linux-stable.git/net/tipc/discover.c, branch linux-rolling-stable

tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()

2026-07-24T14:20:22+00:00

[ Upstream commit 1579342d71133da7f00daa02c75cebec7372097b ]

bearer_disable() frees b->disc with tipc_disc_delete()'s plain kfree(),
but tipc_disc_rcv() still dereferences b->disc in RX softirq under
rcu_read_lock() (tipc_udp_recv -> tipc_rcv -> tipc_disc_rcv).

L2 bearers are safe thanks to the synchronize_net() in
tipc_disable_l2_media(), but the UDP bearer defers that call to the
cleanup_bearer() workqueue, so the discoverer is freed with no grace
period:

 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149)
 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802348b728 by task poc_tipc/184
 
  tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149)
  tipc_rcv (net/tipc/node.c:2126)
  tipc_udp_recv (net/tipc/udp_media.c:391)
  udp_rcv (net/ipv4/udp.c:2643)
  ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241)
 
 Freed by task 181:
  kfree (mm/slub.c:6565)
  bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:418)
  tipc_nl_bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:1001)

The bearer is freed with kfree_rcu(); free the discoverer the same way.
Add an rcu_head to struct tipc_discoverer and free it and its skb from an
RCU callback.

Because the RCU callback (tipc_disc_free_rcu) lives in module text, a
call_rcu() that is still pending when the tipc module is unloaded would
invoke a freed function. Add an rcu_barrier() to tipc_exit() after the
bearer subsystem has been torn down, so all pending discoverer callbacks
have run before the module text goes away.

Reachable from an unprivileged user namespace: the TIPCv2 genl family is
netnsok and its bearer commands have no GENL_ADMIN_PERM. Needs CONFIG_TIPC
and CONFIG_TIPC_MEDIA_UDP.

Fixes: 25b0b9c4e835 ("tipc: handle collisions of 32-bit node address hash values")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei 
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi 
Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260617135744.3383175-3-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()

2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00

Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace.

[ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ]

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

treewide: Convert del_timer() to timer_shutdown()

2022-12-25T21:38:09+00:00

Due to several bugs caused by timers being re-armed after they are
shutdown and just before they are freed, a new state of timers was added
called "shutdown".  After a timer is set to this state, then it can no
longer be re-armed.

The following script was run to find all the trivial locations where
del_timer() or del_timer_sync() is called in the same function that the
object holding the timer is freed.  It also ignores any locations where
the timer->function is modified between the del_timer*() and the free(),
as that is not considered a "trivial" case.

This was created by using a coccinelle script and the following
commands:

    $ cat timer.cocci
    @@
    expression ptr, slab;
    identifier timer, rfield;
    @@
    (
    -       del_timer(&ptr->timer);
    +       timer_shutdown(&ptr->timer);
    |
    -       del_timer_sync(&ptr->timer);
    +       timer_shutdown_sync(&ptr->timer);
    )
      ... when strict
          when != ptr->timer
    (
            kfree_rcu(ptr, rfield);
    |
            kmem_cache_free(slab, ptr);
    |
            kfree(ptr);
    )

    $ spatch timer.cocci . > /tmp/t.patch
    $ patch -p1 < /tmp/t.patch

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221123201306.823305113@linutronix.de/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) 
Acked-by: Pavel Machek  [ LED ]
Acked-by: Kalle Valo  [ wireless ]
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni  [ networking ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tipc: check skb_linearize() return value in tipc_disc_rcv()

2022-11-22T04:50:24+00:00

If skb_linearize() fails in tipc_disc_rcv(), we need to free the skb instead of
handle it.

Fixes: 25b0b9c4e835 ("tipc: handle collisions of 32-bit node address hash values")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing 
Acked-by: Jon Maloy 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221119072832.7896-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

tipc: Fix recognition of trial period

2022-10-14T07:17:52+00:00

The trial period exists until jiffies is after addr_trial_end. But as
jiffies will eventually overflow, just using time_after will eventually
give incorrect results. As the node address is set once the trial period
ends, this can be used to know that we are not in the trial period.

Fixes: e415577f57f4 ("tipc: correct discovery message handling during address trial period")
Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: simplify the finalize work queue

2021-05-18T20:22:09+00:00

This patch is to use "struct work_struct" for the finalize work queue
instead of "struct tipc_net_work", as it can get the "net" and "addr"
from tipc_net's other members and there is no need to add extra net
and addr in tipc_net by defining "struct tipc_net_work".

