Forwarded: [PATCH] udp_bpf: fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()
From: syzbot
Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 22:17:03 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] udp_bpf: fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git main
udp_bpf_recvmsg() calls sk_msg_recvmsg() without holding lock_sock(),
unlike tcp_bpf_recvmsg() which properly acquires lock_sock() before
calling __sk_msg_recvmsg(). This allows concurrent tasks to race inside
sk_msg_recvmsg() on the same psock ingress queue, where one task can
free msg_rx via kfree_sk_msg() while another task is still reading it
via sk_msg_elem(), causing a slab-use-after-free.
Fix this by adding lock_sock()/release_sock() pairs around the recvmsg
path. Since udp_msg_wait_data() does not release lock_sock() internally
before sleeping (unlike tcp_msg_wait_data()), we must release the socket
lock manually before calling udp_msg_wait_data() and reacquire it after
to avoid a deadlock with the ingress path delivering new data.
Reported-by: syzbot+431f9a9e3f5227fbb904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=431f9a9e3f5227fbb904
Fixes: 1f5be6b3b063 ("udp: Implement udp_bpf_recvmsg() for sockmap")
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
index 9f33b07b1481..5e6d82816103 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ static int udp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
if (unlikely(!psock))
return sk_udp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, flags);
+ lock_sock(sk);
if (!psock_has_data(psock)) {
+ release_sock(sk);
ret = sk_udp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, flags);
goto out;
}
@@ -86,16 +88,20 @@ static int udp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
int data;
timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
+ release_sock(sk);
data = udp_msg_wait_data(sk, psock, timeo);
+ lock_sock(sk);
if (data) {
if (psock_has_data(psock))
goto msg_bytes_ready;
+ release_sock(sk);
ret = sk_udp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, flags);
goto out;
}
copied = -EAGAIN;
}
ret = copied;
+ release_sock(sk);
out:
sk_psock_put(sk, psock);
return ret;
--
2.43.0