From: "Xiang Mei (Microsoft)" <xmei5@asu.edu>
To: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>,
"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>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Ryoga Saito <contact@proelbtn.com>,
AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com,
tgopinath@linux.microsoft.com, kys@microsoft.com,
"Xiang Mei (Microsoft)" <xmei5@asu.edu>
Subject: [PATCH net] seg6: fix NULL deref in input_action_end_dx{4,6}_finish() after nf hook
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:44:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720204430.1886091-1-xmei5@asu.edu> (raw)
When nf_hooks_lwtunnel is enabled, the End.DX4/End.DX6 actions dispatch
the decapsulated inner packet through the NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING hook chain
with input_action_end_dx{4,6}_finish() as the okfn. Both functions read
the lwtunnel state via orig_dst = skb_dst(skb) and dereference
orig_dst->lwtstate.
A hook in that chain can legitimately drop the dst: nf_nat_ipv{4,6}_in()
calls skb_dst_drop(skb) when a DNAT rule rewrites the destination
address, leaving skb_dst(skb) NULL. The okfn then dereferences a NULL
orig_dst, causing a general protection fault and a panic (the fault
happens in softirq NAPI receive context).
Free the skb and bail out when the dst was dropped, instead of
proceeding with a lost lwtunnel state.
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address...
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000080-0x0000000000000087]
RIP: 0010:input_action_end_dx6_finish (net/ipv6/seg6_local.c:912)
Call Trace:
input_action_end_dx6 (net/ipv6/seg6_local.c:946)
seg6_local_input_core (net/ipv6/seg6_local.c:1621)
seg6_local_input (net/ipv6/seg6_local.c:1643)
lwtunnel_input (net/core/lwtunnel.c:465)
ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:351)
__netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:6165)
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Fixes: 7a3f5b0de364 ("netfilter: add netfilter hooks to SRv6 data plane")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu>
---
net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
index 2b41e4c0dddd..45e66ba306ca 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
@@ -909,6 +909,11 @@ static int input_action_end_dx6_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
struct in6_addr *nhaddr = NULL;
struct seg6_local_lwt *slwt;
+ if (!orig_dst) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
slwt = seg6_local_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate);
/* The inner packet is not associated to any local interface,
@@ -962,6 +967,11 @@ static int input_action_end_dx4_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
struct iphdr *iph;
__be32 nhaddr;
+ if (!orig_dst) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
slwt = seg6_local_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate);
iph = ip_hdr(skb);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 20:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 20:44 Xiang Mei (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-07-23 17:09 ` [PATCH net] seg6: fix NULL deref in input_action_end_dx{4,6}_finish() after nf hook Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-24 13:11 ` Andrea Mayer
2026-07-28 21:49 ` Xiang Mei
2026-07-30 15:16 ` Andrea Mayer
2026-07-30 15:23 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-30 22:50 ` Andrea Mayer
2026-07-28 21:16 ` Xiang Mei
2026-07-23 17:22 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-28 21:18 ` Xiang Mei
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