Commit 0422e7a4883f for kernel
commit 0422e7a4883f25101903f3e8105c0808aa5f4ce9
Author: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Date: Thu Apr 23 21:09:07 2026 +0100
rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets
If a RESPONSE packet gets a temporary failure during processing, it may end
up in a partially decrypted state - and then get requeued for a retry.
Fix this by just discarding the packet; we will send another CHALLENGE
packet and thereby elicit a further response. Similarly, discard an
incoming CHALLENGE packet if we get an error whilst generating a RESPONSE;
the server will send another CHALLENGE.
Fixes: 17926a79320a ("[AF_RXRPC]: Provide secure RxRPC sockets for use by userspace and kernel both")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260422161438.2593376-4-dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260423200909.3049438-3-dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
diff --git a/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h b/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
index 13b9d017f8e1..573f2df3a2c9 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@
EM(rxrpc_conn_put_unidle, "PUT unidle ") \
EM(rxrpc_conn_put_work, "PUT work ") \
EM(rxrpc_conn_queue_challenge, "QUE chall ") \
- EM(rxrpc_conn_queue_retry_work, "QUE retry-wk") \
EM(rxrpc_conn_queue_rx_work, "QUE rx-work ") \
EM(rxrpc_conn_see_new_service_conn, "SEE new-svc ") \
EM(rxrpc_conn_see_reap_service, "SEE reap-svc") \
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c b/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
index aee977291d90..a2130d25aaa9 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ void rxrpc_process_delayed_final_acks(struct rxrpc_connection *conn, bool force)
static void rxrpc_do_process_connection(struct rxrpc_connection *conn)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
- int ret;
if (test_and_clear_bit(RXRPC_CONN_EV_CHALLENGE, &conn->events))
rxrpc_secure_connection(conn);
@@ -398,17 +397,8 @@ static void rxrpc_do_process_connection(struct rxrpc_connection *conn)
* connection that each one has when we've finished with it */
while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&conn->rx_queue))) {
rxrpc_see_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_see_conn_work);
- ret = rxrpc_process_event(conn, skb);
- switch (ret) {
- case -ENOMEM:
- case -EAGAIN:
- skb_queue_head(&conn->rx_queue, skb);
- rxrpc_queue_conn(conn, rxrpc_conn_queue_retry_work);
- break;
- default:
- rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_conn_work);
- break;
- }
+ rxrpc_process_event(conn, skb);
+ rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_conn_work);
}
}