FAILED: patch "[PATCH] sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
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maintainerThe patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f8d5e7846025f4ab15a461235f8ebae9094a361a
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026072933-repent-chapped-0492@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'
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thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From f8d5e7846025f4ab15a461235f8ebae9094a361a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhiling Zou <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:50:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown
proc_sctp_do_auth() updates the SCTP control socket after changing net.sctp.auth_enable. The handler gets the per-net SCTP state from ctl->data, so an already opened sysctl file can still target a network namespace while that namespace is being torn down.
SCTP previously registered its per-net sysctls from sctp_defaults_init(), while the control socket is created later from sctp_ctrlsock_init(). This exposed a window during initialization where auth_enable was writable before net->sctp.ctl_sock existed, and a teardown window where auth_enable stayed writable after inet_ctl_sock_destroy() had released the control socket.
Move the per-net SCTP sysctl registration into sctp_ctrlsock_init() after sctp_ctl_sock_init() succeeds, and unregister the sysctl table before destroying the control socket in sctp_ctrlsock_exit(). If sysctl registration fails after the control socket was created, destroy the control socket in the same init path.
Make sctp_sysctl_net_unregister() tolerate a missing header and clear the saved pointer so init-error and exit paths can safely share the unregister helper.
net/sctp/protocol.c +12 -8
@@ -1383,10 +1383,6 @@ static int __net_init sctp_defaults_init(struct net *net) net->sctp.l3mdev_accept =1 ;#endif - status =sctp_sysctl_net_register (net); -if (status) - goto err_sysctl_register; -/* Allocate and initialise sctp mibs. */ status =init_sctp_mibs (net);if (status)
@@ -1420,8 +1416,6 @@ static int __net_init sctp_defaults_init(struct net *net)cleanup_sctp_mibs (net);#endif err_init_mibs: -sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (net); -err_sysctl_register:return status; }
@@ -1436,7 +1430,6 @@ static void __net_exit sctp_defaults_exit(struct net *net) net->sctp.proc_net_sctp =NULL ;#endif cleanup_sctp_mibs (net); -sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (net); }static struct pernet_operations sctp_defaults_ops = {
@@ -1450,16 +1443,27 @@ static int __net_init sctp_ctrlsock_init(struct net *net)/* Initialize the control inode/socket for handling OOTB packets. */ status =sctp_ctl_sock_init (net); -if (status) +if (status) {pr_err ("Failed to initialize the SCTP control sock\n" ); +return status; + } + + status =sctp_sysctl_net_register (net); +if (status) { +inet_ctl_sock_destroy (net->sctp.ctl_sock); + net->sctp.ctl_sock =NULL ; + }return status; } static void __net_exit sctp_ctrlsock_exit(struct net *net) { +sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (net); +/* Free the control endpoint. */ inet_ctl_sock_destroy (net->sctp.ctl_sock); + net->sctp.ctl_sock =NULL ; }static struct pernet_operations sctp_ctrlsock_ops = {
net/sctp/sysctl.c +7 -2
@@ -615,11 +615,16 @@ int sctp_sysctl_net_register(struct net *net)void sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (struct net *net) { +struct ctl_table_header *header = net->sctp.sysctl_header;const struct ctl_table *table; - table = net->sctp.sysctl_header->ctl_table_arg; -unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->sctp.sysctl_header); +if (!header) +return ; + + table = header->ctl_table_arg; +unregister_net_sysctl_table (header);kfree (table); + net->sctp.sysctl_header =NULL ; }static struct ctl_table_header *sctp_sysctl_header;
Sasha Levin
maintainerPATCH 1/2 sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table_header::ctl_table_arg
From: Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]>
[ Upstream commit bfa858f220ab8c950dd3e1310fee61950d0ecdae ]
To be able to constify instances of struct ctl_tables it is necessary to remove ways through which non-const versions are exposed from the sysctl core.
One of these is the ctl_table_arg member of struct ctl_table_header.
Constify this reference as a prerequisite for the full constification of struct ctl_table instances.
No functional change.
