In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done
Syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free with the following call trace:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_aead_encrypt_done+0x4bd/0x510 net/tipc/crypto.c:840
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807a733000 by task kworker/1:0/25
Call Trace:
kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601
tipc_aead_encrypt_done+0x4bd/0x510 net/tipc/crypto.c:840
crypto_request_complete include/crypto/algapi.h:266
aead_request_complete include/crypto/internal/aead.h:85
cryptd_aead_crypt+0x3b8/0x750 crypto/cryptd.c:772
crypto_request_complete include/crypto/algapi.h:266
cryptd_queue_worker+0x131/0x200 crypto/cryptd.c:181
process_one_work+0x9fb/0x1b60 kernel/workqueue.c:3231
Allocated by task 8355:
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:778
tipc_crypto_start+0xcc/0x9e0 net/tipc/crypto.c:1466
tipc_init_net+0x2dd/0x430 net/tipc/core.c:72
ops_init+0xb9/0x650 net/core/net_namespace.c:139
setup_net+0x435/0xb40 net/core/net_namespace.c:343
copy_net_ns+0x2f0/0x670 net/core/net_namespace.c:508
create_new_namespaces+0x3ea/0xb10 kernel/nsproxy.c:110
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xc0/0x1f0 kernel/nsproxy.c:228
ksys_unshare+0x419/0x970 kernel/fork.c:3323
__do_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3394
Freed by task 63:
kfree+0x12a/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4557
tipc_crypto_stop+0x23c/0x500 net/tipc/crypto.c:1539
tipc_exit_net+0x8c/0x110 net/tipc/core.c:119
ops_exit_list+0xb0/0x180 net/core/net_namespace.c:173
cleanup_net+0x5b7/0xbf0 net/core/net_namespace.c:640
process_one_work+0x9fb/0x1b60 kernel/workqueue.c:3231
After freed the tipc_crypto tx by delete namespace, tipc_aead_encrypt_done
may still visit it in cryptd_queue_worker workqueue.
I reproduce this issue by:
ip netns add ns1
ip link add veth1 type veth peer name veth2
ip link set veth1 netns ns1
ip netns exec ns1 tipc bearer enable media eth dev veth1
ip netns exec ns1 tipc node set key this_is_a_master_key master
ip netns exec ns1 tipc bearer disable media eth dev veth1
ip netns del ns1
The key of reproduction is that, simd_aead_encrypt is interrupted, leading
to crypto_simd_usable() return false. Thus, the cryptd_queue_worker is
triggered, and the tipc_crypto tx will be visited.
tipc_disc_timeout
tipc_bearer_xmit_skb
tipc_crypto_xmit
tipc_aead_encrypt
crypto_aead_encrypt
// encrypt()
simd_aead_encrypt
// crypto_simd_usable() is false
child = &ctx->cryptd_tfm->base;
simd_aead_encrypt
crypto_aead_encrypt
// encrypt()
cryptd_aead_encrypt_enqueue
cryptd_aead_enqueue
cryptd_enqueue_request
// trigger cryptd_queue_worker
queue_work_on(smp_processor_id(), cryptd_wq, &cpu_queue->work)
Fix this by holding net reference count before encrypt.
Publication date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:33:00 +0000