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authorXiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu>2026-07-08 18:11:50 +0000
committerFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2026-07-10 16:28:47 +0200
commit86f3ce81dd2b4b0aa2c3016c989a943e4b1b643d (patch)
treebf8a7960323238d2d4161a8db96673590087ee05 /net/ipv6
parentb06163ce52ec0561f202fbfb9b08090cb61f512e (diff)
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netfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment()
br_ip6_fragment() gets prevhdr, a pointer into the skb head, from ip6_find_1stfragopt(), then calls skb_checksum_help(). For a cloned skb skb_checksum_help() reallocates the head via pskb_expand_head(), leaving prevhdr dangling. It is later dereferenced in ip6_frag_next(), causing a use-after-free write. Save prevhdr's offset before skb_checksum_help() and recompute it after, like commit ef0efcd3bd3f ("ipv6: Fix dangling pointer when ipv6 fragment"). BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip6_frag_next (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:857) Write of size 1 at addr ffff888013ff5016 by task exploit/141 Call Trace: ... kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) ip6_frag_next (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:857) br_ip6_fragment (net/ipv6/netfilter.c:212) nf_ct_bridge_post (net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c:407) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619) br_forward_finish (net/bridge/br_forward.c:66) __br_forward (net/bridge/br_forward.c:115) maybe_deliver (net/bridge/br_forward.c:191) br_flood (net/bridge/br_forward.c:245) br_handle_frame_finish (net/bridge/br_input.c:229) br_handle_frame (net/bridge/br_input.c:442) ... packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3114) ... do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Fixes: 764dd163ac92 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_bridge: add support for IPv6") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@asu.edu> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/netfilter.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
index 6d80f85e55fa..a7025ec87035 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int br_ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
ktime_t tstamp = skb->tstamp;
struct ip6_frag_state state;
u8 *prevhdr, nexthdr = 0;
- unsigned int mtu, hlen;
+ unsigned int mtu, hlen, nexthdr_offset;
int hroom, err = 0;
__be32 frag_id;
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int br_ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
goto blackhole;
hlen = err;
nexthdr = *prevhdr;
+ nexthdr_offset = prevhdr - skb_network_header(skb);
mtu = skb->dev->mtu;
if (frag_max_size > mtu ||
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ int br_ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
(err = skb_checksum_help(skb)))
goto blackhole;
+ prevhdr = skb_network_header(skb) + nexthdr_offset;
hroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(skb->dev);
if (skb_has_frag_list(skb)) {
unsigned int first_len = skb_pagelen(skb);