[PATCH net] tcp: restore IPv6 af_ops on disconnect of a v4-mapped socket

From: Zhiyu Zhang

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 23:28:07 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

A successful connect() of an IPv6 socket to a v4-mapped address switches
icsk_af_ops, sk_backlog_rcv and af_specific to their IPv4-mapped variants.
These are only restored if the connect() fails.

After connect(AF_UNSPEC), the socket can be reused for listen() or for a
native IPv6 connect while still using the mapped handlers. IPv6 packets
processed from the socket backlog are then handled by tcp_v4_do_rcv().
tcp_v4_send_reset() and tcp_v4_send_ack() interpret
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->header.h6 as IPv4 options, and __ip_options_echo() can
overflow its 40-byte destination buffer.

Commit 8cc3aef0cb19 ("tcp: Do not allow buggy transitions between ehash
and lhash2.") prevents listen() after connect(AF_UNSPEC), but a native IPv6
connect is still allowed.

Add tcp_v6_disconnect() to restore the IPv6 handlers when a v4-mapped
socket is disconnected, and use the same helper in the connect error path.

MPTCP subflows override sk_prot, and two teardown paths call
tcp_disconnect() directly. Route those calls through the protocol-specific
disconnect operation so IPv6 MPTCP subflows receive the same restoration.

Tested with TCP and MPTCP by reconnecting an AF_INET6 socket from a
v4-mapped peer to a native IPv6 peer after connect(AF_UNSPEC).

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: Tong Liu <lyutoon@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CALf2hKvp0NPVLwr=a3+jUHtPohxbra8gox+aYAfWathJnn-J+Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAL4WiiqFJpmcV4=TWRpukCq6q=-729658FwGvieNcPXe97kLvQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261029054136.1174216-1-zhiyuzhang999@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
net/mptcp/protocol.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index e006a30360ea..a93410aab66e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ static int tcp_v6_pre_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
return BPF_CGROUP_RUN_PROG_INET6_CONNECT(sk, uaddr, &addr_len);
}

+/* Undo the v4-mapped setup done by tcp_v6_connect(). */
+static void tcp_v6_restore_af_ops(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ /* Paired with READ_ONCE() in tcp_(get|set)sockopt() */
+ WRITE_ONCE(inet_csk(sk)->icsk_af_ops, &ipv6_specific);
+ if (sk_is_mptcp(sk))
+ mptcpv6_handle_mapped(sk, false);
+ sk->sk_backlog_rcv = tcp_v6_do_rcv;
+#if defined(CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG) || defined(CONFIG_TCP_AO)
+ tcp_sk(sk)->af_specific = &tcp_sock_ipv6_specific;
+#endif
+}
+
static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
int addr_len)
{
@@ -243,14 +256,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,

if (err) {
icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = exthdrlen;
- /* Paired with READ_ONCE() in tcp_(get|set)sockopt() */
- WRITE_ONCE(icsk->icsk_af_ops, &ipv6_specific);
- if (sk_is_mptcp(sk))
- mptcpv6_handle_mapped(sk, false);
- sk->sk_backlog_rcv = tcp_v6_do_rcv;
-#if defined(CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG) || defined(CONFIG_TCP_AO)
- tp->af_specific = &tcp_sock_ipv6_specific;
-#endif
+ tcp_v6_restore_af_ops(sk);
goto failure;
}
np->saddr = sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr;
@@ -2093,6 +2099,19 @@ static int tcp_v6_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
return 0;
}

+static int tcp_v6_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
+{
+ int ret = tcp_disconnect(sk, flags);
+
+ /* A socket used for a v4-mapped connection must not keep IPv4
+ * handlers when it is reused for listen() or a native IPv6 connect().
+ */
+ if (sk->sk_backlog_rcv == tcp_v4_do_rcv)
+ tcp_v6_restore_af_ops(sk);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
/* Proc filesystem TCPv6 sock list dumping. */
static void get_openreq6(struct seq_file *seq,
@@ -2283,7 +2302,7 @@ struct proto tcpv6_prot = {
.close = tcp_close,
.pre_connect = tcp_v6_pre_connect,
.connect = tcp_v6_connect,
- .disconnect = tcp_disconnect,
+ .disconnect = tcp_v6_disconnect,
.accept = inet_csk_accept,
.ioctl = tcp_ioctl,
.init = tcp_v6_init_sock,
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 7a22e9388e0e..fdfbc7de2ec0 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ static void __mptcp_subflow_disconnect(struct sock *ssk,
/* The MPTCP code never wait on the subflow sockets, TCP-level
* disconnect should never fail
*/
- WARN_ON_ONCE(tcp_disconnect(ssk, 0));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ssk->sk_prot->disconnect(ssk, 0));
mptcp_subflow_ctx_reset(subflow);
} else {
tcp_shutdown(ssk, SEND_SHUTDOWN);
@@ -3287,7 +3287,7 @@ void mptcp_subflow_shutdown(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, int how)
break;
fallthrough;
case TCP_SYN_SENT:
- WARN_ON_ONCE(tcp_disconnect(ssk, O_NONBLOCK));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ssk->sk_prot->disconnect(ssk, O_NONBLOCK));
break;
default:
if (__mptcp_check_fallback(mptcp_sk(sk))) {

base-commit: 5838f10563d58afca6711edb5e4eda968ca181d9
--
2.34.1