Stable-dep-of: f8d5e7846025 ("sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown")
--- drivers/net/vrf.c | 2 +- include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +- ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 2 +- ipc/mq_sysctl.c | 2 +- kernel/ucount.c | 2 +- net/ax25/sysctl_net_ax25.c | 2 +- net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c | 2 +- net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 2 +- net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/route.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/reassembly.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c | 6 +++--- net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c | 2 +- net/mpls/af_mpls.c | 4 ++-- net/mptcp/ctrl.c | 2 +- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c | 2 +- net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 2 +- net/sctp/sysctl.c | 2 +- net/smc/smc_sysctl.c | 2 +- net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.c | 2 +- net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c | 2 +- 27 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
drivers/net/vrf.c +1 -1
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ static int vrf_netns_init_sysctl(struct net *net, struct netns_vrf *nn_vrf)static void vrf_netns_exit_sysctl (struct net *net) {struct netns_vrf *nn_vrf =net_generic (net, vrf_net_id); -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = nn_vrf->ctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (nn_vrf->ctl_hdr);
include/linux/sysctl.h +1 -1
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ struct ctl_table_header {struct rcu_head rcu; };struct completion *unregistering; -struct ctl_table *ctl_table_arg; +const struct ctl_table *ctl_table_arg;struct ctl_table_root *root;struct ctl_table_set *set;struct ctl_dir *parent;
ipc/ipc_sysctl.c +1 -1
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ bool setup_ipc_sysctls(struct ipc_namespace *ns)void retire_ipc_sysctls (struct ipc_namespace *ns) { -struct ctl_table *tbl; +const struct ctl_table *tbl; tbl = ns->ipc_sysctls->ctl_table_arg;unregister_sysctl_table (ns->ipc_sysctls);
ipc/mq_sysctl.c +1 -1
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ bool setup_mq_sysctls(struct ipc_namespace *ns)void retire_mq_sysctls (struct ipc_namespace *ns) { -struct ctl_table *tbl; +const struct ctl_table *tbl; tbl = ns->mq_sysctls->ctl_table_arg;unregister_sysctl_table (ns->mq_sysctls);
kernel/ucount.c +1 -1
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ bool setup_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns)void retire_userns_sysctls (struct user_namespace *ns) {#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL -struct ctl_table *tbl; +const struct ctl_table *tbl; tbl = ns->sysctls->ctl_table_arg;unregister_sysctl_table (ns->sysctls);
net/ax25/sysctl_net_ax25.c +1 -1
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int ax25_register_dev_sysctl(ax25_dev *ax25_dev)void ax25_unregister_dev_sysctl (ax25_dev *ax25_dev) {struct ctl_table_header *header = ax25_dev->sysheader; -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;if (header) { ax25_dev->sysheader =NULL ;
net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c +1 -1
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ static int br_netfilter_sysctl_init_net(struct net *net)static void br_netfilter_sysctl_exit_net (struct net *net,struct brnf_net *brnet) { -struct ctl_table *table = brnet->ctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg; +const struct ctl_table *table = brnet->ctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (brnet->ctl_hdr);if (!net_eq (net, &init_net))
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c +1 -1
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static __net_init int sysctl_core_net_init(struct net *net) static __net_exit void sysctl_core_net_exit(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *tbl; +const struct ctl_table *tbl; tbl = net->core.sysctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->core.sysctl_hdr);
net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c +1 -1
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int __net_init lowpan_frags_ns_sysctl_register(struct net *net) static void __net_exit lowpan_frags_ns_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;struct netns_ieee802154_lowpan *ieee802154_lowpan =net_ieee802154_lowpan (net);
net/ipv4/devinet.c +1 -1
@@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ static __net_init int devinet_init_net(struct net *net) static __net_exit void devinet_exit_net(struct net *net) {#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL -struct ctl_table *tbl; +const struct ctl_table *tbl; tbl = net->ipv4.forw_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->ipv4.forw_hdr);
net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c +1 -1
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static int __net_init ip4_frags_ns_ctl_register(struct net *net) static void __net_exit ip4_frags_ns_ctl_unregister(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->ipv4.frags_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->ipv4.frags_hdr);
net/ipv4/route.c +1 -1
@@ -3623,7 +3623,7 @@ static __net_init int sysctl_route_net_init(struct net *net) static __net_exit void sysctl_route_net_exit(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *tbl; +const struct ctl_table *tbl; tbl = net->ipv4.route_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->ipv4.route_hdr);
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +1 -1
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ static __net_init int ipv4_sysctl_init_net(struct net *net) static __net_exit void ipv4_sysctl_exit_net(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->ipv4.ipv4_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->ipv4.ipv4_hdr);
