[PATCH net v2] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done
From: Doruk Tan Ozturk
Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 16:03:56 EST
The async decrypt completion path mirrors the encrypt one but is missing
the net reference that guards against the tipc_crypto being freed during
netns teardown.
When crypto_aead_decrypt() is offloaded to cryptd (the SIMD aead wrapper
queues the request when crypto_simd_usable() is false), the cryptd worker
runs tipc_aead_decrypt_done() asynchronously. If the bearer's netns is
torn down in the meantime, tipc_exit_net() -> tipc_crypto_stop() frees the
tipc_crypto, and the completion then reads it: tipc_aead_decrypt_done()
dereferences aead->crypto->stats and aead->crypto->net, and
tipc_crypto_rcv_complete() dereferences aead->crypto->aead[] and the node
table, reading freed memory:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_crypto_rcv_complete
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888104c8c808 by task kworker/3:2/70
Workqueue: cryptd cryptd_queue_worker
Call Trace:
tipc_crypto_rcv_complete+0x1dd6/0x2240
tipc_aead_decrypt_done+0x1c3/0x300
cryptd_aead_crypt+0x3ae/0x660
cryptd_queue_worker+0x12b/0x200
process_one_work+0x66c/0x10c0
worker_thread+0x55d/0xc80
kthread+0x269/0x340
Allocated by task 1550:
tipc_crypto_start+0x7e/0x890
tipc_init_net+0x30d/0x480
...
Freed by task 116:
tipc_crypto_stop+0x1a4/0x2a0
tipc_exit_net+0x11c/0x1c0
cleanup_net+0x510/0xaf0
This is the same class of bug that commit e279024617134 ("net/tipc: fix
slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done") fixed for the
encrypt side. The encrypt path takes maybe_get_net(aead->crypto->net)
before crypto_aead_encrypt() and drops it with put_net() on the
synchronous return paths and in tipc_aead_encrypt_done(); the -EINPROGRESS
/-EBUSY return keeps the reference for the async callback to release. The
decrypt path was left without the equivalent guard.
Mirror the encrypt-side fix on the decrypt path: take a net reference
before crypto_aead_decrypt() (failing with -ENODEV and the matching
bearer put if it cannot be acquired), keep it across the -EINPROGRESS/
-EBUSY async return, and drop it with put_net() on the synchronous
success/error return and at the end of tipc_aead_decrypt_done().
Reproduced under KASAN on v6.12.92: a UDP bearer with a cluster key is
flooded with encrypted frames from an unknown peer (driving the cluster-
key decrypt path) while the bearer's netns is repeatedly torn down. The
SIMD aead must be forced onto its cryptd async child for the completion
to outlive tipc_crypto_stop(); with the patch applied the same workload
runs cleanly. Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling while
auditing the siblings of commit e279024617134.
Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai).
Fixes: fc1b6d6de220 ("tipc: introduce TIPC encryption & authentication")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Add Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and Alexander Lobakin's Reviewed-by
(per his review of v1). No functional change.
net/tipc/crypto.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c
index 6d3b6b89b1d1..84a6489da036 100644
--- a/net/tipc/crypto.c
+++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c
@@ -941,12 +941,20 @@ static int tipc_aead_decrypt(struct net *net, struct tipc_aead *aead,
goto exit;
}
+ /* Get net to avoid freed tipc_crypto when delete namespace */
+ if (!maybe_get_net(aead->crypto->net)) {
+ tipc_bearer_put(b);
+ rc = -ENODEV;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
/* Now, do decrypt */
rc = crypto_aead_decrypt(req);
if (rc == -EINPROGRESS || rc == -EBUSY)
return rc;
tipc_bearer_put(b);
+ put_net(aead->crypto->net);
exit:
kfree(ctx);
@@ -984,6 +992,7 @@ static void tipc_aead_decrypt_done(void *data, int err)
}
tipc_bearer_put(b);
+ put_net(net);
}
static inline int tipc_ehdr_size(struct tipc_ehdr *ehdr)
--
2.43.0