wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF

mesh_fast_tx_cache() stores raw mesh_path pointers. Path deletion
flushes the cache and then frees the path with kfree_rcu(), but a
lookup that already holds the path can insert a new cache entry
after the flush. The cache then points at freed memory.

Set MESH_PATH_DELETED before flushing, and skip inserting a cache
entry if the path or MPP path is already deleted. Check this under
the cache walk lock so it is ordered with the flush. Use WRITE_ONCE()
for the deletion flag updates because the cache check reads flags
without taking state_lock.

Fixes: d5edb9ae8d ("wifi: mac80211: mesh fast xmit support")
Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: Vega <[email protected]>
Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Luxing Yin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Luxing Yin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Zihan Xi <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1daa7a98199fe6965c2da7c42717073a6fd39a0b.1789615568.git.zihanx@nebusec.ai
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
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Zihan Xi authored and Johannes Berg committed 2026-09-21 16:30:25 +02:00
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@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ void mesh_fast_tx_cache(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
goto unlock_sta;
spin_lock(&cache->walk_lock);
if ((READ_ONCE(mpath->flags) & MESH_PATH_DELETED) ||
(mppath && (READ_ONCE(mppath->flags) & MESH_PATH_DELETED))) {
kfree(entry);
goto unlock_cache;
}
prev = rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast(&cache->rht,
&entry->rhash,
fast_tx_rht_params);
@@ -808,7 +814,8 @@ static void mesh_path_free_rcu(struct mesh_table *tbl,
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = mpath->sdata;
spin_lock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
mpath->flags |= MESH_PATH_RESOLVING | MESH_PATH_DELETED;
WRITE_ONCE(mpath->flags,
mpath->flags | MESH_PATH_RESOLVING | MESH_PATH_DELETED);
mesh_gate_del(tbl, mpath);
spin_unlock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
timer_shutdown_sync(&mpath->timer);
@@ -822,6 +829,9 @@ static void __mesh_path_del(struct mesh_table *tbl, struct mesh_path *mpath)
{
hlist_del_rcu(&mpath->walk_list);
rhashtable_remove_fast(&tbl->rhead, &mpath->rhash, mesh_rht_params);
spin_lock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
WRITE_ONCE(mpath->flags, mpath->flags | MESH_PATH_DELETED);
spin_unlock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
if (tbl == &mpath->sdata->u.mesh.mpp_paths)
mesh_fast_tx_flush_addr(mpath->sdata, mpath->dst);
else