[PATCH net] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock

From: Chengfeng Ye

Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 12:41:14 EST


The tipc_node_reset_links trace event asks tipc_node_dump() to walk the
node's link entries. Unlike the other node events that request link data,
this event runs without the node lock.

This permits bearer teardown to free a link while the trace callback is
dumping it:

CPU 0 CPU 1
trace_tipc_node_reset_links()
tipc_node_dump()
l = n->links[0].link
tipc_node_write_lock()
kfree(l)
n->links[0].link = NULL
tipc_node_write_unlock()
tipc_link_dump(l)

tipc_link_dump() then dereferences the stale pointer. KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_link_dump+0x10cb/0x16b0
Read of size 4 by task ksoftirqd/0/14
Call Trace:
tipc_link_dump+0x10cb/0x16b0
tipc_node_dump+0x4bb/0x740
trace_event_raw_event_tipc_node_class+0x258/0x360
tipc_node_reset_links+0x14d/0x1a0
tipc_rcv+0x13f5/0x3030
tipc_udp_recv+0x4e3/0x670
Allocated by task 0:
tipc_link_create+0x1e1/0x1020
tipc_node_check_dest+0x7d2/0x11a0
tipc_disc_rcv+0xdbf/0x1430
Freed by task 89:
kfree+0x131/0x3c0
tipc_node_link_down+0x267/0x4b0
tipc_node_delete_links+0xec/0x160
bearer_disable+0x107/0x260

Take the node read lock around the trace event. This keeps link pointer
loads and all dump dereferences serialized against link deletion while
preserving the trace contents and reset flow.

Fixes: eb18a510b5cd ("tipc: add trace_events for tipc node")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/tipc/node.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 683a136e53ef..127848e8a644 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,9 @@ static void tipc_node_reset_links(struct tipc_node *n)

pr_warn("Resetting all links to %x\n", n->addr);

+ tipc_node_read_lock(n);
trace_tipc_node_reset_links(n, true, " ");
+ tipc_node_read_unlock(n);
for (i = 0; i < MAX_BEARERS; i++) {
tipc_node_link_down(n, i, false);
}
--
2.43.0