net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c +1 -1
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static __net_init int xfrm4_net_sysctl_init(struct net *net) static __net_exit void xfrm4_net_sysctl_exit(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;if (!net->ipv4.xfrm4_hdr)return ;
net/ipv6/addrconf.c +1 -1
@@ -7251,7 +7251,7 @@ static int __addrconf_sysctl_register(struct net *net, char *dev_name,static void __addrconf_sysctl_unregister (struct net *net,struct ipv6_devconf *p,int ifindex) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;if (!p->sysctl_header)return ;
net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c +1 -1
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int nf_ct_frag6_sysctl_register(struct net *net) static void __net_exit nf_ct_frags6_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net) {struct nft_ct_frag6_pernet *nf_frag =nf_frag_pernet (net); -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = nf_frag->nf_frag_frags_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (nf_frag->nf_frag_frags_hdr);
net/ipv6/reassembly.c +1 -1
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int __net_init ip6_frags_ns_sysctl_register(struct net *net) static void __net_exit ip6_frags_ns_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->ipv6.sysctl.frags_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->ipv6.sysctl.frags_hdr);
net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c +3 -3
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ static int __net_init ipv6_sysctl_net_init(struct net *net) static void __net_exit ipv6_sysctl_net_exit(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *ipv6_table; -struct ctl_table *ipv6_route_table; -struct ctl_table *ipv6_icmp_table; +const struct ctl_table *ipv6_table; +const struct ctl_table *ipv6_route_table; +const struct ctl_table *ipv6_icmp_table; ipv6_table = net->ipv6.sysctl.hdr->ctl_table_arg; ipv6_route_table = net->ipv6.sysctl.route_hdr->ctl_table_arg;
net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c +1 -1
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int __net_init xfrm6_net_sysctl_init(struct net *net) static void __net_exit xfrm6_net_sysctl_exit(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;if (!net->ipv6.sysctl.xfrm6_hdr)return ;
net/mpls/af_mpls.c +2 -2
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ static void mpls_dev_sysctl_unregister(struct net_device *dev, struct mpls_dev *mdev) {struct net *net =dev_net (dev); -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;if (!mdev->sysctl)return ;
@@ -2691,7 +2691,7 @@ static void mpls_net_exit(struct net *net) {struct mpls_route __rcu **platform_label;size_t platform_labels; -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table;unsigned int index; table = net->mpls.ctl->ctl_table_arg;
net/mptcp/ctrl.c +1 -1
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int mptcp_pernet_new_table(struct net *net, struct mptcp_pernet *pernet)static void mptcp_pernet_del_table (struct mptcp_pernet *pernet) { -struct ctl_table *table = pernet->ctl_table_hdr->ctl_table_arg; +const struct ctl_table *table = pernet->ctl_table_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (pernet->ctl_table_hdr);
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c +1 -1
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static int nf_conntrack_standalone_init_sysctl(struct net *net)static void nf_conntrack_standalone_fini_sysctl (struct net *net) {struct nf_conntrack_net *cnet =nf_ct_pernet (net); -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = cnet->sysctl_header->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (cnet->sysctl_header);
net/netfilter/nf_log.c +1 -1
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int netfilter_log_sysctl_init(struct net *net)static void netfilter_log_sysctl_exit (struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->nf.nf_log_dir_header->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->nf.nf_log_dir_header);
net/sctp/sysctl.c +1 -1
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ int sctp_sysctl_net_register(struct net *net)void sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->sctp.sysctl_header->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->sctp.sysctl_header);
net/smc/smc_sysctl.c +1 -1
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int __net_init smc_sysctl_net_init(struct net *net) void __net_exit smc_sysctl_net_exit(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->smc.smc_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->smc.smc_hdr);
net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.c +1 -1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int __net_init unix_sysctl_register(struct net *net)void unix_sysctl_unregister (struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->unx.ctl->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->unx.ctl);
net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c +1 -1
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int __net_init xfrm_sysctl_init(struct net *net) void __net_exit xfrm_sysctl_fini(struct net *net) { -struct ctl_table *table; +const struct ctl_table *table; table = net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr);
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Sasha Levin
maintainerPATCH 2/2 sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown
From: Zhiling Zou <[email protected]>
[ Upstream commit f8d5e7846025f4ab15a461235f8ebae9094a361a ]
proc_sctp_do_auth() updates the SCTP control socket after changing net.sctp.auth_enable. The handler gets the per-net SCTP state from ctl->data, so an already opened sysctl file can still target a network namespace while that namespace is being torn down.
