Re: [PATCH net 1/5] vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-07-23 16:37:46
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On 23/07/2026 15:42, Eric Dumazet wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Before route_shortcircuit(), the eth header pointer is cached from eth_hdr(skb). Inside route_shortcircuit(), pskb_may_pull() can be called, which may reallocate skb->head. In this case, returning to vxlan_xmit() leaves the cached eth pointer pointing to freed memory, leading to a use-after-free when dereferencing eth->h_dest. Fix this by updating eth = eth_hdr(skb) after calling route_shortcircuit(). Fixes: ae8840825605 ("VXLAN: Allow L2 redirection with L3 switching") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> --- drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c index 67c367cc566233e809b0f70e0d939dd1c1ac0d9f..9060a1259ac283d4db4b7a854ce74203496e9313 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c@@ -2796,6 +2796,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) (ntohs(eth->h_proto) == ETH_P_IP || ntohs(eth->h_proto) == ETH_P_IPV6)) { did_rsc = route_shortcircuit(dev, skb); + eth = eth_hdr(skb); if (did_rsc) f = vxlan_find_mac_tx(vxlan, eth->h_dest, vni); }
Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>