From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Seungwon Bae <qotmddnjs@ajou.ac.kr>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v9 13/14] rxrpc: fix use-after-free in rxrpc_poke_conn()
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 12:37:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907113743.1453210-14-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907113743.1453210-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
From: Seungwon Bae <qotmddnjs@ajou.ac.kr>
rxrpc_poke_conn() takes a reference on the connection with no liveness
check, unlike its sibling rxrpc_queue_conn() which gates on
atomic_read(&conn->active) >= 0. The per-connection timer is armed with
no reference held for it, and rxrpc_put_connection() cancels it with a
non-synchronous timer_delete() only after the refcount reaches 0.
refcount_t saturates rather than resurrecting, so the connection can be
kfree()d while still linked in local->conn_attend_q (nothing in teardown
unlinks attend_link). The rxrpc I/O thread then performs a UAF write
(list_del_init) plus UAF reads and indirect calls through conn->security.
Reproduced on a KASAN + PREEMPT kernel: 56 "refcount_t: addition on 0"
saturations at load, escalating to
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rxrpc_io_thread Write of size 8
AF_RXRPC socket creation (rxrpc_create) has no capability check, so this
is reachable by an unprivileged user.
Guard rxrpc_poke_conn() with the same liveness/refcount check the sibling
rxrpc_queue_conn() uses before taking the poke reference, so a connection
past its last-active point is not poked/requeued after teardown began.
Verified before/after on KASAN+PREEMPT at equal timer volume: 56
saturations + 15 KASAN reports unpatched vs 0 and 0 patched.
Fixes: f2cce89a074e ("rxrpc: Implement a mechanism to send an event notification to a connection")
Signed-off-by: Seungwon Bae <qotmddnjs@ajou.ac.kr>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
net/rxrpc/conn_object.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/conn_object.c b/net/rxrpc/conn_object.c
index 0ece717db0f8..1be50e0c9cee 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/conn_object.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/conn_object.c
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ void rxrpc_poke_conn(struct rxrpc_connection *conn, enum rxrpc_conn_trace why)
spin_lock_irq(&local->lock);
busy = !list_empty(&conn->attend_link);
if (!busy) {
- rxrpc_get_connection(conn, why);
+ if (!rxrpc_get_connection_maybe(conn, why)) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(&local->lock);
+ return;
+ }
list_add_tail(&conn->attend_link, &local->conn_attend_q);
}
spin_unlock_irq(&local->lock);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 11:37 [PATCH net v9 00/14] rxrpc: Miscellaneous fixes David Howells
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 01/14] afs: Fix lack of loop around sendmsg() to rxrpc David Howells
2026-09-07 13:06 ` David Laight
2026-09-10 10:18 ` David Howells
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 02/14] afs: Fix afs to abort the rxrpc call on send error David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 03/14] rxrpc: Fix lack of loop around reply send in rxperf server David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 04/14] rxrpc: Fix sendmsg to not return an error if last packet queued David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 05/14] rxrpc: Fix sendmsg length David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 06/14] rxrpc: Fix packet encryption error handling David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 07/14] rxrpc: Fix update of call->tx_pending without holding lock David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 08/14] rxrpc: Fix double IRQ enablement David Howells
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 09/14] rxrpc: Fix generation of notifications after call completion David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 10/14] rxrpc: Fix RxGK key parser to check enctype is supported David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 11/14] afs: Fix creation of RxGK CM channel token to have right size David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 12/14] afs: Fix lack of setting call->server when doing FS.InlineBulkStatus David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-09-08 20:49 ` [PATCH net v9 13/14] rxrpc: fix use-after-free in rxrpc_poke_conn() netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 11:37 ` [PATCH net v9 14/14] rxrpc: Take write lock when publishing the initial RxGK key David Howells
2026-09-08 20:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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