Re: [PATCH bpf] bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in proto update
From: Martin KaFai Lau
Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 02:18:09 EST
On 2/3/26 11:47 AM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
From: Michal Luczaj <mhal@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 10:57:46 +0100
On 2/3/26 04:53, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
On 2/2/26 7:10 AM, Michal Luczaj wrote:
In related news, looks like bpf_iter_unix_seq_show() is missing
unix_state_lock(): lock_sock_fast() won't stop unix_release_sock(). E.g.
bpf iterator can grab unix_sock::peer as it is being released.
If the concern is the bpf iterator prog may use a released unix_peer(sk)
pointer, it should be fine. The unix_peer(sk) pointer is not a trusted
pointer to the bpf prog, so nothing bad will happen other than
potentially reading incorrect values.
But if the prog passes a released peer pointer to a bpf helper:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_skc_to_unix_sock+0x95/0xb0
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888110654c92 by task test_progs/1936
hmm... bpf_skc_to_unix_sock is exposed to tracing. bpf_iter is a tracing bpf prog.
Can you cook a patch for this ? probably like below
This can help the bpf_iter but not the other tracing prog such as fentry.
---8<---
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 02ebad6afac7..9c7e9fbde362 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -3740,8 +3740,9 @@ static int bpf_iter_unix_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
return 0;
slow = lock_sock_fast(sk);
+ unix_state_lock(sk);
- if (unlikely(sk_unhashed(sk))) {
+ if (unlikely(sock_flag(other, SOCK_DEAD))) {
ret = SEQ_SKIP;
goto unlock;
}
@@ -3751,6 +3752,7 @@ static int bpf_iter_unix_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
prog = bpf_iter_get_info(&meta, false);
ret = unix_prog_seq_show(prog, &meta, v, uid);
unlock:
+ unix_staet_unlock(sk);
unlock_sock_fast(sk, slow);
return ret;
}
---8<---
Thanks!