[SRU][J/N/Q][PATCH 1/1] net/tls: fix use-after-free in -EBUSY error path of tls_do_encryption

[Tim Whisonant]

From: Muhammad Alifa Ramdhan <ramdhan at starlabs.sg>

The -EBUSY handling in tls_do_encryption(), introduced by commit
859054147318 ("net: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests"), has
a use-after-free due to double cleanup of encrypt_pending and the
scatterlist entry.

When crypto_aead_encrypt() returns -EBUSY, the request is enqueued to
the cryptd backlog and the async callback tls_encrypt_done() will be
invoked upon completion. That callback unconditionally restores the
scatterlist entry (sge->offset, sge->length) and decrements
ctx->encrypt_pending. However, if tls_encrypt_async_wait() returns an
error, the synchronous error path in tls_do_encryption() performs the
same cleanup again, double-decrementing encrypt_pending and
double-restoring the scatterlist.

The double-decrement corrupts the encrypt_pending sentinel (initialized
to 1), making tls_encrypt_async_wait() permanently skip the wait for
pending async callbacks. A subsequent sendmsg can then free the
tls_rec via bpf_exec_tx_verdict() while a cryptd callback is still
pending, resulting in a use-after-free when the callback fires on the
freed record.

Fix this by skipping the synchronous cleanup when the -EBUSY async
wait returns an error, since the callback has already handled
encrypt_pending and sge restoration.

Fixes: 859054147318 ("net: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Alifa Ramdhan <ramdhan at starlabs.sg>
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd at queasysnail.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260403013617.2838875-1-ramdhan@starlabs.sg
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni at redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit a9b8b18364fffce4c451e6f6fd218fa4ab646705)
CVE-2026-31533
Signed-off-by: Tim Whisonant <tim.whisonant at canonical.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index d5986bb636824..c482307e0677d 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -573,6 +573,16 @@ static int tls_do_encryption(struct sock *sk,
 	if (rc == -EBUSY) {
 		rc = tls_encrypt_async_wait(ctx);
 		rc = rc ?: -EINPROGRESS;
+		/*
+		 * The async callback tls_encrypt_done() has already
+		 * decremented encrypt_pending and restored the sge on
+		 * both success and error. Skip the synchronous cleanup
+		 * below on error, just remove the record and return.
+		 */
+		if (rc != -EINPROGRESS) {
+			list_del(&rec->list);
+			return rc;
+		}
 	}
 	if (!rc || rc != -EINPROGRESS) {
 		atomic_dec(&ctx->encrypt_pending);
-- 
2.43.0