From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
coreteam@netfilter.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
syzbot+76d4e3a055aec3b007ec@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net] netfilter: nf_flow_table: drop existing skb dst before skb_dst_set_noref()
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 09:33:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804093328.1831847-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
Incoming skbs passing through netfilter flowtable offload hooks (or XFRM
offload path) might already carry a ref-counted dst_entry assigned during
earlier RX or routing steps.
Calling skb_dst_set_noref() when skb already holds a ref-counted dst
overwrites skb->_skb_refdst, leaking the previous dst_entry reference
count and triggering a DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE assertion in
skb_dst_check_unset():
WARNING: at skb_dst_check_unset include/linux/skbuff.h:1170
WARNING: at skb_dst_set_noref include/linux/skbuff.h:1234
WARNING: at nf_flow_offload_ip_hook+0xf6c/0x2b60 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c:864
Drop any existing dst_entry reference with skb_dst_drop(skb) before
setting the non-referenced flowtable destination.
Fixes: 2a79fd3908ac ("netfilter: nf_flow_table: attach dst to skbs")
Reported-by: syzbot+76d4e3a055aec3b007ec@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a71b141.9511d2ce.1fc5b9.033b.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index 0b78decce8a9bdc3ed404f9913384335408b00d3..c9e332fafcb5c22559f68858b36f3207822c4423 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static unsigned int nf_flow_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct dst_entry *dst)
{
skb_orphan(skb);
+ skb_dst_drop(skb);
skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst);
dst_output(state->net, state->sk, skb);
return NF_STOLEN;
@@ -861,6 +862,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
return NF_DROP;
}
xmit.dest = neigh->ha;
+ skb_dst_drop(skb);
skb_dst_set_noref(skb, &rt->dst);
break;
case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT:
@@ -1178,6 +1180,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
return NF_DROP;
}
xmit.dest = neigh->ha;
+ skb_dst_drop(skb);
skb_dst_set_noref(skb, &rt->dst);
break;
case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT:
--
2.55.0.571.g244d577d93-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 9:33 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-08-04 10:20 ` [PATCH net] netfilter: nf_flow_table: drop existing skb dst before skb_dst_set_noref() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-06 0:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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