On the out-of-place output path (esp->inplace == false) ESP rewrites the skb frag array: esp_output_head() appends a trailer frag and esp_output_tail() replaces the frags with a destination page, both referenced with get_page(). When the skb carries zerocopy managed frags (SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS) the payload frags are owned by the ubuf and must not be referenced or unreferenced individually, but ESP mutates the frag array without ever downgrading the skb. This breaks the managed-frag invariant two ways: - esp_ssg_unref() walks the source scatterlist and drops a page reference for every frag, including the ubuf-owned payload frags, pushing their refcount below the GUP pin bias while the pages are still pinned, i.e. a use-after-free of the zerocopy pages; - esp_output_tail() installs its destination page as frag 0 with get_page() but leaves SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS set, so skb_release_data() takes the skip_unref branch and never drops that reference, leaking the x->xfrag page at packet rate. Fix this the way every other frag-mutating site does (__ip_append_data(), __ip6_append_data(), tcp_sendmsg_locked()) and call skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed() before ESP touches the frag array: it takes a real reference on each existing frag and clears SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS, so the per-frag unref in esp_ssg_unref() and the frag release in skb_release_data() are both balanced and no mixed-ownership frag array is left behind. Fixes: 753f1ca4e1e5 ("net: introduce managed frags infrastructure") Signed-off-by: Maher Azzouzi --- Changes in v2: - Use skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed() before ESP mutates the frag array, instead of the early return in esp_ssg_unref(). As pointed out in review, that early return also suppressed release of the ESP-owned trailer and destination page references (a leak); downgrading the skb the way __ip_append_data() does fixes both the underflow and the leak. - Fix the Fixes: tag - the bug needs managed frags (753f1ca4e1e5), not the 2017 skb_cow_data avoidance commits. v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260712170530.9807-1-maherazz04@gmail.com/ net/ipv4/esp4.c | 6 ++++++ net/ipv6/esp6.c | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c index dfc81ee..faa48f5 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c @@ -441,6 +441,12 @@ int esp_output_head(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info * esp->inplace = false; + /* Take real page refs and clear SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS before + * we mutate the frag array, so the per-frag unref stays balanced + * for zerocopy managed frags (see __ip_append_data()). + */ + skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed(skb); + allocsize = ALIGN(tailen, L1_CACHE_BYTES); spin_lock_bh(&x->lock); diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c index 296b579..a3a3857 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c +++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c @@ -470,6 +470,12 @@ int esp6_output_head(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info esp->inplace = false; + /* Take real page refs and clear SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS before + * we mutate the frag array, so the per-frag unref stays balanced + * for zerocopy managed frags (see __ip_append_data()). + */ + skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed(skb); + allocsize = ALIGN(tailen, L1_CACHE_BYTES); spin_lock_bh(&x->lock); -- 2.34.1