Charalampos Mitrodimas f29ccaa07c net: tipc: fix refcount warning in tipc_aead_encrypt
syzbot reported a refcount warning [1] caused by calling get_net() on
a network namespace that is being destroyed (refcount=0). This happens
when a TIPC discovery timer fires during network namespace cleanup.

The recently added get_net() call in commit e279024617 ("net/tipc:
fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done") attempts to
hold a reference to the network namespace. However, if the namespace
is already being destroyed, its refcount might be zero, leading to the
use-after-free warning.

Replace get_net() with maybe_get_net(), which safely checks if the
refcount is non-zero before incrementing it. If the namespace is being
destroyed, return -ENODEV early, after releasing the bearer reference.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68342b55.a70a0220.253bc2.0091.GAE@google.com/T/#m12019cf9ae77e1954f666914640efa36d52704a2

Reported-by: syzbot+f0c4a4aba757549ae26c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68342b55.a70a0220.253bc2.0091.GAE@google.com/T/#m12019cf9ae77e1954f666914640efa36d52704a2
Fixes: e279024617 ("net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done")
Signed-off-by: Charalampos Mitrodimas <charmitro@posteo.net>
Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250527-net-tipc-warning-v2-1-df3dc398a047@posteo.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-05-29 12:07:26 +02:00

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