Re: [PATCH net] can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv()

From: Oliver Hartkopp

Date: Wed Apr 08 2026 - 15:32:49 EST




On 08.04.26 16:30, Sam P wrote:
raw_release() unregisters raw CAN receive filters via can_rx_unregister(),
but receiver deletion is deferred with call_rcu(). This leaves a window
where raw_rcv() may still be running in an RCU read-side critical section
after raw_release() frees ro->uniq, leading to a use-after-free of the
percpu uniq storage.

Move free_percpu(ro->uniq) out of raw_release() and into a raw-specific
socket destructor. can_rx_unregister() takes an extra reference to the
socket and only drops it from the RCU callback, so freeing uniq from
sk_destruct ensures the percpu area is not released until the relevant
callbacks have drained.

Fixes: 514ac99c64b2 ("can: fix multiple delivery of a single CAN frame for overlapping CAN filters")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.1+
Assisted-by: Bynario AI
Signed-off-by: Samuel Page <sam@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


---
 net/can/raw.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index eee244ffc31e..f042c4316890 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -361,6 +361,14 @@ static int raw_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long msg,
     return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }

+static void raw_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
+{
+    struct raw_sock *ro = raw_sk(sk);
+
+    free_percpu(ro->uniq);
+    can_sock_destruct(sk);
+}
+
 static int raw_init(struct sock *sk)
 {
     struct raw_sock *ro = raw_sk(sk);
@@ -387,6 +395,8 @@ static int raw_init(struct sock *sk)
     if (unlikely(!ro->uniq))
         return -ENOMEM;

+    sk->sk_destruct = raw_sock_destruct;
+
     /* set notifier */
     spin_lock(&raw_notifier_lock);
     list_add_tail(&ro->notifier, &raw_notifier_list);
@@ -436,7 +446,6 @@ static int raw_release(struct socket *sock)
     ro->bound = 0;
     ro->dev = NULL;
     ro->count = 0;
-    free_percpu(ro->uniq);

     sock_orphan(sk);
     sock->sk = NULL;