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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
	 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	syzbot+f13c19f75e1097abd116@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	 Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>,
	 Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] ieee802154: 6lowpan: only accept IPv6 packets in lowpan_xmit()
Date: Wed,  3 Jun 2026 07:29:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603072955.4032221-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)

The aoe driver (or similar) generates a non-IPv6 packet
(e.g., ETH_P_AOE) and queues it for transmission via dev_queue_xmit()
on a 6LoWPAN interface (configured by the user or test case).

Since the packet is not IPv6, the 6LoWPAN header_ops->create function
(lowpan_header_create or header_create) returns early without initializing
the lowpan_addr_info structure in the skb headroom.

In the transmit function (lowpan_xmit), the driver calls lowpan_header
(or setup_header) which unconditionally copies and uses the lowpan_addr_info
from the headroom, which contains uninitialized data.

Fix this by dropping non IPv6 packets.

A similar fix is needed in net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c bt_xmit().

Fixes: 4dc315e267fe ("ieee802154: 6lowpan: move transmit functionality")
Reported-by: syzbot+f13c19f75e1097abd116@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a1fd763.278b5b03.2bcf39.0049.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
Cc: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
---
 net/ieee802154/6lowpan/tx.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/tx.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/tx.c
index 0c07662b44c0ca84e07c61309b6b46d37a7fdf6b..4df76ff50699ede5c187c9cca6f0cc10b19d2123 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/tx.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/tx.c
@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ netdev_tx_t lowpan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ldev)
 
 	pr_debug("package xmit\n");
 
+	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return NET_XMIT_DROP;
+	}
+
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(skb->len > IPV6_MIN_MTU);
 
 	/* We must take a copy of the skb before we modify/replace the ipv6
-- 
2.54.0.1013.g208068f2d8-goog


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-03  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-03  7:29 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-06-03 15:45 ` [PATCH net] ieee802154: 6lowpan: only accept IPv6 packets in lowpan_xmit() Miquel Raynal
2026-06-03 15:57   ` Eric Dumazet
2026-06-03 16:04     ` Miquel Raynal

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