In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self().
syzbot reported use-after-free of tipc_net(net)->monitors[]
in tipc_mon_reinit_self(). [0]
The array is protected by RTNL, but tipc_mon_reinit_self()
iterates over it without RTNL.
tipc_mon_reinit_self() is called from tipc_net_finalize(),
which is always under RTNL except for tipc_net_finalize_work().
Let's hold RTNL in tipc_net_finalize_work().
[0]:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88805eae1030 by task kworker/0:7/5989
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5989 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Workqueue: events tipc_net_finalize_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
__kasan_check_byte+0x2a/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:568
kasan_check_byte include/linux/kasan.h:399 [inline]
lock_acquire+0x8d/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
rtlock_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1894 [inline]
rwbase_rtmutex_lock_state kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:160 [inline]
rwbase_write_lock+0xd3/0x7e0 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244
rt_write_lock+0x76/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:243
write_lock_bh include/linux/rwlock_rt.h:99 [inline]
tipc_mon_reinit_self+0x79/0x430 net/tipc/monitor.c:718
tipc_net_finalize+0x115/0x190 net/tipc/net.c:140
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x439/0x7d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
Allocated by task 6089:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:405
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1a8/0x320 mm/slub.c:4407
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
tipc_mon_create+0xc3/0x4d0 net/tipc/monitor.c:657
tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:357 [inline]
__tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0xe16/0x13f0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1047
__tipc_nl_compat_doit net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:371 [inline]
tipc_nl_compat_doit+0x3bc/0x5f0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:393
tipc_nl_compat_handle net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:-1 [inline]
tipc_nl_compat_recv+0x83c/0xbe0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1321
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x215/0x300 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x60e/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x846/0xa10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:729
____sys_sendmsg+0x508/0x820 net/socket.c:2614
___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x260 net/socket.c:2703
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/
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Publication date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:51:00 +0000