netdev - [PATCH net] net: mctp: mctp_fraq_queue should take ownership of passed skb

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Message-Id: <20250829-mctp-skb-unshare-v1-1-1c28fe10235a@codeconstruct.com.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:28:26 +0800
From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>
To: Matt Johnston <matt@...econstruct.com.au>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: mctp: mctp_fraq_queue should take ownership of
 passed skb

As of commit f5d83cf0eeb9 ("net: mctp: unshare packets when
reassembling"), we skb_unshare() in mctp_frag_queue(). The unshare may
invalidate the original skb pointer, so we need to treat the skb as
entirely owned by the fraq queue, even on failure.

Fixes: f5d83cf0eeb9 ("net: mctp: unshare packets when reassembling")
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>
---
 net/mctp/route.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mctp/route.c b/net/mctp/route.c
index 2b2b958ef6a37525cc4d3f6a5758bd3880c98e6c..4d314e062ba9c4137f196482880660be67a71b11 100644
--- a/net/mctp/route.c
+++ b/net/mctp/route.c
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static void mctp_skb_set_flow(struct sk_buff *skb, struct mctp_sk_key *key) {}
 static void mctp_flow_prepare_output(struct sk_buff *skb, struct mctp_dev *dev) {}
 #endif
 
+/* takes ownership of skb, both in success and failure cases */
 static int mctp_frag_queue(struct mctp_sk_key *key, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct mctp_hdr *hdr = mctp_hdr(skb);
@@ -387,8 +388,10 @@ static int mctp_frag_queue(struct mctp_sk_key *key, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		& MCTP_HDR_SEQ_MASK;
 
 	if (!key->reasm_head) {
-		/* Since we're manipulating the shared frag_list, ensure it isn't
-		 * shared with any other SKBs.
+		/* Since we're manipulating the shared frag_list, ensure it
+		 * isn't shared with any other SKBs. In the cloned case,
+		 * this will free the skb; callers can no longer access it
+		 * safely.
 		 */
 		key->reasm_head = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!key->reasm_head)
@@ -402,10 +405,10 @@ static int mctp_frag_queue(struct mctp_sk_key *key, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	exp_seq = (key->last_seq + 1) & MCTP_HDR_SEQ_MASK;
 
 	if (this_seq != exp_seq)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto err_free;
 
 	if (key->reasm_head->len + skb->len > mctp_message_maxlen)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto err_free;
 
 	skb->next = NULL;
 	skb->sk = NULL;
@@ -419,6 +422,10 @@ static int mctp_frag_queue(struct mctp_sk_key *key, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	key->reasm_head->truesize += skb->truesize;
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_free:
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static int mctp_dst_input(struct mctp_dst *dst, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -532,18 +539,16 @@ static int mctp_dst_input(struct mctp_dst *dst, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			 * key isn't observable yet
 			 */
 			mctp_frag_queue(key, skb);
+			skb = NULL;
 
 			/* if the key_add fails, we've raced with another
 			 * SOM packet with the same src, dest and tag. There's
 			 * no way to distinguish future packets, so all we
-			 * can do is drop; we'll free the skb on exit from
-			 * this function.
+			 * can do is drop.
 			 */
 			rc = mctp_key_add(key, msk);
-			if (!rc) {
+			if (!rc)
 				trace_mctp_key_acquire(key);
-				skb = NULL;
-			}
 
 			/* we don't need to release key->lock on exit, so
 			 * clean up here and suppress the unlock via
@@ -561,8 +566,7 @@ static int mctp_dst_input(struct mctp_dst *dst, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				key = NULL;
 			} else {
 				rc = mctp_frag_queue(key, skb);
-				if (!rc)
-					skb = NULL;
+				skb = NULL;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -572,17 +576,16 @@ static int mctp_dst_input(struct mctp_dst *dst, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 */
 
 		/* we need to be continuing an existing reassembly... */
-		if (!key->reasm_head)
+		if (!key->reasm_head) {
 			rc = -EINVAL;
-		else
+		} else {
 			rc = mctp_frag_queue(key, skb);
+			skb = NULL;
+		}
 
 		if (rc)
 			goto out_unlock;
 
-		/* we've queued; the queue owns the skb now */
-		skb = NULL;
-
 		/* end of message? deliver to socket, and we're done with
 		 * the reassembly/response key
 		 */

---
base-commit: 007a5ffadc4fd51739527f1503b7cf048f31c413
change-id: 20250829-mctp-skb-unshare-630a63c9fa37

Best regards,
-- 
Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>