[PATCH net-next v9 1/5] tls: Abort the connection on decrypt failure

Chuck Lever <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:48:08 -0400
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.kernel-tls-handshake,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>

recvmsg, read_sock, and splice_read each open-code a
tls_err_abort() call after tls_rx_one_record() fails. Move
the abort into tls_rx_one_record() so each receive path
shares a single decrypt-and-abort sequence.

A tls_check_pending_rekey() failure after successful
decryption no longer triggers tls_err_abort(). That path
fires only when skb_copy_bits() fails on a valid skb,
which is not a realistic scenario.

Suggested-by: Sabrina Dubroca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 94d2ae0daa8c..244ac8ed4b01 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1809,6 +1809,9 @@ static int tls_check_pending_rekey(struct sock *sk, struct tls_context *ctx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Decrypt and return one TLS record. On decrypt failure the connection is
+ * aborted (sk_err set) before returning a negative errno.
+ */
 static int tls_rx_one_record(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 			     struct tls_decrypt_arg *darg)
 {
@@ -1820,8 +1823,10 @@ static int tls_rx_one_record(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	err = tls_decrypt_device(sk, msg, tls_ctx, darg);
 	if (!err)
 		err = tls_decrypt_sw(sk, tls_ctx, msg, darg);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	rxm = strp_msg(darg->skb);
 	rxm->offset += prot->prepend_size;
@@ -2132,10 +2137,8 @@ int tls_sw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk,
 			darg.async = false;
 
 		err = tls_rx_one_record(sk, msg, &darg);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
+		if (err < 0)
 			goto recv_end;
-		}
 
 		async |= darg.async;
 
@@ -2294,10 +2297,8 @@ ssize_t tls_sw_splice_read(struct socket *sock,  loff_t *ppos,
 		memset(&darg.inargs, 0, sizeof(darg.inargs));
 
 		err = tls_rx_one_record(sk, NULL, &darg);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
+		if (err < 0)
 			goto splice_read_end;
-		}
 
 		tls_rx_rec_done(ctx);
 		skb = darg.skb;
@@ -2380,10 +2381,8 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 			memset(&darg.inargs, 0, sizeof(darg.inargs));
 
 			err = tls_rx_one_record(sk, NULL, &darg);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
+			if (err < 0)
 				goto read_sock_end;
-			}
 
 			released = tls_read_flush_backlog(sk, prot, INT_MAX,
 							  0, decrypted,

-- 
2.53.0