df02 ("ipv4: Notify route after insertion to the routing table")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260704171421.1786806-1-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net/ipv4/fib_trie.c