gtp: add synchronize_net() in gtp_newlink() error path to prevent use-after-free
authorCen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:07:35 +0000 (22:07 -0400)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:39 +0000 (11:30 -0700)
gtp_newlink()'s error path frees tid_hash and addr_hash without
waiting for an RCU grace period after clearing sk_user_data. A
concurrent gtp_encap_recv() in softirq may still hold the gtp_dev
pointer obtained via rcu_dereference_sk_user_data() and access the
freed memory.

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in gtp0_pdp_find+0x1f6/0x200 (gtp.c:152)
  Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   gtp0_pdp_find+0x1f6/0x200
   gtp_encap_recv+0x527/0x24b0
   udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x75f/0xc10

Add synchronize_net() before the kfree calls in out_hashtable, which
covers all error paths from both gtp_encap_enable() and
gtp_create_sockets().

Fixes: 459aa660eb1d8ce6 ("gtp: add initial driver for datapath of GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP-U)")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu>
Reported-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260820020735.59474-1-blbllhy@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/gtp.c

index 2f6e77c..298efc7 100644 (file)
@@ -1549,6 +1549,8 @@ static int gtp_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
 out_encap:
        gtp_encap_disable(gtp);
 out_hashtable:
+       /* Wait for RCU readers that may still reference this gtp_dev. */
+       synchronize_net();
        kfree(gtp->addr_hash);
        kfree(gtp->tid_hash);
        return err;