[PATCH net 3/5] rxrpc: Fix UAF in rxgk_issue_challenge()
From: David Howells
Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 10:16:53 EST
Fix rxgk_issue_challenge() to free the page containing the challenge
content after invoking the tracepoint as the whdr passed to the tracepoint
points into the page just freed.
Fixes: 9d1d2b59341f ("rxrpc: rxgk: Implement the yfs-rxgk security class (GSSAPI)")
Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
---
net/rxrpc/rxgk.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/rxgk.c b/net/rxrpc/rxgk.c
index a1ee102abae1..77a67ace1d24 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/rxgk.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/rxgk.c
@@ -687,16 +687,17 @@ static int rxgk_issue_challenge(struct rxrpc_connection *conn)
ret = do_udp_sendmsg(conn->local->socket, &msg, len);
if (ret > 0)
rxrpc_peer_mark_tx(conn->peer);
- __free_page(page);
if (ret < 0) {
trace_rxrpc_tx_fail(conn->debug_id, serial, ret,
rxrpc_tx_point_rxgk_challenge);
+ __free_page(page);
return -EAGAIN;
}
trace_rxrpc_tx_packet(conn->debug_id, whdr,
rxrpc_tx_point_rxgk_challenge);
+ __free_page(page);
_leave(" = 0");
return 0;
}