* [PATCH net 1/2] tcp: initialize ir_rmt_addr and ir_loc_addr in cookie_v6_check()
2026-11-14 16:12 [PATCH net 0/2] tcp: initialize missing request_sock fields in syncookie path Thaison Phan
@ 2026-11-14 16:12 ` Thaison Phan
2026-11-14 16:12 ` [PATCH net 2/2] tcp: accecn: initialize AccECN fields in syncookie path Thaison Phan
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From: Thaison Phan @ 2026-11-14 16:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Dumazet, Neal Cardwell, Kuniyuki Iwashima, David S . Miller,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Ilpo Järvinen, Olivier Tilmans,
Chia-Yu Chang
Cc: Simon Horman, Stan Iliev, netdev, linux-kernel, Thaison Phan
Commit a3a128f611a9 ("inet: consolidate inet_csk_clone_lock()") moved
the LOOPBACK4_IPV6 initialization for passive IPv6 TCP sockets from
tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() to tcp_v6_init_req().
IPv6 SYN cookie connections allocate a fresh request_sock without
__GFP_ZERO and call tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() without tcp_v6_init_req(),
leaving ireq->ir_rmt_addr and ireq->ir_loc_addr uninitialized in
cookie_v6_check(). inet_csk_clone_lock() then copies uninitialized slab
bytes into sk_daddr, sk_rcv_saddr, and inet_saddr, exposing them to
tracepoints and bpf_sock and causing inet_daddr != LOOPBACK4_IPV6 checks
(such as IP_OPTIONS in do_ip_setsockopt()) to misclassify native IPv6
child sockets as IPv4-mapped.
Initialize ireq->ir_rmt_addr and ireq->ir_loc_addr to LOOPBACK4_IPV6 in
cookie_v6_check() to match tcp_v6_init_req().
Found in CI testing on a KASAN kernel; reproduced without kernel
modifications in a KASAN VM (tcp_syncookies=2) and tested against the
reproducer and packetdrill syncookie selftests.
Fixes: a3a128f611a9 ("inet: consolidate inet_csk_clone_lock()")
Signed-off-by: Thaison Phan <thaisonphan@google.com>
---
net/ipv6/syncookies.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index b581cb1ee2e8..b33011b71fff 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <net/ipv6.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>
#include <net/tcp_ecn.h>
+#include <net/transp_v6.h>
#define COOKIEBITS 24 /* Upper bits store count */
#define COOKIEMASK (((__u32)1 << COOKIEBITS) - 1)
@@ -205,6 +206,8 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr;
ireq->ir_v6_loc_addr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr;
+ ireq->ir_rmt_addr = LOOPBACK4_IPV6;
+ ireq->ir_loc_addr = LOOPBACK4_IPV6;
if (security_inet_conn_request(sk, skb, req)) {
SKB_DR_SET(reason, SECURITY_HOOK);
--
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2026-11-14 16:12 ` [PATCH net 1/2] tcp: initialize ir_rmt_addr and ir_loc_addr in cookie_v6_check() Thaison Phan
@ 2026-11-14 16:12 ` Thaison Phan
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From: Thaison Phan @ 2026-11-14 16:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Dumazet, Neal Cardwell, Kuniyuki Iwashima, David S . Miller,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Ilpo Järvinen, Olivier Tilmans,
Chia-Yu Chang
Cc: Simon Horman, Stan Iliev, netdev, linux-kernel, Thaison Phan
cookie_tcp_reqsk_alloc() and bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk() allocate struct
request_sock without __GFP_ZERO, leaving saw_accecn_opt,
accecn_fail_mode, syn_ect_rcv, and syn_ect_snt uninitialized. When
accecn_ok is negotiated in cookie_{v4,v6}_check(),
tcp_ecn_openreq_child() reads all four fields to initialize the child
socket's AccECN state.
In addition, because the temporary request_sock used to send a cookie
SYN-ACK is immediately freed, treq->syn_ect_snt is lost. If the listener
marks ECT (e.g. DCTCP), leaving syn_ect_snt at 0 causes
tcp_accecn_third_ack() to flag TCP_ACCECN_ACE_FAIL_RECV when the peer
reflects ECT, disabling ECT for the rest of the connection.
Initialize the AccECN fields in cookie_tcp_reqsk_init() to match
tcp_openreq_init(), and set syn_ect_snt from the listener's TOS/tclass
in cookie_{v4,v6}_check() to match tcp_{v4,v6}_send_synack().
Found by code inspection while auditing request_sock initialization in
the syncookie path; reproduced without kernel modifications in a KASAN
VM (tcp_syncookies=2, tcp_ecn=3) and tested against the reproducer and
packetdrill AccECN/syncookie selftests.
Fixes: 3cae34274c79 ("tcp: accecn: AccECN negotiation")
Fixes: b40671b5ee58 ("tcp: accecn: AccECN option failure handling")
Signed-off-by: Thaison Phan <thaisonphan@google.com>
---
net/ipv4/syncookies.c | 5 +++++
net/ipv6/syncookies.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index 4e0ff3b82062..5747f9a5a6d1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ static int cookie_tcp_reqsk_init(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
*/
treq->txhash = treq->snt_isn;
treq->syn_tos = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ip_dsfield;
+ treq->saw_accecn_opt = TCP_ACCECN_OPT_NOT_SEEN;
+ treq->accecn_fail_mode = 0;
+ treq->syn_ect_rcv = 0;
+ treq->syn_ect_snt = 0;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP)
treq->is_mptcp = sk_is_mptcp(sk);
@@ -502,6 +506,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v4_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
ireq->rcv_wscale = rcv_wscale;
ireq->ecn_ok &= cookie_ecn_ok(net, &rt->dst);
treq->accecn_ok = ireq->ecn_ok && cookie_accecn_ok(th);
+ treq->syn_ect_snt = READ_ONCE(inet_sk(sk)->tos) & INET_ECN_MASK;
ret = tcp_get_cookie_sock(sk, skb, req, &rt->dst);
/* ip_queue_xmit() depends on our flow being setup
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index b33011b71fff..7435ebcc366c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
ireq->rcv_wscale = rcv_wscale;
ireq->ecn_ok &= cookie_ecn_ok(net, dst);
tcp_rsk(req)->accecn_ok = ireq->ecn_ok && cookie_accecn_ok(th);
+ tcp_rsk(req)->syn_ect_snt = READ_ONCE(np->tclass) & INET_ECN_MASK;
ret = tcp_get_cookie_sock(sk, skb, req, dst);
if (!ret) {
--
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