[PATCH net 3/9] netfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment()
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Date: 2026-07-10 14:37:58
Also in:
netfilter-devel
Subsystem:
netfilter, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: "Xiang Mei (Microsoft)" <redacted>
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) <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/ipv6/netfilter.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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);
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2.54.0