From 7b19c0f81ed1fdaec6bc522569be367199a9edf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 18:17:54 +0000 Subject: ipv4: igmp: Fix potential UAF in igmp_gq_start_timer() A race condition exists between device teardown (inetdev_destroy) and incoming IGMP query processing (igmp_rcv), leading to a Use-After-Free in the IGMP timer callback. During device destruction, inetdev_destroy() drops the primary reference to in_device, which can drop its refcount to 0. The actual freeing of in_device memory is deferred via RCU (using call_rcu()). Concurrently, igmp_rcv() runs under RCU read lock and obtains the in_device pointer. Because the memory is RCU-protected, CPU-0 can safely dereference in_device even if its refcount has hit 0. However, if CPU-0 calls igmp_gq_start_timer() and re-arms the timer, it attempts to acquire a reference using in_dev_hold(). This increments the refcount from 0 to 1, triggering a "refcount_t: addition on 0" warning. Since the in_device memory is still scheduled to be freed after the RCU grace period (as the free callback does not check the refcount again), the device is freed while the timer is still armed. When the timer expires, it accesses the freed memory, causing a kernel panic. Fix this by using refcount_inc_not_zero() (via a new helper in_dev_hold_safe()) to prevent acquiring a reference if the device is already being destroyed. If the refcount is 0, we do not arm the timer. A similar issue in IPv6 MLD is fixed in a subsequent patch. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: Zero Day Initiative Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260705181756.963063-2-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- include/linux/inetdevice.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/inetdevice.h') diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h index dccbeb25f701..6032eea2539a 100644 --- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h @@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ static inline void in_dev_put(struct in_device *idev) #define __in_dev_put(idev) refcount_dec(&(idev)->refcnt) #define in_dev_hold(idev) refcount_inc(&(idev)->refcnt) +static inline bool in_dev_hold_safe(struct in_device *idev) +{ + return refcount_inc_not_zero(&idev->refcnt); +} + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ static __inline__ __be32 inet_make_mask(int logmask) -- cgit v1.2.3