From: Kalpan Jani Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:14:40 +0000 (+0200) Subject: mptcp: fix stale skb->sk reference on subflow close X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd7aae448f6ee9d82599a4474664de1e6e91a535;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git mptcp: fix stale skb->sk reference on subflow close The backlog list is updated by mptcp_data_ready() under mptcp_data_lock(). The cleanup of backlog references to a closing subflow, however, was performed in mptcp_close_ssk(), before __mptcp_close_ssk() acquires the ssk lock, and while holding neither the ssk lock nor mptcp_data_lock(). Because that traversal ran without mptcp_data_lock(), concurrent softirq RX processing on another CPU (subflow_data_ready() -> mptcp_data_ready() -> __mptcp_add_backlog(), under mptcp_data_lock()) could add a backlog entry referencing the ssk while the cleanup loop was in progress. Such an entry could be missed by the cleanup, or the concurrent list update could corrupt the traversal, leaving skb->sk pointing at the ssk after it is freed. A later mptcp_backlog_purge() then dereferences the stale pointer, triggering a warning in inet_sock_destruct() (ssk->sk_rmem_alloc != 0) followed by a use-after-free in mptcp_backlog_purge(). Fix this by moving the backlog cleanup into __mptcp_close_ssk(), after subflow->closing is set to 1 and while the ssk lock is still held, serialized under mptcp_data_lock(). The cleanup runs only on the push path (MPTCP_CF_PUSH), where backlog references accumulate; on other teardown paths the caller already handles cleanup. With subflow->closing set and mptcp_data_lock() held across the purge, any concurrent mptcp_data_ready() either completes its enqueue before the purge runs and is caught, or observes closing=1 and bails out. Once mptcp_data_unlock() is reached, no new skb referencing the ssk can be enqueued, so the cleanup is exhaustive. Remove the unprotected traversal from mptcp_close_ssk() entirely. Fixes: ee458a3f314e ("mptcp: introduce mptcp-level backlog") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Suggested-by: Paolo Abeni Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/621 Signed-off-by: Kalpan Jani Acked-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-2-rc5-v1-3-6fb595bc86ef@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c index b32f0cd262a7..ca644ec53eed 100644 --- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c +++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c @@ -2545,6 +2545,22 @@ static void __mptcp_subflow_disconnect(struct sock *ssk, } } +static void mptcp_cleanup_ssk_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk) +{ + struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk); + struct sk_buff *skb; + + mptcp_data_lock(sk); + list_for_each_entry(skb, &msk->backlog_list, list) { + if (skb->sk != ssk) + continue; + + atomic_sub(skb->truesize, &skb->sk->sk_rmem_alloc); + skb->sk = NULL; + } + mptcp_data_unlock(sk); +} + /* subflow sockets can be either outgoing (connect) or incoming * (accept). * @@ -2568,6 +2584,9 @@ static void __mptcp_close_ssk(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, lock_sock_nested(ssk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); subflow->closing = 1; + if (flags & MPTCP_CF_PUSH) + mptcp_cleanup_ssk_backlog(sk, ssk); + /* Borrow the fwd allocated page left-over; fwd memory for the subflow * could be negative at this point, but will be reach zero soon - when * the data allocated using such fragment will be freed. @@ -2659,9 +2678,6 @@ out: void mptcp_close_ssk(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow) { - struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk); - struct sk_buff *skb; - /* The first subflow can already be closed or disconnected */ if (subflow->close_event_done || READ_ONCE(subflow->local_id) < 0) return; @@ -2671,17 +2687,6 @@ void mptcp_close_ssk(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED) mptcp_event(MPTCP_EVENT_SUB_CLOSED, mptcp_sk(sk), ssk, GFP_KERNEL); - /* Remove any reference from the backlog to this ssk; backlog skbs consume - * space in the msk receive queue, no need to touch sk->sk_rmem_alloc - */ - list_for_each_entry(skb, &msk->backlog_list, list) { - if (skb->sk != ssk) - continue; - - atomic_sub(skb->truesize, &skb->sk->sk_rmem_alloc); - skb->sk = NULL; - } - /* subflow aborted before reaching the fully_established status * attempt the creation of the next subflow */