From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dev@openvswitch.org, jesse@nicira.com, aatteka@nicira.com,
horms@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, kuba@kernel.org,
edumazet@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, i.maximets@ovn.org,
echaudro@redhat.com, aconole@redhat.com,
Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>,
syzbot+4cc63fcfb3845e149969@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net v3] net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 12:41:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008104135.4722-1-fmancera@suse.de> (raw)
When executing IPv6 address rewrite actions on IPv6 fragments,
set_ipv6_addr() calls update_ipv6_checksum(). If parse_ipv6hdr()
processes a non-first IPv6 fragment, it sets key->ip.proto to
NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT and returns early without calling
skb_set_transport_header().
update_ipv6_checksum() unconditionally evaluates skb_transport_offset()
on entry before checking l4_proto. Because skb->transport_header is
uninitialized, this triggers a warning under CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y although
it is completely harmless.
Fix this by returning early in update_ipv6_checksum() if l4_proto is
NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT. This avoids reading the uninitialized transport offset
for fragments while preserving the debug warning for any other protocol
where the transport header is unexpectedly missing.
See the syzbot trace:
!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at skb_transport_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:3250 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at update_ipv6_checksum net/openvswitch/actions.c:361 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at set_ipv6_addr+0x462/0x660 net/openvswitch/actions.c:399, CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
[...]
RIP: 0010:skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_transport_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:3250 [inline]
RIP: 0010:update_ipv6_checksum net/openvswitch/actions.c:361 [inline]
RIP: 0010:set_ipv6_addr+0x462/0x660 net/openvswitch/actions.c:399
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
set_ipv6 net/openvswitch/actions.c:531 [inline]
do_execute_actions+0x557e/0x8600 net/openvswitch/actions.c:1366
ovs_execute_actions+0xde/0x520 net/openvswitch/actions.c:1592
ovs_packet_cmd_execute+0xb4f/0xf10 net/openvswitch/datapath.c:705
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x233/0x340 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114
genl_rcv_msg+0x614/0x7a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209
netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2572
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1218
netlink_unicast+0x7bd/0x940 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361
netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1916
sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x14e/0x190 net/socket.c:800
Reported-by: syzbot+4cc63fcfb3845e149969@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4cc63fcfb3845e149969
Fixes: 3fdbd1ce11e5 ("openvswitch: add ipv6 'set' action")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
v3: drop the redundant comment introduced in v2
---
net/openvswitch/actions.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index dc5ff859f114..27152bca8a8c 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -358,7 +358,12 @@ static void set_ip_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct iphdr *nh,
static void update_ipv6_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 l4_proto,
__be32 addr[4], const __be32 new_addr[4])
{
- int transport_len = skb->len - skb_transport_offset(skb);
+ int transport_len;
+
+ if (l4_proto == NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT)
+ return;
+
+ transport_len = skb->len - skb_transport_offset(skb);
if (l4_proto == NEXTHDR_TCP) {
if (likely(transport_len >= sizeof(struct tcphdr)))
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 10:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 10:41 Fernando Fernandez Mancera [this message]
2026-10-08 11:38 ` [PATCH net v3] net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr Ilya Maximets
2026-10-08 18:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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