tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()

[ Upstream commit 6a65c0cb0f ]

tipc_aead_users_dec() calls rcu_dereference(aead) twice: once to store
in 'tmp' for the NULL check, and again inside the atomic_add_unless()
call.

Use the already-dereferenced 'tmp' pointer consistently, matching the
correct pattern used in tipc_aead_users_inc() and tipc_aead_users_set().

Fixes: fc1b6d6de2 ("tipc: introduce TIPC encryption & authentication")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <hodgesd@meta.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203145621.17399-1-git@danielhodges.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Daniel Hodges
2026-03-04 07:21:15 -05:00
committed by Sasha Levin
parent 8e875cf885
commit 7a4fd19c56
+1 -1
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@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static void tipc_aead_users_dec(struct tipc_aead __rcu *aead, int lim)
rcu_read_lock();
tmp = rcu_dereference(aead);
if (tmp)
atomic_add_unless(&rcu_dereference(aead)->users, -1, lim);
atomic_add_unless(&tmp->users, -1, lim);
rcu_read_unlock();
}