esp_ssg_unref() releases the page references held on the source scatterlist after the AEAD operation completes. It calls skb_page_unref() on every frag page for an out-of-place transform (req->src != req->dst), and in the error path of esp_output_tail() (already_unref == true) on the request's own scatterlist. This is wrong when the skb carries managed frags (SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS). Managed frags are owned by a zerocopy ubuf and the skb does not hold a per-frag page reference; io_uring SEND_ZC with a registered buffer attaches the bvec pages this way via io_sg_from_iter(). The rest of the stack honours this invariant: skb_release_data() skips the per-frag unref when SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS is set, and skb_zcopy_managed() is the guard used at the other unref sites. esp_ssg_unref() is missing that guard, so for a managed-frag skb it drops a page reference the skb never acquired. This can underflow the page reference count and free a page that is still in use. Guard the function with skb_zcopy_managed() so both unref paths are skipped for managed-frag skbs, matching skb_release_data(). Fixes: cac2661c53f3 ("esp4: Avoid skb_cow_data whenever possible") Fixes: 03e2a30f6a27 ("esp6: Avoid skb_cow_data whenever possible") Signed-off-by: Maher Azzouzi --- net/ipv4/esp4.c | 7 +++++++ net/ipv6/esp6.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c index dfc81ee..fa1710e 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb, struct aead_request *req; struct scatterlist *sg; + /* Managed frags are owned by the zerocopy ubuf; the skb holds no + * per-frag page reference, so we must not drop one here. Mirrors + * the SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS handling in skb_release_data(). + */ + if (skb_zcopy_managed(skb)) + return; + if (x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN) extralen += sizeof(struct esp_output_extra); diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c index 296b579..7d216b9 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c +++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c @@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static void esp_ssg_unref(struct xfrm_state *x, void *tmp, struct sk_buff *skb, struct aead_request *req; struct scatterlist *sg; + /* Managed frags are owned by the zerocopy ubuf; the skb holds no + * per-frag page reference, so we must not drop one here. Mirrors + * the SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS handling in skb_release_data(). + */ + if (skb_zcopy_managed(skb)) + return; + if (x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN) extralen += sizeof(struct esp_output_extra); -- 2.34.1