RE: [PATCH net v3] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock

From: Tung Quang Nguyen

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 22:23:17 EST


>Subject: [PATCH net v3] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock
>
>The tipc_node_reset_links trace event asks tipc_node_dump() to walk the
>node's link entries. Unlike the other node events that request link data, this
>event runs without the node lock.
>
>This permits bearer teardown to free a link while the trace callback is dumping
>it:
>
> CPU 0 CPU 1
> trace_tipc_node_reset_links()
> tipc_node_dump()
> l = n->links[0].link
> tipc_node_write_lock()
> kfree(l)
> n->links[0].link = NULL
> tipc_node_write_unlock()
> tipc_link_dump(l)
>
>tipc_link_dump() then dereferences the stale pointer. KASAN reported:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_link_dump
> Read of size 4 by task poc/115
> Call Trace:
> tipc_link_dump+0x10cb/0x16b0
> tipc_node_dump+0x4bb/0x740
> trace_event_raw_event_tipc_node_class+0x258/0x360
> tipc_node_reset_links+0x14d/0x1a0
> tipc_rcv+0x13f5/0x3030
> tipc_udp_recv+0x4e3/0x670
> Allocated by task 0:
> tipc_link_create+0x1e1/0x1020
> tipc_node_check_dest+0x7d2/0x11a0
> tipc_disc_rcv+0xdbf/0x1430
> Freed by task 89:
> kfree+0x131/0x3c0
> tipc_node_link_down+0x267/0x4b0
> tipc_node_delete_links+0xec/0x160
> bearer_disable+0x107/0x260
>
>Take the node write lock around the trace event. This serializes the dump
>against tipc_node_link_down(delete=true), which frees the link under the
>same write lock.
>
>Fixes: eb18a510b5cd ("tipc: add trace_events for tipc node")
>Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
>---
>v1 -> v2:
>- Use tipc_node_write_lock() instead of tipc_node_read_lock() so the
> dump is exclusive with link deletion.
>
>v2 -> v3:
>- Use tipc_node_write_unlock_fast().
>
> net/tipc/node.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c index
>683a136e53ef..bd91378b7540 100644
>--- a/net/tipc/node.c
>+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
>@@ -1333,7 +1333,9 @@ static void tipc_node_reset_links(struct tipc_node
>*n)
>
> pr_warn("Resetting all links to %x\n", n->addr);
>
>+ tipc_node_write_lock(n);
> trace_tipc_node_reset_links(n, true, " ");
>+ tipc_node_write_unlock_fast(n);
> for (i = 0; i < MAX_BEARERS; i++) {
> tipc_node_link_down(n, i, false);
> }
>--
>2.43.0

Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@xxxxxxxx>

Note that sashiko reports pre-existing UAF issue related to link input queue. This needs to be addressed via a separate patch.