[PATCH net 5/7] net/handshake: hand off the pinned file reference to accept_doit

Chuck Lever cel at kernel.org
Mon May 18 11:24:32 PDT 2026


From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever at oracle.com>

handshake_req_next() removes the request from the per-net
pending list and drops hn_lock before handshake_nl_accept_doit()
reads req->hr_sk->sk_socket and dereferences sock->file (once in
FD_PREPARE() and again in get_file()).  In that window a
consumer running tls_handshake_cancel() followed by sockfd_put()
(svc_sock_free) or __fput_sync() (xs_reset_transport) releases
sock->file.  sock_release() then runs sock_orphan(), zeroing
sk_socket, and frees the struct socket.  The accept-side code
either reads NULL through sk_socket or chases freed memory.

The submit-side sock_hold() does not prevent this.  sk_refcnt
protects struct sock, but struct socket and sock->file are
independently refcounted via the file descriptor the consumer
owns.  Pinning sk leaves sock and sock->file unprotected.

Retarget the accept-side dereferences at req->hr_file, which was
pinned at submit time, instead of req->hr_sk->sk_socket->file.
Pinning on its own is not sufficient: a consumer that cancels
between handshake_req_next() returning and accept_doit reaching
FD_PREPARE() takes the !remove_pending() branch in
handshake_req_cancel() and drops hr_file before the accept side
takes its own reference.  Hand off an additional file reference
inside handshake_req_next(), under hn_lock, so the accept side
operates on a reference that no concurrent handshake_req_cancel()
can revoke.  FD_PREPARE() consumes that handed-off reference,
either by transferring it to the new fd in fd_publish() or by
dropping it in the cleanup destructor on error; the explicit
get_file() that previously balanced FD_PREPARE() is therefore
redundant and goes away.

Update handshake_req_cancel_test2 and _test3 to simulate the
FD_PREPARE() consumption with an fput() so the kunit file-count
assertions stay balanced.

Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm at meta.com>
Fixes: 3b3009ea8abb ("net/handshake: Create a NETLINK service for handling handshake requests")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever at oracle.com>
---
 net/handshake/handshake-test.c |  8 ++++++++
 net/handshake/netlink.c        |  7 ++-----
 net/handshake/request.c        | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/handshake/handshake-test.c b/net/handshake/handshake-test.c
index df3948e807a0..9cc7a95f4120 100644
--- a/net/handshake/handshake-test.c
+++ b/net/handshake/handshake-test.c
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ static void handshake_req_cancel_test2(struct kunit *test)
 	/* Pretend to accept this request */
 	next = handshake_req_next(hn, HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_TLSHD);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ(test, req, next);
+	/* Simulate FD_PREPARE() consuming the file reference handed
+	 * off by handshake_req_next(); see handshake_nl_accept_doit().
+	 */
+	fput(filp);
 
 	/* Act */
 	result = handshake_req_cancel(sock->sk);
@@ -417,6 +421,10 @@ static void handshake_req_cancel_test3(struct kunit *test)
 	/* Pretend to accept this request */
 	next = handshake_req_next(hn, HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_TLSHD);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ(test, req, next);
+	/* Simulate FD_PREPARE() consuming the file reference handed
+	 * off by handshake_req_next(); see handshake_nl_accept_doit().
+	 */
+	fput(filp);
 
 	/* Pretend to complete this request */
 	handshake_complete(next, -ETIMEDOUT, NULL);
diff --git a/net/handshake/netlink.c b/net/handshake/netlink.c
index 0d5871f4bd67..086d5439c155 100644
--- a/net/handshake/netlink.c
+++ b/net/handshake/netlink.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ int handshake_nl_accept_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	struct handshake_net *hn = handshake_pernet(net);
 	struct handshake_req *req = NULL;
-	struct socket *sock;
 	int class, err;
 
 	err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -107,15 +106,13 @@ int handshake_nl_accept_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	err = -EAGAIN;
 	req = handshake_req_next(hn, class);
 	if (req) {
-		sock = req->hr_sk->sk_socket;
-
-		FD_PREPARE(fdf, O_CLOEXEC, sock->file);
+		FD_PREPARE(fdf, O_CLOEXEC, req->hr_file);
 		if (fdf.err) {
+			fput(req->hr_file); /* drop ref from handshake_req_next() */
 			err = fdf.err;
 			goto out_complete;
 		}
 
-		get_file(sock->file); /* FD_PREPARE() consumes a reference. */
 		err = req->hr_proto->hp_accept(req, info, fd_prepare_fd(fdf));
 		if (err)
 			goto out_complete; /* Automatic cleanup handles fput */
diff --git a/net/handshake/request.c b/net/handshake/request.c
index b076ae539422..d24b55af1a0a 100644
--- a/net/handshake/request.c
+++ b/net/handshake/request.c
@@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ static bool remove_pending(struct handshake_net *hn, struct handshake_req *req)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * handshake_req_next - Return the next queued handshake request
+ * @hn: per-net handshake state
+ * @class: handler class to match
+ *
+ * On a non-NULL return, the caller owns an extra reference
+ * on @req->hr_file.  FD_PREPARE() consumes it on success; on
+ * the FD_PREPARE() failure path the caller must fput() it.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to a removed handshake_req, or NULL.
+ */
 struct handshake_req *handshake_req_next(struct handshake_net *hn, int class)
 {
 	struct handshake_req *req, *pos;
@@ -189,6 +200,13 @@ struct handshake_req *handshake_req_next(struct handshake_net *hn, int class)
 		if (pos->hr_proto->hp_handler_class != class)
 			continue;
 		__remove_pending_locked(hn, pos);
+		/* Hand off a file reference to the accept side under
+		 * hn_lock.  A concurrent handshake_req_cancel() can drop
+		 * hr_file before accept reaches FD_PREPARE(); this extra
+		 * reference keeps the file alive until FD_PREPARE() takes
+		 * ownership.
+		 */
+		get_file(pos->hr_file);
 		req = pos;
 		break;
 	}

-- 
2.54.0




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