[PATCH net] net: psp: do not inherit the Rx association on clone
From: Norbert Szetei
Date: Sat Aug 29 2026 - 12:57:02 EST
sk->psp_assoc sits past sk_dontcopy_end, so sock_copy() copies it into
every socket accepted from a listener without taking a reference, while
inet_sock_destruct() puts for every inet socket. psp_twsk_init() does
refcount_inc() for the timewait socket, so a child closing through
TIME_WAIT cancels its own put and leaves the association with one
reference and N timewait sockets holding the same pointer. Closing the
listener frees it, and the timewait timers then put freed memory.
Rejecting the association on a listening socket is not sufficient: a socket
can acquire one while established and then be turned back into a listener,
because tcp_disconnect() leaves sk->psp_assoc in place.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in psp_twsk_assoc_free+0x6f/0xf0
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888110f9255c by task swapper/7/0
psp_twsk_assoc_free+0x6f/0xf0
inet_twsk_put+0xda/0x1b0
call_timer_fn+0x53/0x2e0
__run_timers+0x764/0xa80
Freed by task 99:
kfree+0x1a7/0x500
process_one_work+0x7ec/0x1100
An association carries a per-connection SPI and key, so a child must not
inherit the parent's. Clear it on clone.
Fixes: 6b46ca260e22 ("net: psp: add socket security association code")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Reproducer available on request.
net/core/sock.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 1ad41904db25..fa60b7494c58 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2494,6 +2494,9 @@ struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority,
#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
RCU_INIT_POINTER(newsk->sk_bpf_storage, NULL);
#endif
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INET_PSP)
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(newsk->psp_assoc, NULL);
+#endif
/* SANITY */
if (likely(newsk->sk_net_refcnt)) {
--
2.55.0