* [PATCH net] net/tls: serialize context removal in tls_device_down()
@ 2026-11-12 4:32 Jaeyeong Lee
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From: Jaeyeong Lee @ 2026-11-12 4:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: john.fastabend, kuba, sd, davem, edumazet, pabeni, horms,
alice.kernel, tariqt, linux-kernel, stable
tls_device_down() moves each context to tls_device_down_list while
holding tls_device_lock. It then drops its reference and removes the
context after releasing the lock.
tls_device_queue_ctx_destruction() removes contexts from the same list
under tls_device_lock. If it removes an adjacent context while
tls_device_down() is deleting its node, the two list updates can
interleave. One update can then target a context freed by the other path,
causing a use-after-free write.
Drop the reference and remove the context in the existing
tls_device_lock critical section. Keep tls_device_free_ctx() after
releasing the lock.
This issue was found with a static analysis tool.
Fixes: f6336724a4d4 ("net/tls: Remove the context from the list in tls_device_down")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jaeyeong Lee <lee@jaeyeong.cc>
---
Reproduced with a deterministic KUnit harness under KASAN in a 2-vCPU
x86_64 QEMU guest. The unpatched kernel reported:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tls_device_racy_list_del
Write of size 8
The patched tls_device.o was compile-tested against current net/main with
KASAN and DEBUG_LIST enabled.
net/tls/tls_device.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index 4cdfbb57ecff0..fa7170cd4fd10 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,8 @@ static int tls_device_down(struct net_device *netdev)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tls_device_lock, flags);
list_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, tmp, &list, list) {
+ bool free_ctx;
+
/* Stop offloaded TX and switch to the fallback.
* tls_is_skb_tx_device_offloaded will return false.
*/
@@ -1387,17 +1389,19 @@ static int tls_device_down(struct net_device *netdev)
*/
spin_lock_irqsave(&tls_device_lock, flags);
list_move_tail(&ctx->list, &tls_device_down_list);
+ /* Serialize the final removal with sk_destruct. */
+ free_ctx = refcount_dec_and_test(&ctx->refcount);
+ if (free_ctx)
+ list_del(&ctx->list);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tls_device_lock, flags);
/* Device contexts for RX and TX will be freed in on sk_destruct
* by tls_device_free_ctx. rx_conf and tx_conf stay in TLS_HW.
- * Now release the ref taken above.
*/
- if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ctx->refcount)) {
+ if (free_ctx) {
/* sk_destruct ran after tls_device_down took a ref, and
* it returned early. Complete the destruction here.
*/
- list_del(&ctx->list);
tls_device_free_ctx(ctx);
}
}
--
2.43.0
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