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net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path
authorBryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:00:54 +0000 (02:00 -0500)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:19:39 +0000 (09:19 +0200)
commitbe7cc4656eb1f54029610e82d1f0fdd3f9b5ec0a
tree8f56c1b1a32e85a078e51a024d4d18a72898f721
parent1c975de3343cdef506f2eecc833cc1f14b0401c4
net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path

af_iucv queues not-yet-received message notifications on iucv->message_q,
each holding a raw pointer to the connection's iucv_path.  When the peer
severs the connection, iucv_sever_path() frees that path with
iucv_path_free() but leaves the notifications queued.  A later recvmsg()
drains message_q via iucv_process_message_q() and hands the stale path to
message_receive() -- a use-after-free of the freed iucv_path.

Drop the queued notifications when the path is severed; once the path is
gone they can no longer be received.  This also frees the notifications
leaked when a socket is closed with messages still queued.

Fixes: f0703c80e515 ("[AF_IUCV]: postpone receival of iucv-packets")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260705-b4-disp-fc79c0dc-v1-1-d2cdcb57afa9@proton.me?part=1
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707-b4-disp-783fedbb-v1-1-463b9dbda2ea@proton.me
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net/iucv/af_iucv.c