[PATCH net] ip6_gre: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() instead of pskb_inet_may_pull()
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From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-05 10:03:32
Subsystem:
networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds
I added skb_vlan_inet_prepare() helper in the cited commit, hinting
that we would need to use it more broadly.
syzbot confirmed this was the case in ip6_gre.
uninit-value in ip6table_mangle_hook+0x97d/0x9c0 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c:72
ip6t_mangle_out net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c:56 [inline]
ip6table_mangle_hook+0x97d/0x9c0 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c:72
nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline]
nf_hook_slow+0xf4/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626
nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline]
__ip6_local_out+0x5ac/0x640 net/ipv6/output_core.c:143
ip6_local_out+0x4c/0x210 net/ipv6/output_core.c:153
ip6tunnel_xmit+0x129/0x460 include/net/ip6_tunnel.h:161
ip6_tnl_xmit+0x341a/0x3860 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1281
Uninit was stored to memory at:
ip6_tnl_xmit+0x34f7/0x3860 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1277
__gre6_xmit+0x14b9/0x1550 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:815
ip6gre_xmit_ipv4 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:839 [inline]
ip6gre_tunnel_xmit+0x18f7/0x2030 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:922
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4091 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4134 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4263 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x6c7/0xf90 mm/slub.c:4283
kmalloc_reserve+0x23e/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:609
pskb_expand_head+0x226/0x1a60 net/core/skbuff.c:2275
skb_realloc_headroom+0x140/0x2b0 net/core/skbuff.c:2355
ip6_tnl_xmit+0x2106/0x3860 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1227
__gre6_xmit+0x14b9/0x1550 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:815
ip6gre_xmit_ipv4 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:839 [inline]
ip6gre_tunnel_xmit+0x18f7/0x2030 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:922
Fixes: d8a6213d70ac ("geneve: fix header validation in geneve[6]_xmit_skb")
Reported-by: syzbot+6023ea32e206eef7920a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6023ea32e206eef7920a
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Cc: Mazin Al Haddad <redacted>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index d19d86ed4376..8b06ba058bde 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 payload_protocol; int ret; - if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb)) + if (!skb_vlan_inet_prepare(skb, false)) goto tx_err; if (!ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(t, &t->parms.laddr, &t->parms.raddr))
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 mtu; int nhoff; - if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb)) + if (!skb_vlan_inet_prepare(skb, false)) goto tx_err; if (!ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(t, &t->parms.laddr, &t->parms.raddr))
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