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net: tipc: fix refcount warning in tipc_aead_encrypt

syzbot reported a refcount warning [1] caused by calling get_net() on
a network namespace that is being destroyed (refcount=0). This happens
when a TIPC discovery timer fires during network namespace cleanup.

The recently added get_net() call in commit e279024617134 ("net/tipc:
fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done") attempts to
hold a reference to the network namespace. However, if the namespace
is already being destroyed, its refcount might be zero, leading to the
use-after-free warning.

Replace get_net() with maybe_get_net(), which safely checks if the
refcount is non-zero before incrementing it. If the namespace is being
destroyed, return -ENODEV early, after releasing the bearer reference.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68342b55.a70a0220.253bc2.0091.GAE@google.com/T/#m12019cf9ae77e1954f666914640efa36d52704a2

Reported-by: syzbot+f0c4a4aba757549ae26c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68342b55.a70a0220.253bc2.0091.GAE@google.com/T/#m12019cf9ae77e1954f666914640efa36d52704a2
Fixes: e27902461713 ("net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done")
Signed-off-by: Charalampos Mitrodimas <charmitro@posteo.net>
Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250527-net-tipc-warning-v2-1-df3dc398a047@posteo.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

authored by

Charalampos Mitrodimas and committed by
Paolo Abeni
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net/tipc/crypto.c
··· 818 818 } 819 819 820 820 /* Get net to avoid freed tipc_crypto when delete namespace */ 821 - get_net(aead->crypto->net); 821 + if (!maybe_get_net(aead->crypto->net)) { 822 + tipc_bearer_put(b); 823 + rc = -ENODEV; 824 + goto exit; 825 + } 822 826 823 827 /* Now, do encrypt */ 824 828 rc = crypto_aead_encrypt(req);