From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto()
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 14:21:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiazro1IFB39rqBV@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aiVADSnC6rBgpUnz@chamomile>
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> Hi Lorenzo,
>
> Thanks for your patch, comments below.
>
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 06:47:48PM +0200, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > Add sanity check for iph->ihl field in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto routine.
> > Moreover, similar to nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto(), rely on
> > skb_header_pointer() to validate skb header layout.
> >
> > Fixes: ab427db178858 ("netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP rx sw acceleration")
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c | 14 ++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > index 9c05a50d6013..9684c19da37a 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > @@ -319,15 +319,17 @@ static unsigned int nf_flow_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > static bool nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
> > struct sk_buff *skb)
> > {
> > - struct iphdr *iph;
> > + struct iphdr *iph, _iph;
> > u16 size;
> >
> > - if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*iph) + ctx->offset))
> > + iph = skb_header_pointer(skb, ctx->offset, sizeof(*iph), &_iph);
>
> I think we have to update nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto() to call
> pskb_may_pull() instead, given that this calls skb_pull() later on to
> pull the tunnel header and this ensures that the IP header this will
> pull will be in a linear area.
ack, I will fix it in v2.
Regards,
Lorenzo
>
> > + if (!iph)
> > return false;
> >
> > - iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + ctx->offset);
> > - size = iph->ihl << 2;
> > + if (iph->ihl < 5)
> > + return false;
> >
> > + size = iph->ihl << 2;
> > if (ip_is_fragment(iph) || unlikely(ip_has_options(size)))
> > return false;
> >
> > @@ -335,9 +337,9 @@ static bool nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
> > return false;
> >
> > if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_IPIP) {
> > - ctx->tun.proto = IPPROTO_IPIP;
> > + ctx->tun.proto = iph->protocol;
> > ctx->tun.hdr_size = size;
> > - ctx->offset += size;
> > + ctx->offset += ctx->tun.hdr_size;
> > }
> >
> > return true;
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 4aacf509e537a711fa71bca9f234e5eb6968850e
> > change-id: 20260605-nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto-update-b31f7bff6fb9
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> >
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-05 16:47 [PATCH nf] netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto() Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-06-07 9:55 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-08 12:21 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
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