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
next 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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