linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: explicitly clear the sk pointer, when pf->create fails

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Message-Id: <20241003170151.69445-1-ignat@cloudflare.com>
Date: Thu,  3 Oct 2024 18:01:51 +0100
From: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-team@...udflare.com,
	kuniyu@...zon.com,
	alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com,
	Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: explicitly clear the sk pointer, when pf->create fails

We have recently noticed the exact same KASAN splat as in commit
6cd4a78d962b ("net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket
creation fails"). The problem is that commit did not fully address the
problem, as some pf->create implementations do not use sk_common_release
in their error paths.

For example, we can use the same reproducer as in the above commit, but
changing ping to arping. arping uses AF_PACKET socket and if packet_create
fails, it will just sk_free the allocated sk object.

While we could chase all the pf->create implementations and make sure they
NULL the freed sk object on error from the socket, we can't guarantee
future protocols will not make the same mistake.

So it is easier to just explicitly NULL the sk pointer upon return from
pf->create in __sock_create. We do know that pf->create always releases the
allocated sk object on error, so if the pointer is not NULL, it is
definitely dangling.

Fixes: 6cd4a78d962b ("net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails")
Signed-off-by: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 net/socket.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 7b046dd3e9a7..19afac3c2de9 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1575,8 +1575,13 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type, int protocol,
 	rcu_read_unlock();

 	err = pf->create(net, sock, protocol, kern);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		/* ->create should release the allocated sock->sk object on error
+		 * but it may leave the dangling pointer
+		 */
+		sock->sk = NULL;
 		goto out_module_put;
+	}

 	/*
 	 * Now to bump the refcnt of the [loadable] module that owns this
-- 
2.39.5