Note that it's safe to get net from tn->bcl as bcl is always released
after the finalize work queue is done.

Signed-off-by: Xin Long 
Acked-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net/tipc: fix all function Return: notation

2020-12-01T23:38:17+00:00

Fix Return: kernel-doc notation in all net/tipc/ source files.
Also keep ReST list notation intact for output formatting.
Fix a few typos in comments.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net/tipc: fix various kernel-doc warnings

2020-12-01T23:37:46+00:00

kernel-doc and Sphinx fixes to eliminate lots of warnings
in preparation for adding to the networking docbook.

../net/tipc/crypto.c:57: warning: cannot understand function prototype: 'enum '
../net/tipc/crypto.c:69: warning: cannot understand function prototype: 'enum '
../net/tipc/crypto.c:130: warning: Function parameter or member 'tfm' not described in 'tipc_tfm'
../net/tipc/crypto.c:130: warning: Function parameter or member 'list' not described in 'tipc_tfm'
../net/tipc/crypto.c:172: warning: Function parameter or member 'stat' not described in 'tipc_crypto_stats'
../net/tipc/crypto.c:232: warning: Function parameter or member 'flags' not described in 'tipc_crypto'
../net/tipc/crypto.c:329: warning: Function parameter or member 'ukey' not described in 'tipc_aead_key_validate'
../net/tipc/crypto.c:329: warning: Function parameter or member 'info' not described in 'tipc_aead_key_validate'
../net/tipc/crypto.c:482: warning: Function parameter or member 'aead' not described in 'tipc_aead_tfm_next'
../net/tipc/trace.c:43: warning: cannot understand function prototype: 'unsigned long sysctl_tipc_sk_filter[5] __read_mostly = '

Documentation/networking/tipc:57: ../net/tipc/msg.c:584: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
Documentation/networking/tipc:63: ../net/tipc/name_table.c:536: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
Documentation/networking/tipc:63: ../net/tipc/name_table.c:537: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
Documentation/networking/tipc:78: ../net/tipc/socket.c:3809: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
Documentation/networking/tipc:78: ../net/tipc/socket.c:3807: WARNING: Inline strong start-string without end-string.
Documentation/networking/tipc:72: ../net/tipc/node.c:904: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
Documentation/networking/tipc:39: ../net/tipc/crypto.c:97: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
Documentation/networking/tipc:39: ../net/tipc/crypto.c:98: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
Documentation/networking/tipc:39: ../net/tipc/crypto.c:141: WARNING: Inline strong start-string without end-string.

../net/tipc/discover.c:82: warning: Function parameter or member 'skb' not described in 'tipc_disc_init_msg'

../net/tipc/msg.c:69: warning: Function parameter or member 'gfp' not described in 'tipc_buf_acquire'
../net/tipc/msg.c:382: warning: Function parameter or member 'offset' not described in 'tipc_msg_build'
../net/tipc/msg.c:708: warning: Function parameter or member 'net' not described in 'tipc_msg_lookup_dest'

../net/tipc/subscr.c:65: warning: Function parameter or member 'seq' not described in 'tipc_sub_check_overlap'
../net/tipc/subscr.c:65: warning: Function parameter or member 'found_lower' not described in 'tipc_sub_check_overlap'
../net/tipc/subscr.c:65: warning: Function parameter or member 'found_upper' not described in 'tipc_sub_check_overlap'

../net/tipc/udp_media.c:75: warning: Function parameter or member 'proto' not described in 'udp_media_addr'
../net/tipc/udp_media.c:75: warning: Function parameter or member 'port' not described in 'udp_media_addr'
../net/tipc/udp_media.c:75: warning: Function parameter or member 'ipv4' not described in 'udp_media_addr'
../net/tipc/udp_media.c:75: warning: Function parameter or member 'ipv6' not described in 'udp_media_addr'
../net/tipc/udp_media.c:98: warning: Function parameter or member 'rcast' not described in 'udp_bearer'

Also fixed a typo of "duest" to "dest".

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: tipc: kerneldoc fixes

2020-07-14T00:20:40+00:00

Simple fixes which require no deep knowledge of the code.

Cc: Jon Maloy 
Cc: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn 
Acked-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller