From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:16:43 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()
X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc2~36^2~42
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e1512c1db9e8794d8d130addd2615ec27231d994;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()

This issue was discovered during a code audit.

After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(),
espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such as
the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd.
As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference a
freed espintcp ctx or sk.

The following is a simple race scenario:

           cpu0                             cpu1

  espintcp_close()
    cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work);
                                     espintcp_write_space()
                                       schedule_work(&ctx->work);

To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() is
replaced with disable_work_sync().

Fixes: e27cca96cd68 ("xfrm: add espintcp (RFC 8229)")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aZSie7rEdh9Nu0eM@v4bel
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/net/xfrm/espintcp.c b/net/xfrm/espintcp.c
index bf744ac9d5a7..8709df716e98 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/espintcp.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/espintcp.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static void espintcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	sk->sk_prot = &tcp_prot;
 	barrier();
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work);
+	disable_work_sync(&ctx->work);
 	strp_done(&ctx->strp);
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&ctx->out_queue);