[PATCH net] tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket

From: Sechang Lim

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 05:53:39 EST


A child socket inherits the listener's bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags via
sk_clone_lock(). If its setup fails in tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() /
tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(), the child is freed through put_and_exit, where
inet_csk_prepare_forced_close() drops the socket lock and tcp_done() runs
without it.

If BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB_FLAG was inherited, tcp_done() -> tcp_set_state()
calls tcp_call_bpf(), which expects the lock and trips sock_owned_by_me():

WARNING: include/net/sock.h:1799 at tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550
RIP: 0010:tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550 include/net/sock.h:1799
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
tcp_done+0xba/0x250 net/ipv4/tcp.c:5095
tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x850/0xa50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1787
tcp_check_req+0xf30/0x1360 net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c:926
tcp_v4_rcv+0x1047/0x1b50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2164
</IRQ>

The child is freed before it is ever established, so it should run no
sock_ops callback. Clear its cb flags before the forced close.

Fixes: d44874910a26 ("bpf: Add BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB")
Signed-off-by: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/tcp.h | 7 +++++++
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 1 +
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 98848db62894..97eac5fa341c 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -2942,6 +2942,11 @@ static inline int tcp_call_bpf_3arg(struct sock *sk, int op, u32 arg1, u32 arg2,
return tcp_call_bpf(sk, op, 3, args);
}

+static inline void tcp_clear_sock_ops_cb_flags(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ tcp_sk(sk)->bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags = 0;
+}
+
#else
static inline int tcp_call_bpf(struct sock *sk, int op, u32 nargs, u32 *args)
{
@@ -2959,6 +2964,8 @@ static inline int tcp_call_bpf_3arg(struct sock *sk, int op, u32 arg1, u32 arg2,
return -EPERM;
}

+static inline void tcp_clear_sock_ops_cb_flags(struct sock *sk) {}
+
#endif

static inline u32 tcp_timeout_init(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index fdc81150ff6c..7748668dba82 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1783,6 +1783,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
return NULL;
put_and_exit:
newinet->inet_opt = NULL;
+ tcp_clear_sock_ops_cb_flags(newsk);
inet_csk_prepare_forced_close(newsk);
tcp_done(newsk);
goto exit;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 36d75fb50a70..493477b786db 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1531,6 +1531,7 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
tcp_listendrop(sk);
return NULL;
put_and_exit:
+ tcp_clear_sock_ops_cb_flags(newsk);
inet_csk_prepare_forced_close(newsk);
tcp_done(newsk);
goto exit;
--
2.43.0