linux-kernel - [PATCH] tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users

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Message-ID: <20260201022128.2658251-1-hodgesd@meta.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:21:28 -0800
From: Daniel Hodges <hodgesd@...a.com>
To: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Ying Xue <ying.xue@...dreiver.com>,
        Tuong
 Lien <tuong.t.lien@...tech.com.au>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Daniel Hodges <hodgesd@...a.com>,
        <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()

tipc_aead_users_dec() calls rcu_dereference(aead) twice: once to store
in 'tmp' for the NULL check, and again inside the atomic_add_unless()
call.

Use the already-dereferenced 'tmp' pointer consistently, matching the
correct pattern used in tipc_aead_users_inc() and tipc_aead_users_set().

Fixes: fc1b6d6de220 ("tipc: introduce TIPC encryption & authentication")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <hodgesd@...a.com>
---
 net/tipc/crypto.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c
index 970db62bd029..a3f9ca28c3d5 100644
--- a/net/tipc/crypto.c
+++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c
@@ -453,21 +453,21 @@ static void tipc_aead_users_inc(struct tipc_aead __rcu *aead, int lim)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void tipc_aead_users_dec(struct tipc_aead __rcu *aead, int lim)
 {
 	struct tipc_aead *tmp;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	tmp = rcu_dereference(aead);
 	if (tmp)
-		atomic_add_unless(&rcu_dereference(aead)->users, -1, lim);
+		atomic_add_unless(&tmp->users, -1, lim);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void tipc_aead_users_set(struct tipc_aead __rcu *aead, int val)
 {
 	struct tipc_aead *tmp;
 	int cur;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	tmp = rcu_dereference(aead);
-- 
2.47.3