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>,
Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
Subject: [PATCH net] bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:46:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831194626.119371-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
alb_determine_nd() uses icmp6_hdr(skb) to inspect ICMPv6 headers.
However, in xmit paths (e.g. packets sent via AF_PACKET / raw sockets
or forwarded packets), skb->transport_header is not guaranteed to be
initialized. While pskb_network_may_pull() ensures the packet data is
linear starting from the network header, it does not set or adjust the
transport header offset.
Dereferencing icmp6_hdr(skb) can therefore access out-of-bounds memory.
Fetch the icmp6hdr directly after ipv6hdr following pskb_network_may_pull(),
and reload ipv6hdr in case pskb_may_pull() reallocated skb->head.
Also remove the unused bond argument from alb_determine_nd().
Fixes: 0da8aa00bfcf ("net: bonding: Add support for IPV6 ns/na to balance-alb/balance-tlb mode")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 839f7482dc18..5073aeeba6c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1281,10 +1281,10 @@ static int alb_set_mac_address(struct bonding *bond, void *addr)
}
/* determine if the packet is NA or NS */
-static bool alb_determine_nd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond)
+static bool alb_determine_nd(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct ipv6hdr *ip6hdr;
- struct icmp6hdr *hdr;
+ const struct ipv6hdr *ip6hdr;
+ const struct icmp6hdr *hdr;
if (!pskb_network_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ip6hdr)))
return true;
@@ -1296,7 +1296,8 @@ static bool alb_determine_nd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond)
if (!pskb_network_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ip6hdr) + sizeof(*hdr)))
return true;
- hdr = icmp6_hdr(skb);
+ ip6hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+ hdr = (const struct icmp6hdr *)(ip6hdr + 1);
return hdr->icmp6_type == NDISC_NEIGHBOUR_ADVERTISEMENT ||
hdr->icmp6_type == NDISC_NEIGHBOUR_SOLICITATION;
}
@@ -1381,7 +1382,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_tlb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_data->h_dest)) {
switch (skb->protocol) {
case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
- if (alb_determine_nd(skb, bond))
+ if (alb_determine_nd(skb))
break;
fallthrough;
case htons(ETH_P_IP):
@@ -1467,7 +1468,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_alb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
break;
}
- if (alb_determine_nd(skb, bond)) {
+ if (alb_determine_nd(skb)) {
do_tx_balance = false;
break;
}
--
2.55.0.970.g62bdec98f9-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 19:46 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-08-31 20:14 ` [PATCH net] bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd() Joe Damato
2026-09-02 0:36 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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