Subject: [PATCH net] net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:15:59 -0700

When tls_set_device_offload_rx() fails at tls_dev_add(), the error path
calls tls_sw_free_resources_rx() to clean up the SW context that was
initialized by tls_set_sw_offload(). This function calls
tls_sw_release_resources_rx() (which stops the strparser via
tls_strp_stop()) and tls_sw_free_ctx_rx() (which kfrees the context),
but never frees the anchor skb that was allocated by alloc_skb(0) in
tls_strp_init().

Note that tls_sw_free_resources_rx() is exclusively used for this
"failed to start offload" code path, there's no other caller.

The leak did not exist before commit 84c61fe1a75b ("tls: rx: do not use
the standard strparser"), because the standard strparser doesn't try
to pre-allocate an skb.

The normal close path in tls_sk_proto_close() handles cleanup by calling
tls_sw_strparser_done() (which calls tls_strp_done()) after dropping
the socket lock, because tls_strp_done() does cancel_work_sync() and
the strparser work handler takes the socket lock.

Fixes: 84c61fe1a75b ("tls: rx: do not use the standard strparser")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
---
CC: [email-masked]
CC: [email-masked]
---
 net/tls/tls.h      | 1 +
 net/tls/tls_strp.c | 6 ++++++
 net/tls/tls_sw.c   | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls.h b/net/tls/tls.h
index e8f81a006520..12f44cb649c9 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls.h
+++ b/net/tls/tls.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ int tls_strp_dev_init(void);
 void tls_strp_dev_exit(void);
 
 void tls_strp_done(struct tls_strparser *strp);
+void __tls_strp_done(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 void tls_strp_stop(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 int tls_strp_init(struct tls_strparser *strp, struct sock *sk);
 void tls_strp_data_ready(struct tls_strparser *strp);
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_strp.c b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
index 98e12f0ff57e..c72e88317627 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_strp.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ void tls_strp_done(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 	WARN_ON(!strp->stopped);
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&strp->work);
+	__tls_strp_done(strp);
+}
+
+/* For setup error paths where the strparser was initialized but never armed. */
+void __tls_strp_done(struct tls_strparser *strp)
+{
 	tls_strp_anchor_free(strp);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 94d2ae0daa8c..798243eabb1f 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2624,8 +2624,12 @@ void tls_sw_free_ctx_rx(struct tls_context *tls_ctx)
 void tls_sw_free_resources_rx(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct tls_context *tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(sk);
+	struct tls_sw_context_rx *ctx;
+
+	ctx = tls_sw_ctx_rx(tls_ctx);
 
 	tls_sw_release_resources_rx(sk);
+	__tls_strp_done(&ctx->strp);
 	tls_sw_free_ctx_rx(tls_ctx);
 }
 
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