[PATCH 6.12.y v2] xfrm: hold dev ref until after transport_finish NF_HOOK

From: Simon Liebold

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 08:14:19 EST


From: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 1c428b03840094410c5fb6a5db30640486bbbfcb ]

After async crypto completes, xfrm_input_resume() calls dev_put()
immediately on re-entry before the skb reaches transport_finish.
The skb->dev pointer is then used inside NF_HOOK and its okfn,
which can race with device teardown.

Remove the dev_put from the async resumption entry and instead
drop the reference after the NF_HOOK call in transport_finish,
using a saved device pointer since NF_HOOK may consume the skb.
This covers NF_DROP, NF_QUEUE and NF_STOLEN paths that skip
the okfn.

For non-transport exits (decaps, gro, drop) and secondary
async return points, release the reference inline when
async is set.

Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: acf568ee859f ("xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through tasklet")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
[ net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c: dev_hold/dev_put are unconditional here rather
than inside !crypto_done as in mainline, and the dev_put in the
encap_type == -1 async-resumption block does not exist. Adapted by
taking a fresh dev_hold (when async && !xfrm_gro) immediately before
transport_finish, which releases it after NF_HOOK. The per-iteration
dev_hold/dev_put pair at loop-top/resume: is left unchanged.]
Signed-off-by: Simon Liebold <simonlie@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
v2: Restore unconditional dev_put at resume: and instead take a fresh (commits)
dev_hold immediately before transport_finish (when async && !xfrm_gro),
avoiding the reference leak on nested transport-mode that v1's
suppressed resume: dev_put caused.

Prerequisite b05d42eefac7 ("xfrm: hold device only for the asynchronous
decryption") was not backported as it restructures the lock ordering and
resume: label semantics of the decryption loop, requiring non-trivial
adaptation beyond what a minimal stable fix warrants.

I will send patches for 5.10.y -> 6.6.y once we concluded on this patch.

net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c | 5 ++++-
net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c | 5 ++++-
net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 5 ++++-
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
index 12a1a0f421956..adf21d6b6076c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int xfrm4_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async)
{
struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
+ struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;

iph->protocol = XFRM_MODE_SKB_CB(skb)->protocol;

@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ int xfrm4_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async)
}

NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING,
- dev_net(skb->dev), NULL, skb, skb->dev, NULL,
+ dev_net(dev), NULL, skb, dev, NULL,
xfrm4_rcv_encap_finish);
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(dev);
return 0;
}

diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
index 9005fc156a20e..699a001ac1662 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static int xfrm6_transport_finish2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
int xfrm6_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async)
{
struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
+ struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
int nhlen = -skb_network_offset(skb);

skb_network_header(skb)[IP6CB(skb)->nhoff] =
@@ -68,8 +69,10 @@ int xfrm6_transport_finish(struct sk_buff *skb, int async)
}

NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING,
- dev_net(skb->dev), NULL, skb, skb->dev, NULL,
+ dev_net(dev), NULL, skb, dev, NULL,
xfrm6_transport_finish2);
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(dev);
return 0;
}

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index 8edcb32735e59..0288d98e66ee4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -726,8 +726,11 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
rcu_read_lock();
afinfo = xfrm_state_afinfo_get_rcu(x->props.family);
- if (likely(afinfo))
+ if (likely(afinfo)) {
+ if (async && !xfrm_gro)
+ dev_hold(skb->dev);
err = afinfo->transport_finish(skb, xfrm_gro || async);
+ }
rcu_read_unlock();
if (xfrm_gro) {
sp = skb_sec_path(skb);

base-commit: 1d3a00d3bacff25652c96e1527610c69e91f7c38
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2.50.1




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