[PATCH net] llc: stop connection timers before dropping sap ref on release
From: Miguel García Román
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 03:49:42 EST
syzbot reported a KASAN slab-use-after-free in
llc_conn_ac_send_sabme_cmd_p_set_x() when a connection timer fires
after the associated llc_sap has already been freed via RCU.
llc_ui_release() currently does:
llc_sap_hold(sap);
llc_sap_remove_socket(...); /* may drop last socket's sap ref */
release_sock(sk);
llc_sap_put(sap); /* last ref -> llc_sap_close -> kfree_rcu */
...
llc_sk_free(sk); /* timer_delete_sync() only here */
Connection timers (ack / P / REJ / busy) are embedded in llc_sock and
their callbacks run llc_process_tmr_ev() -> state machine actions that
dereference llc->sap (e.g. sap->laddr.lsap). Those timers are only
synchronously cancelled in llc_sk_free(), which runs *after* the sap
reference is dropped. If this was the last socket on the sap, the sap
can be RCU-freed while a timer is still pending or running, and the
softirq timer path UAFs the freed sap.
llc_ui_release() already keeps an extra sap reference across
release_sock() so backlog processing can still use the sap. Extend that
window: after release_sock(), synchronously stop all connection timers
while the sap is still held, then drop the sap reference.
timer_delete_sync() must not run under lock_sock() (timer callbacks take
bh_lock_sock()), so stopping after release_sock() is required.
llc_sk_free() still stops timers again; a second sync delete is
harmless.
Fixes: f7e43672683b ("llc: hold llc_sap before release_sock()")
Reported-by: syzbot+44efda9647c52be29d9c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=44efda9647c52be29d9c
Signed-off-by: Miguel García Román <miguelgarciaroman8@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/llc/af_llc.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index b0447c33d..4fc397fad 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ static int llc_ui_release(struct socket *sock)
llc_sap_hold(sap);
llc_sap_remove_socket(llc->sap, sk);
release_sock(sk);
+ /*
+ * Timers dereference llc->sap. Cancel them while the sap is
+ * still held; llc_sk_free() runs after the final sap put and
+ * would otherwise race with kfree_rcu(sap). Must run after
+ * release_sock() to avoid deadlock with bh_lock_sock() in the
+ * timer callbacks.
+ */
+ llc_sk_stop_all_timers(sk, true);
llc_sap_put(sap);
} else {
release_sock(sk);
--
2.43.0