From: Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] net: skbuff: fix pull-bound underflow in skb_checksum_setup_ipv6()
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:36:04 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919133604.50948-1-shlomojune6@gmail.com> (raw)
skb_maybe_pull_tail() subtracts skb_headlen(skb) from the unsigned max
argument and passes the result to __pskb_pull_tail() as a signed int. The
function does not ensure that max is at least skb_headlen(skb).
This can happen while parsing IPv6 extension headers when an skb already
has a linear area larger than MAX_IPV6_HDR_LEN. Once the parser needs data
beyond the linear area, max - skb_headlen(skb) wraps and is converted to a
negative delta. __pskb_pull_tail() then passes that negative length to
skb_copy_bits(), where it can become a very large copy length.
Pass the requested length itself as the pull bound at the three
extension-header call sites, so the delta can no longer go negative.
Fixes: 1431fb31ecba ("xen-netback: fix fragment detection in checksum setup")
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- fix the three extension-header call sites in
skb_checksum_setup_ipv6() to pass the requested length as the pull
bound, keeping the helper's fast path untouched.
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260823142620.126424-1-shlomojune6@gmail.com/
net/core/skbuff.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cc3b4b70288b4..a2d7b2fbc006d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5977,7 +5977,8 @@ static int skb_checksum_setup_ipv6(struct sk_buff *skb, bool recalculate)
err = skb_maybe_pull_tail(skb,
off +
sizeof(struct ipv6_opt_hdr),
- MAX_IPV6_HDR_LEN);
+ off +
+ sizeof(struct ipv6_opt_hdr));
if (err < 0)
goto out;
@@ -5992,7 +5993,8 @@ static int skb_checksum_setup_ipv6(struct sk_buff *skb, bool recalculate)
err = skb_maybe_pull_tail(skb,
off +
sizeof(struct ip_auth_hdr),
- MAX_IPV6_HDR_LEN);
+ off +
+ sizeof(struct ip_auth_hdr));
if (err < 0)
goto out;
@@ -6007,7 +6009,8 @@ static int skb_checksum_setup_ipv6(struct sk_buff *skb, bool recalculate)
err = skb_maybe_pull_tail(skb,
off +
sizeof(struct frag_hdr),
- MAX_IPV6_HDR_LEN);
+ off +
+ sizeof(struct frag_hdr));
if (err < 0)
goto out;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-19 13:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-19 13:36 Shihuang Liu [this message]
2026-09-22 12:37 ` [PATCH net v2] net: skbuff: fix pull-bound underflow in skb_checksum_setup_ipv6() netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-24 0:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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