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xfrm: iptfs: fix use-after-free on first_skb in __input_process_payload
authorZhenghang Xiao <kipreyyy@gmail.com>
Tue, 26 May 2026 10:53:28 +0000 (18:53 +0800)
committerSteffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Tue, 2 Jun 2026 10:21:50 +0000 (12:21 +0200)
__input_process_payload() stores first_skb into xtfs->ra_newskb under
drop_lock when starting partial reassembly, then unlocks and breaks out
of the processing loop. The post-loop check reads xtfs->ra_newskb
without the lock to decide whether first_skb is still owned:

    if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && first_skb != xtfs->ra_newskb)

Between spin_unlock and this read, a concurrent CPU running
iptfs_reassem_cont() (or the drop_timer hrtimer) can complete
reassembly, NULL xtfs->ra_newskb, and free the skb. The check then
evaluates first_skb != NULL as true, and pskb_trim/ip_summed/consume_skb
operate on the freed skb — a use-after-free in skbuff_head_cache.

Replace the unlocked read with a local bool that records whether
first_skb was handed to the reassembly state in the current call. The
flag is set after the existing spin_unlock, before the break, using the
pointer equality that is stable at that point (first_skb == skb iff
first_skb was stored in ra_newskb).

Fixes: 3f3339885fb3 ("xfrm: iptfs: add reusing received skb for the tunnel egress packet")
Signed-off-by: Zhenghang Xiao <kipreyyy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c

index 62ba828632f19a73f66a4b3366c557509be185d8..aea63a000d1dfcc0cc7e4035d3a4a37d8348e480 100644 (file)
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ static bool __input_process_payload(struct xfrm_state *x, u32 data,
        u32 first_iplen, iphlen, iplen, remaining, tail;
        u32 capturelen;
        u64 seq;
+       bool first_skb_partial = false;
 
        xtfs = x->mode_data;
        net = xs_net(x);
@@ -1161,6 +1162,7 @@ static bool __input_process_payload(struct xfrm_state *x, u32 data,
 
                        spin_unlock(&xtfs->drop_lock);
 
+                       first_skb_partial = (first_skb == skb);
                        break;
                }
 
@@ -1172,7 +1174,7 @@ static bool __input_process_payload(struct xfrm_state *x, u32 data,
                /* this should not happen from the above code */
                XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMINIPTFSERROR);
 
-       if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && first_skb != xtfs->ra_newskb) {
+       if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && !first_skb_partial) {
                /* first_skb is queued b/c !defer and not partial */
                if (pskb_trim(first_skb, first_iplen)) {
                        /* error trimming */