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authorWeiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>2026-06-17 21:57:45 +0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-06-21 14:28:22 -0700
commit1579342d71133da7f00daa02c75cebec7372097b (patch)
tree64a62d58b5464d59ce937e09aadf4b1a661b0e55
parent62b01f72d93c7bc8fde3b2e5b5f783eca5f53324 (diff)
tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()
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 <IRQ> 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) </IRQ> 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 <xmei5@asu.edu> Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260617135744.3383175-3-bestswngs@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/core.c5
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/discover.c14
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/core.c b/net/tipc/core.c
index 434e70eabe08..1ddecea1df6e 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.c
+++ b/net/tipc/core.c
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ static void __exit tipc_exit(void)
unregister_pernet_device(&tipc_net_ops);
tipc_unregister_sysctl();
+ /* TODO: Wait for all timers that called call_rcu() to finish before
+ * calling rcu_barrier().
+ */
+ rcu_barrier();
+
pr_info("Deactivated\n");
}
diff --git a/net/tipc/discover.c b/net/tipc/discover.c
index 3e54d2df5683..b9d06595b067 100644
--- a/net/tipc/discover.c
+++ b/net/tipc/discover.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
* @skb: request message to be (repeatedly) sent
* @timer: timer governing period between requests
* @timer_intv: current interval between requests (in ms)
+ * @rcu: RCU head for deferred freeing
*/
struct tipc_discoverer {
u32 bearer_id;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ struct tipc_discoverer {
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct timer_list timer;
unsigned long timer_intv;
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
};
/**
@@ -382,6 +384,15 @@ int tipc_disc_create(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b,
return 0;
}
+static void tipc_disc_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rp)
+{
+ struct tipc_discoverer *d = container_of(rp, struct tipc_discoverer,
+ rcu);
+
+ kfree_skb(d->skb);
+ kfree(d);
+}
+
/**
* tipc_disc_delete - destroy object sending periodic link setup requests
* @d: ptr to link dest structure
@@ -389,8 +400,7 @@ int tipc_disc_create(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b,
void tipc_disc_delete(struct tipc_discoverer *d)
{
timer_shutdown_sync(&d->timer);
- kfree_skb(d->skb);
- kfree(d);
+ call_rcu(&d->rcu, tipc_disc_free_rcu);
}
/**