[PATCH 6.12.y v3 2/2] xfrm: hold dev ref until after transport_finish NF_HOOK

From: Simon Liebold

Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 07:16:18 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>
[ xfrm_inner_mode_input() always completes synchronously in this kernel
version and cannot return -EINPROGRESS. That requires
7ac64f4598b4 ("xfrm: add mode_cbs module functionality"), which is not
present, so the async dev_put path is unreachable and the hunk was
omitted ]
Signed-off-by: Simon Liebold <simonlie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c | 5 ++++-
net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c | 5 ++++-
net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 12 ++++++++++--
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 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 90a79558dca25..5d3633ce6ba32 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
/* An encap_type of -1 indicates async resumption. */
if (encap_type == -1) {
async = 1;
- dev_put(skb->dev);
seq = XFRM_SKB_CB(skb)->seq.input.low;
goto resume;
}
@@ -645,8 +644,11 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
dev_hold(skb->dev);

nexthdr = x->type->input(x, skb);
- if (nexthdr == -EINPROGRESS)
+ if (nexthdr == -EINPROGRESS) {
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(skb->dev);
return 0;
+ }

dev_put(skb->dev);
}
@@ -717,6 +719,8 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
sp->olen = 0;
if (skb_valid_dst(skb))
skb_dst_drop(skb);
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(skb->dev);
gro_cells_receive(&gro_cells, skb);
return 0;
} else {
@@ -736,6 +740,8 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
sp->olen = 0;
if (skb_valid_dst(skb))
skb_dst_drop(skb);
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(skb->dev);
gro_cells_receive(&gro_cells, skb);
return err;
}
@@ -746,6 +752,8 @@ int xfrm_input(struct sk_buff *skb, int nexthdr, __be32 spi, int encap_type)
drop_unlock:
spin_unlock(&x->lock);
drop:
+ if (async)
+ dev_put(skb->dev);
xfrm_rcv_cb(skb, family, x && x->type ? x->type->proto : nexthdr, -1);
kfree_skb(skb);
return 0;
--
2.50.1




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