kernel/git/stable/linux.git/net/ipv6/mcast.c, branch linux-7.2.y

ipv6: mcast: Fix potential UAF in MLD delayed work

2026-07-08T12:41:01+00:00

A race condition exists between device teardown and incoming MLD query processing, leading to a Use-After-Free in the MLD delayed work. During device destruction, the primary reference to inet6_dev is dropped, which can drop its refcount to 0. The actual freeing of inet6_dev memory is deferred via RCU. Concurrently, the packet receive path runs under RCU read lock and obtains the inet6_dev pointer. Because the memory is RCU-protected, CPU-0 can safely dereference inet6_dev even if its refcount has hit 0. However, if CPU-0 calls igmp6_event_query() and schedules delayed work, it attempts to acquire a reference using in6_dev_hold(). This increments the refcount from 0 to 1, triggering a "refcount_t: addition on 0" warning. Since the inet6_dev memory is still scheduled to be freed after the RCU grace period, the device is freed while the work is still scheduled. When the work runs, it accesses the freed memory, causing a kernel panic. Fix this by using refcount_inc_not_zero() (via a new helper in6_dev_hold_safe()) to prevent acquiring a reference if the device is already being destroyed. If the refcount is 0, we do not schedule the work. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260705181756.963063-3-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

ipv6: mcast: annotate igmp6 timer expiry race

2026-06-13T00:12:08+00:00

/proc/net/igmp6 walks IPv6 multicast memberships under RCU and reads mca_work.timer.expires to print the remaining multicast timer. The delayed-work timer can be updated concurrently. Annotate the intentional lockless procfs snapshot with READ_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609081113.7613-3-sigefriedhyy@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv6: mcast: annotate data-races around mca_flags

2026-06-13T00:12:07+00:00

/proc/net/igmp6 walks IPv6 multicast memberships under RCU and prints mca_flags without holding idev->mc_lock. The multicast paths update the field while holding idev->mc_lock. Annotate this intentional lockless snapshot with READ_ONCE() and the matching writers with WRITE_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609081113.7613-2-sigefriedhyy@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2026-06-04T22:29:04+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.1-rc7). Silent conflicts: net/wireless/nl80211.c cb9959ab5f99 ("wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency") a384ae969902 ("wifi: cfg80211: move AP HT/VHT/... operation to beacon info") https://lore.kernel.org/aiGJDaHV4UlCexIQ@sirena.org.uk Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/ap.c a342c99cb70d ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: honor BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED") 9bf1b409afc7 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: send tx power constraints before link activation") https://lore.kernel.org/ah2bfedhV45ZxMO8@sirena.org.uk drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c 093305d801fa ("wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: simplify the resume flow if fast resume is not used") e2323929a68a ("wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: add debug print for resume flow if powered off") https://lore.kernel.org/ah2bfedhV45ZxMO8@sirena.org.uk Adjacent changes: drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b38cae85d1c4 ("net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown") ec6c391bcca7 ("net: airoha: Introduce airoha_gdm_dev struct") drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c 8173d22b211f ("net: lan743x: permit VLAN-tagged packets up to configured MTU") e3c6508a46f5 ("net: lan743x: avoid netdev-based logging before netdev registration") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries

2026-06-04T15:50:33+00:00

When processing an MLD query, a pointer to the multicast group address is retrieved when initially parsing the packet. This pointer is later dereferenced without being reloaded despite the fact that the skb header might have been reallocated following the pskb_may_pull() calls, leading to a use-after-free [1]. Fix by copying the multicast group address when the packet is initially parsed. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1512) Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881154b8e90 by task kworker/4:1/118 Workqueue: mld mld_query_work Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120) print_address_description.constprop.0 (mm/kasan/report.c:378) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:482) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) __mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1512) mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1563) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397 kernel/workqueue.c:3478) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245) [...] Freed by task 118: kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:57) kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:78) kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:584) __kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:253 mm/kasan/common.c:285) kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6251 mm/slub.c:6566) pskb_expand_head (net/core/skbuff.c:2335) __pskb_pull_tail (net/core/skbuff.c:2878 (discriminator 4)) __mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1495 (discriminator 1)) mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1563) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397 kernel/workqueue.c:3478) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245) Fixes: 97300b5fdfe2 ("[MCAST] IPv6: Check packet size when process Multicast") Reported-by: Leo Lin Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603101811.612594-1-idosch@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv6: mcast: annotate data-races around mca_users

2026-05-28T00:01:56+00:00

/proc/net/igmp6 walks IPv6 multicast memberships under RCU and prints mca_users without holding idev->mc_lock, while multicast join and leave paths update the field while holding idev->mc_lock. Annotate this intentional lockless snapshot with READ_ONCE() and the matching writers with WRITE_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260524022456.20689-1-sigefriedhyy@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv6: mld: rename mldv2_mrc() and add mldv2_qqi()

2026-05-05T02:09:41+00:00

Rename mldv2_mrc() to mldv2_mrd() as it is used to calculate the Maximum Response Delay from the Maximum Response Code. Introduce a new API mldv2_qqi() to define the existing calculation logic of QQI from QQIC. This also organizes the existing mld_update_qi() API. Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Signed-off-by: Ujjal Roy Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260502131907.987-3-royujjal@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

ipv6: start using dst_dev_rcu()

2025-08-30T02:36:32+00:00

Refactor icmpv6_xrlim_allow() and ip6_dst_hoplimit() so that we acquire rcu_read_lock() a bit longer to be able to use dst_dev_rcu() instead of dst_dev(). __ip6_rt_update_pmtu() and rt6_do_redirect can directly use dst_dev_rcu() in sections already holding rcu_read_lock(). Small changes to use dst_dev_net_rcu() in ip6_default_advmss(), ipv6_sock_ac_join(), ip6_mc_find_dev() and ndisc_send_skb(). Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: David Ahern Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250828195823.3958522-3-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski