[PATCH bpf] xsk: fix init race causing NPD/UAF in xsk_create()
From: Kery Qi
Date: Thu Jan 08 2026 - 07:13:22 EST
xsk_init() registers the PF_XDP socket family before xsk_net_ops.
This exposes .create = xsk_create() to user space while per-netns
state (net->xdp.lock/list) is still uninitialized.
A task with CAP_NET_RAW can trigger this during boot/module load by
calling socket(PF_XDP/AF_XDP, SOCK_RAW, 0) concurrently with xsk_init(),
leading to NULL deref, list/lock corruption or use-after-free.
Register the pernet subsystem (and prerequisites) first and only then
sock_register() PF_XDP. Update the error unwind to match the new order.
Similar to CVE-2024-26793 (GTP init ordering bug).
Fixes: c0c77d8fb787 ("xsk: add user memory registration support sockopt")
Signed-off-by: Kery Qi <qikeyu2017@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/xdp/xsk.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
index f093c3453f64..63b48e4b8b65 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
@@ -1922,10 +1922,6 @@ static int __init xsk_init(void)
if (err)
goto out;
- err = sock_register(&xsk_family_ops);
- if (err)
- goto out_proto;
-
err = register_pernet_subsys(&xsk_net_ops);
if (err)
goto out_sk;
@@ -1942,16 +1938,20 @@ static int __init xsk_init(void)
goto out_unreg_notif;
}
+ err = sock_register(&xsk_family_ops);
+ if (err)
+ goto out_proto;
+
return 0;
out_unreg_notif:
unregister_netdevice_notifier(&xsk_netdev_notifier);
out_pernet:
unregister_pernet_subsys(&xsk_net_ops);
-out_sk:
- sock_unregister(PF_XDP);
out_proto:
proto_unregister(&xsk_proto);
+out_sk:
+ sock_unregister(PF_XDP);
out:
return err;
}
--
2.34.1