From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Subject: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: fix output state cache TOCTOU in xfrm_state_find()
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:53:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023195323.3528192-1-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
xfrm_state_find() checks x->km.state outside the xfrm_state_lock before
inserting the state into the policy output state cache. Between the check
and the lock acquisition, __xfrm_state_delete() can transition the state
to XFRM_STATE_DEAD. The dead state is then inserted into the cache
because the stale validity result is trusted after the lock is acquired.
A subsequent call traversing the cache can then access a freed state,
since xfrm_state_gc_destroy() does not unlink from state_cache_list.
This is the output state cache counterpart of the input cache race
fixed by commit ddd3d01329203 ("xfrm: Fix xfrm state cache insertion
race"). Apply the same pattern: move the km.state validity check inside
the lock so the check and the insertion are atomic with respect to
__xfrm_state_delete().
Fixes: 0045e3d80613 ("xfrm: Cache used outbound xfrm states at the policy.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index e45aa1ed5b965..03baa50f0df7c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -1632,10 +1632,11 @@ xfrm_state_find(const xfrm_address_t *daddr, const xfrm_address_t *saddr,
*err = acquire_in_progress ? -EAGAIN : error;
}
- if (x && x->km.state == XFRM_STATE_VALID && !cached &&
+ if (x && !cached &&
(!(pol->flags & XFRM_POLICY_CPU_ACQUIRE) || x->pcpu_num == pcpu_id)) {
spin_lock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
- if (hlist_unhashed(&x->state_cache))
+ if (x->km.state == XFRM_STATE_VALID &&
+ hlist_unhashed(&x->state_cache))
hlist_add_head_rcu(&x->state_cache, &pol->state_cache_list);
spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
}
--
2.47.3
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