From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Mazin Al Haddad <mazin@getstate.dev>,
davem@davemloft.net, dsahern@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+6023ea32e206eef7920a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip6_tunnel: Fix uninit-value in ip6_tnl_xmit
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 10:26:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aVuD4kwMyyJlSxIV@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANn89iJeh5wCRpiBBBucmJXRdTb=DbOjXTHtEm1rOpvq=dGgvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote:
Hi Eric
> > When taking the branch with skb_realloc_headroom, pskb_expand_head is
> > called, as such, pointers referencing content within the new skb's header
> > are invalid. Currently, the assignment of hop_limit accesses the now
> > invalid pointer in the network header of this "new" skb. Fix this by
> > moving the logic to assign hop_limit earlier so that the assignment
> > references the original un-resized skb instead.
>
> Unfortunately this is not fixing anything.
>
> If the IPv6 header was in the skb head before skb_realloc_headroom()
> and/or pskb_expand_head(),
> it would be copied in the new skb head.
>
> Note how the repro is sending a packet with vlan tag (88A8 : ETH_P_8021AD)
>
> endto$packet(r0, &(0x7f0000000180)="a6bea8a120e5f8320c30ce5088a8",
> 0x12, 0x0, &(0x7f0000000140)={0x11, 0x0, r3, 0x1, 0x0, 0x6, @local},
> 0x14)
>
> Current code, using pskb_inet_may_pull() is not ready yet.
>
> My patch has been tested by syzbot and I was about to submit it.
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
> index 235808cfec705032b545d6f396f8e58f4693e8d8..c4f0383a136cf5f5e6846293078ec8b826c754c9
> 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
> @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> __be16 payload_protocol;
> int ret;
>
> - if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
> + if (!skb_vlan_inet_prepare(skb, false))
> goto tx_err;
>
> if (!ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(t, &t->parms.laddr, &t->parms.raddr))
> @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct
> sk_buff *skb,
> __u32 mtu;
> int nhoff;
>
> - if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
> + if (!skb_vlan_inet_prepare(skb, false))
> goto tx_err;
>
> if (!ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(t, &t->parms.laddr, &t->parms.raddr))
Could you please submit this fix? There appears to be an open
syzbot report (https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6023ea32e206eef7920a)
that would be addressed by this.
Thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-17 3:07 [PATCH] ip6_tunnel: Fix uninit-value in ip6_tnl_xmit Mazin Al Haddad
2024-12-17 5:42 ` Eric Dumazet
2024-12-17 10:28 ` Mazin Al haddad
2026-01-05 9:26 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-01-05 9:35 ` Eric Dumazet
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