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CVE-2026-98369

xfrm: add missing rcu_read_lock(), skb_dst_force() and dev_hold() for xfrm_trans_reinject()

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Fix
Fixed in 5.15.222, 5.20, 6.1, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, and 3 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: add missing rcu_read_lock(), skb_dst_force() and dev_hold() for xfrm_trans_reinject() syzbot reported a suspicious RCU usage warning in ip6_pkt_drop(): WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in ip6_pkt_drop include/net/addrconf.h:389 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Call Trace: __in6_dev_get_safely include/net/addrconf.h:389 [inline] ip6_pkt_drop+0x596/0x610 net/ipv6/route.c:4620 ip6_pkt_discard+0x1c/0x30 net/ipv6/route.c:4651 xfrm_trans_reinject+0x324/0x630 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c:806 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 When commit 4f4920669d21 ("xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through workqueue") converted xfrm_trans_reinject from a tasklet to a workqueue, the reinjection loop ceased running in softirq context. Workqueue workers run in process context where local_bh_disable() does not enter an RCU read-side critical section under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Because finish callbacks (such as ip6_rcv_finish) expect to run under an RCU read lock (performing route lookups, l3mdev lookups, and accessing RCU-protected data structures), invoking them in workqueue context without rcu_read_lock() triggers RCU lockdep warnings. Furthermore, packets queued to the workqueue via xfrm_trans_queue_net() may carry non-refcounted (noref) dst entries (e.g. from ip_route_input_noref). Additionally, on netdevice unregistration, dst_dev_put() replaces dst->dev with blackhole_netdev, so dst entries do not keep skb->dev alive while queued in the workqueue. Fix these issues by: 1. Calling skb_dst_force(skb) in xfrm_trans_queue_net() while still in the caller's RCU section to ensure dst is reference-counted before queuing. 2. Holding a reference on skb->dev via dev_hold()/dev_put() across workqueue deferral so skb->dev remains valid during finish() callback processing. 3. Acquiring rcu_read_lock() around the finish callback invocation loop in xfrm_trans_reinject().

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 7d98b26684cb2390729525b341ea099f0badbe18 · fixed in 41e47f1664be86c91326f0afe0504a1162d00907; From 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 · fixed in 6601d91a85761f33351c71e04ec0bbd294ca07ce; From 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 · fixed in 0cda8273265d30cac6423834fd7d4acb75f04fdb; From 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 · fixed in 68a317b4aec8ca1868a39d69e40f9e29baa4f40a; From 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 · fixed in 6eb3b071be8e260543c604550c54dac66e6b174b; From 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 · fixed in 664fc0941df7c1918b2cd4de6ee00469ba77d8e4; From 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 · fixed in d2f5082f9e84653fa1a9e8aebaaff23e688f5e19; From 5.15.75 · fixed in 5.15.222; From 5.19.17 · fixed in 5.20; From 6.0.3 · fixed in 6.1

  • Linux Linux

    6.1

  • KernelLinux

    fixed in 5.15.222; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.189; From 6.1.0 · fixed in 6.6.158; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.12.112; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.18.54; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 7.2.8

References 7

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