[PATCH net v2 0/2] tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt()
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 13:30:18 EST
From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs)" <blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx>
do_tcp_getsockopt() has two lockless reads of icsk_ca_ops. Since BPF
struct_ops congestion control made icsk_ca_ops point to dynamically
allocated memory, a concurrent setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) can replace
the pointer and free the old object while either reader is using it.
Patch 1 fixes the TCP_CONGESTION path by copying ca_ops->name to a
stack buffer while holding rcu_read_lock(). It also uses READ_ONCE()
for the lockless load and annotates every explicit icsk_ca_ops store
with WRITE_ONCE().
Patch 2 fixes the TCP_CC_INFO path by keeping the READ_ONCE() load,
ca_ops->get_info lookup, and call inside an RCU read-side critical
section.
Changes since v1 [1]:
- Add READ_ONCE() to both lockless icsk_ca_ops loads.
- Add WRITE_ONCE() to all six explicit icsk_ca_ops stores.
- Include the data-race annotations in the UAF series as requested
by Eric Dumazet [2].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260821182449.79785-1-blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANn89iKr1ypEFeL+7te3xWoNaK5AFyYQmr+pDh2zSZAxfgNKjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs) (2):
tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION)
tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CC_INFO)
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c | 4 ++--
net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 +-
net/mptcp/protocol.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
base-commit: f967455fb2a5a2079b9eb5823e9ccf359174bf9f
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