Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Alessandro Schino <> | | Subject | [PATCH ipsec] esp: fix page frag reference leak on skb_to_sgvec failure | | Date | Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:45:25 +0200 |
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In esp_output_tail(), when esp->inplace is false, the old skb page frags are replaced with a new page from the xfrm page_frag cache. The source scatterlist (sg) is built from the old frags before the replacement, and esp_ssg_unref() is responsible for releasing the old page references after the crypto operation completes.
However, if the second skb_to_sgvec() call (which builds the destination scatterlist from the new page) fails, the code jumps to error_free which only calls kfree(tmp). The old page frag references captured in the source scatterlist are never released:
1. sg[] is built from old frags via skb_to_sgvec() (no extra get_page) 2. nr_frags is set to 1 and frag[0] is replaced with the new page 3. Second skb_to_sgvec() fails -> goto error_free
Fix this by adding a bool parameter to esp_ssg_unref() that, when true, unconditionally unrefs the source scatterlist frags. Since req->src is not yet initialized by aead_request_set_crypt() at the point of the error, the source scatterlist is obtained directly via esp_req_sg(). Existing callers pass false to preserve the original behavior.
The same issue exists in both esp4 and esp6 as the code is identical.
Fixes: cac2661c53f3 ("esp4: Avoid skb_cow_data whenever possible") Fixes: 03e2a30f6a27 ("esp6: Avoid skb_cow_data whenever possible") Signed-off-by: Alessandro Schino <7991aleschino@gmail.com> --- net/ipv4/esp4.c | 14 ++++++++------ net/ipv6/esp6.c | 14 ++++++++------ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c index 513c8215c947..2429c7845984 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static inline struct scatterlist *esp_req_sg(struct crypto_aead *aead, __alignof__(struct scatterlist)); } -static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb) +static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb, bool already_unref) { struct crypto_aead *aead = x->data; int extralen = 0; @@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb) /* Unref skb_frag_pages in the src scatterlist if necessary. * Skip the first sg which comes from skb->data. */ - if (req->src != req->dst) - for (sg = sg_next(req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) + if (already_unref || req->src != req->dst) + for (sg = sg_next(already_unref ? esp_req_sg(aead, req) : req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) skb_page_unref(page_to_netmem(sg_page(sg)), skb->pp_recycle); } @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void esp_output_done(void *data, int err) } tmp = ESP_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp; - esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb); + esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false); kfree(tmp); if (xo && (xo->flags & XFRM_DEV_RESUME)) { @@ -569,8 +569,10 @@ int esp_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info * err = skb_to_sgvec(skb, dsg, (unsigned char *)esph - skb->data, assoclen + ivlen + esp->clen + alen); - if (unlikely(err < 0)) + if (unlikely(err < 0)) { + esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, true); goto error_free; + } } if ((x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN)) @@ -602,7 +604,7 @@ int esp_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info * } if (sg != dsg) - esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb); + esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false); if (!err && x->encap && x->encap->encap_type == TCP_ENCAP_ESPINTCP) err = esp_output_tail_tcp(x, skb); diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c index 57481e423e59..50af6ab9b8fc 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c +++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline struct scatterlist *esp_req_sg(struct crypto_aead *aead, __alignof__(struct scatterlist)); } -static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb) +static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb, bool already_unref) { struct crypto_aead *aead = x->data; int extralen = 0; @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb) /* Unref skb_frag_pages in the src scatterlist if necessary. * Skip the first sg which comes from skb->data. */ - if (req->src != req->dst) - for (sg = sg_next(req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) + if (already_unref || req->src != req->dst) + for (sg = sg_next(already_unref ? esp_req_sg(aead, req) : req->src); sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) skb_page_unref(page_to_netmem(sg_page(sg)), skb->pp_recycle); } @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void esp_output_done(void *data, int err) } tmp = ESP_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp; - esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb); + esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false); kfree(tmp); esp_output_encap_csum(skb); @@ -600,8 +600,10 @@ int esp6_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info err = skb_to_sgvec(skb, dsg, (unsigned char *)esph - skb->data, assoclen + ivlen + esp->clen + alen); - if (unlikely(err < 0)) + if (unlikely(err < 0)) { + esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, true); goto error_free; + } } if ((x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN)) @@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ int esp6_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info } if (sg != dsg) - esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb); + esp_ssg_unref(x, tmp, skb, false); if (!err && x->encap && x->encap->encap_type == TCP_ENCAP_ESPINTCP) err = esp_output_tail_tcp(x, skb); -- 2.41.0.windows.3
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