net/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer
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PATCH 1/1 net/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer
smc_rx_splice() allocates one smc_spd_priv per pipe_buffer and stores the pointer in pipe_buffer.private. The pipe_buf_operations for these buffers used .get = generic_pipe_buf_get, which only increments the page reference count when tee(2) duplicates a pipe buffer. The smc_spd_priv pointer itself was not handled, so after tee() both the original and the cloned pipe_buffer share the same smc_spd_priv *.
When both pipes are subsequently released, smc_rx_pipe_buf_release() is called twice against the same object:
1st call: kfree(priv) sock_put(sk) smc_rx_update_cons() [correct] 2nd call: kfree(priv) sock_put(sk) smc_rx_update_cons() [UAF]
KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release(), which then escalates to a NULL-pointer dereference and kernel panic via smc_rx_update_consumer() when it chases the freed priv->smc pointer:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888004a45740 by task smc_splice_tee_/74 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 print_report+0xce/0x650 kasan_report+0xc6/0x100 smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0 free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130 pipe_release+0x142/0x160 __fput+0x1c6/0x490 __x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90 do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 RIP: 0010:smc_rx_update_consumer+0x8d/0x350 Call Trace: <TASK> smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x121/0x2a0 free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130 pipe_release+0x142/0x160 __fput+0x1c6/0x490 __x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90 do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Beyond the memory-safety problem, duplicating an SMC splice buffer is semantically questionable: smc_rx_update_cons() would advance the consumer cursor twice for the same data, corrupting receive-window accounting. A refcount on smc_spd_priv could fix the double-free, but the cursor-accounting issue would still need to be addressed separately.
The .get callback is invoked by both tee(2) and splice_pipe_to_pipe() for partial transfers; both will now return -EFAULT. Users who need to duplicate SMC socket data must use a copy-based read path.
--- net/smc/smc_rx.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
net/smc/smc_rx.c +8 -1
@@ -135,9 +135,16 @@ static void smc_rx_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,sock_put (sk); } +static bool smc_rx_pipe_buf_get (struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, +struct pipe_buffer *buf) +{ +/* smc_spd_priv in buf->private is not shareable; disallow cloning. */ +return false; +} +static const struct pipe_buf_operations smc_pipe_ops = { .release = smc_rx_pipe_buf_release, - .get = generic_pipe_buf_get + .get = smc_rx_pipe_buf_get, }; static void smc_rx_spd_release(struct splice_pipe_desc *spd,
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This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>:
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This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>:
Quoted 8 lines · On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:48:47 +0800 you wrote:
smc_rx_splice()allocates onesmc_spd_privperpipe_bufferand stores the pointer in pipe_buffer.private. Thepipe_buf_operationsfor these buffers used .get =generic_pipe_buf_get, which only increments the page reference count when tee(2) duplicates a pipe buffer. Thesmc_spd_privpointer itself was not handled, so aftertee()both the original and the clonedpipe_buffershare the samesmc_spd_priv*.[...]
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- [net] net/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/24dd586bb4cb
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