From abfd279e75f365dbcdbd19af095e4ddd9cd8111b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Minh Nguyen Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 14:31:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] net: skbuff: fix missing zerocopy reference in pskb_carve helpers [ Upstream commit 98d0912e9f841e5529a5b89a972805f34cb1c69d ] pskb_carve_inside_header() and pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear() both copy the old skb_shared_info header into a new buffer via memcpy(), which includes the destructor_arg pointer (uarg) for MSG_ZEROCOPY skbs. Neither function calls net_zcopy_get() for the new shinfo, creating an unaccounted holder: every skb_shared_info with destructor_arg set will call skb_zcopy_clear() once when freed, but the corresponding net_zcopy_get() was never called for the new copy. Repeated calls drive uarg->refcnt to zero prematurely, freeing ubuf_info_msgzc while TX skbs still hold live destructor_arg pointers. KASAN reports use-after-free on a freed ubuf_info_msgzc: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_release_data+0x77b/0x810 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801574d3e8 by task poc/220 Call Trace: skb_release_data+0x77b/0x810 kfree_skb_list_reason+0x13e/0x610 skb_release_data+0x4cd/0x810 sk_skb_reason_drop+0xf3/0x340 skb_queue_purge_reason+0x282/0x440 rds_tcp_inc_free+0x1e/0x30 rds_recvmsg+0x354/0x1780 __sys_recvmsg+0xdf/0x180 Allocated by task 219: msg_zerocopy_realloc+0x157/0x7b0 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x2892/0x3ba0 Freed by task 219: ip_recv_error+0x74a/0xb10 tcp_recvmsg+0x475/0x530 The skb consuming the late access still referenced the same uarg via shinfo->destructor_arg copied by pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear() without a refcount bump. This has been verified to be reliably exploitable: a working proof-of-concept achieves full root privilege escalation from an unprivileged local user on a default kernel configuration. The fix follows the pattern of pskb_expand_head() which has the same memcpy/cloned structure. For pskb_carve_inside_header(), net_zcopy_get() is placed after skb_orphan_frags() succeeds, so the orphan error path needs no cleanup. For pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear(), net_zcopy_get() is placed after all failure points and just before skb_release_data(), so no error path needs cleanup at all -- matching pskb_expand_head() more closely and avoiding the need for a balancing net_zcopy_put(). Fixes: 6fa01ccd8830 ("skbuff: Add pskb_extract() helper function") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6 Signed-off-by: Minh Nguyen Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260526041240.329462-1-minhnguyen.080505@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Ulrich Hecht --- net/core/skbuff.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 99e647b311c9..9a7c96f76379 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -5434,6 +5434,8 @@ static int pskb_carve_inside_header(struct sk_buff *skb, const u32 off, kfree(data); return -ENOMEM; } + if (skb_zcopy(skb)) + refcount_inc(&skb_uarg(skb)->refcnt); for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) skb_frag_ref(skb, i); if (skb_has_frag_list(skb)) @@ -5587,6 +5589,8 @@ static int pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear(struct sk_buff *skb, const u32 off, kfree(data); return -ENOMEM; } + if (skb_zcopy(skb)) + refcount_inc(&skb_uarg(skb)->refcnt); skb_release_data(skb); skb->head = data;