SCTP previously registered its per-net sysctls from sctp_defaults_init(), while the control socket is created later from sctp_ctrlsock_init(). This exposed a window during initialization where auth_enable was writable before net->sctp.ctl_sock existed, and a teardown window where auth_enable stayed writable after inet_ctl_sock_destroy() had released the control socket.
Move the per-net SCTP sysctl registration into sctp_ctrlsock_init() after sctp_ctl_sock_init() succeeds, and unregister the sysctl table before destroying the control socket in sctp_ctrlsock_exit(). If sysctl registration fails after the control socket was created, destroy the control socket in the same init path.
Make sctp_sysctl_net_unregister() tolerate a missing header and clear the saved pointer so init-error and exit paths can safely share the unregister helper.
--- net/sctp/protocol.c | 20 ++++++++++++-------- net/sctp/sysctl.c | 9 +++++++-- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
net/sctp/protocol.c +12 -8
@@ -1394,10 +1394,6 @@ static int __net_init sctp_defaults_init(struct net *net) net->sctp.l3mdev_accept =1 ;#endif - status =sctp_sysctl_net_register (net); -if (status) - goto err_sysctl_register; -/* Allocate and initialise sctp mibs. */ status =init_sctp_mibs (net);if (status)
@@ -1431,8 +1427,6 @@ static int __net_init sctp_defaults_init(struct net *net)cleanup_sctp_mibs (net);#endif err_init_mibs: -sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (net); -err_sysctl_register:return status; }
@@ -1447,7 +1441,6 @@ static void __net_exit sctp_defaults_exit(struct net *net) net->sctp.proc_net_sctp =NULL ;#endif cleanup_sctp_mibs (net); -sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (net); }static struct pernet_operations sctp_defaults_ops = {
@@ -1461,16 +1454,27 @@ static int __net_init sctp_ctrlsock_init(struct net *net)/* Initialize the control inode/socket for handling OOTB packets. */ status =sctp_ctl_sock_init (net); -if (status) +if (status) {pr_err ("Failed to initialize the SCTP control sock\n" ); +return status; + } + + status =sctp_sysctl_net_register (net); +if (status) { +inet_ctl_sock_destroy (net->sctp.ctl_sock); + net->sctp.ctl_sock =NULL ; + }return status; } static void __net_exit sctp_ctrlsock_exit(struct net *net) { +sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (net); +/* Free the control endpoint. */ inet_ctl_sock_destroy (net->sctp.ctl_sock); + net->sctp.ctl_sock =NULL ; }static struct pernet_operations sctp_ctrlsock_ops = {
net/sctp/sysctl.c +7 -2
@@ -630,11 +630,16 @@ int sctp_sysctl_net_register(struct net *net)void sctp_sysctl_net_unregister (struct net *net) { +struct ctl_table_header *header = net->sctp.sysctl_header;const struct ctl_table *table; - table = net->sctp.sysctl_header->ctl_table_arg; -unregister_net_sysctl_table (net->sctp.sysctl_header); +if (!header) +return ; + + table = header->ctl_table_arg; +unregister_net_sysctl_table (header);kfree (table); + net->sctp.sysctl_header =NULL ; }static struct ctl_table_header *sctp_sysctl_header;
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