[PATCH] udp_bpf: fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()
From: Deepanshu Kartikey
Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 01:10:16 EST
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() around the sk_msg_recvmsg()
path in udp_bpf_recvmsg(), consistent with tcp_bpf_recvmsg(). Also make
udp_msg_wait_data() release lock_sock() before sleeping and reacquire it
after waking, so it can be called with the socket lock held, consistent
with how tcp_msg_wait_data() uses sk_wait_event() which does the same
internally.
Note: syzbot testing shows a separate pre-existing warning:
sk->sk_forward_alloc
WARNING: net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162 inet_sock_destruct
This warning triggers from the idle CPU path (pv_native_safe_halt)
and is unrelated to this patch. It appears to be a pre-existing
memory accounting issue in the UDP sockmap path that requires
separate investigation.
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 | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
index 9f33b07b1481..f924b255cee6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ static int udp_msg_wait_data(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock,
sk_set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_WAITDATA, sk);
ret = udp_msg_has_data(sk, psock);
if (!ret) {
+ release_sock(sk);
wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, timeo);
+ lock_sock(sk);
ret = udp_msg_has_data(sk, psock);
}
sk_clear_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_WAITDATA, sk);
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ static int udp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
goto out;
}
+ lock_sock(sk);
msg_bytes_ready:
copied = sk_msg_recvmsg(sk, psock, msg, len, flags);
if (!copied) {
@@ -90,12 +93,14 @@ static int udp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
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