[net] seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block

Subsystems: networking [general], networking [srv6], the rest

3 messages, 3 authors, 2021-12-09 · open the first message on its own page

[net] seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block

From: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
Date: 2021-12-08 19:54:56

When an IPv4 packet is received, the ip_rcv_core(...) sets the receiving
interface index into the IPv4 socket control block (v5.16-rc4,
net/ipv4/ip_input.c line 510):

    IPCB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif;

If that IPv4 packet is meant to be encapsulated in an outer IPv6+SRH
header, the seg6_do_srh_encap(...) performs the required encapsulation.
In this case, the seg6_do_srh_encap function clears the IPv6 socket control
block (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c line 163):

    memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));

The memset(...) was introduced in commit ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear
IP6CB(skb) on SRH ip4ip6 encapsulation") a long time ago (2019-01-29).

Since the IPv6 socket control block and the IPv4 socket control block share
the same memory area (skb->cb), the receiving interface index info is lost
(IP6CB(skb)->iif is set to zero).

As a side effect, that condition triggers a NULL pointer dereference if
commit 0857d6f8c759 ("ipv6: When forwarding count rx stats on the orig
netdev") is applied.

To fix that issue, we set the IP6CB(skb)->iif with the index of the
receiving interface once again.

Fixes: ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear IP6CB(skb) on SRH ip4ip6 encapsulation")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
---
 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index 3adc5d9211ad..d64855010948 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ int seg6_do_srh_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ipv6_sr_hdr *osrh, int proto)
 		hdr->hop_limit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(skb_dst(skb));
 
 		memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));
+
+		/* the control block has been erased, so we have to set the
+		 * iif once again.
+		 * We read the receiving interface index directly from the
+		 * skb->skb_iif as it is done in the IPv4 receiving path (i.e.:
+		 * ip_rcv_core(...)).
+		 */
+		IP6CB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif;
 	}
 
 	hdr->nexthdr = NEXTHDR_ROUTING;
-- 
2.20.1

Re: [net] seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block

From: David Ahern <hidden>
Date: 2021-12-09 03:23:28

On 12/8/21 12:54 PM, Andrea Mayer wrote:
When an IPv4 packet is received, the ip_rcv_core(...) sets the receiving
interface index into the IPv4 socket control block (v5.16-rc4,
net/ipv4/ip_input.c line 510):

    IPCB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif;

If that IPv4 packet is meant to be encapsulated in an outer IPv6+SRH
header, the seg6_do_srh_encap(...) performs the required encapsulation.
In this case, the seg6_do_srh_encap function clears the IPv6 socket control
block (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c line 163):

    memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));

The memset(...) was introduced in commit ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear
IP6CB(skb) on SRH ip4ip6 encapsulation") a long time ago (2019-01-29).

Since the IPv6 socket control block and the IPv4 socket control block share
the same memory area (skb->cb), the receiving interface index info is lost
(IP6CB(skb)->iif is set to zero).

As a side effect, that condition triggers a NULL pointer dereference if
commit 0857d6f8c759 ("ipv6: When forwarding count rx stats on the orig
netdev") is applied.

To fix that issue, we set the IP6CB(skb)->iif with the index of the
receiving interface once again.

Fixes: ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear IP6CB(skb) on SRH ip4ip6 encapsulation")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
---
 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>

Re: [net] seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2021-12-09 16:10:20

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]:

On Wed,  8 Dec 2021 20:54:09 +0100 you wrote:
When an IPv4 packet is received, the ip_rcv_core(...) sets the receiving
interface index into the IPv4 socket control block (v5.16-rc4,
net/ipv4/ip_input.c line 510):

    IPCB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif;

If that IPv4 packet is meant to be encapsulated in an outer IPv6+SRH
header, the seg6_do_srh_encap(...) performs the required encapsulation.
In this case, the seg6_do_srh_encap function clears the IPv6 socket control
block (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c line 163):

[...]
Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/ae68d93354e5

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