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Re: [PATCH net v2] ipv6: rpl: add NULL check for idev in ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv()

From: Xiang Mei <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-14 05:25:47
Also in: lkml, stable
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds

Hi Andrea,

We noticed this is still not fixed in net.  We tested your idea and it
works.  This is the patch we tested:
diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 9c677eb1d1a6..51941ad656a3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -368,23 +368,16 @@ static void seg6_update_csum(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			   (__be32 *)addr);
 }
 
-static int ipv6_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int ipv6_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev)
 {
 	struct inet6_skb_parm *opt = IP6CB(skb);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
 	struct ipv6_sr_hdr *hdr;
-	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 	struct in6_addr *addr;
 	int accept_seg6;
 
 	hdr = (struct ipv6_sr_hdr *)skb_transport_header(skb);
 
-	idev = __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
-	if (!idev) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	accept_seg6 = min(READ_ONCE(net->ipv6.devconf_all->seg6_enabled),
 			  READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.seg6_enabled));
 
@@ -485,12 +478,11 @@ static int ipv6_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev)
 {
 	struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr *hdr, *ohdr, *chdr;
 	struct inet6_skb_parm *opt = IP6CB(skb);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
-	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 	struct ipv6hdr *oldhdr;
 	unsigned int chdr_len;
 	unsigned char *buf;
@@ -499,8 +491,6 @@ static int ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	u64 n = 0;
 	u32 r;
 
-	idev = __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
-
 	accept_rpl_seg = min(READ_ONCE(net->ipv6.devconf_all->rpl_seg_enabled),
 			     READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.rpl_seg_enabled));
 	if (!accept_rpl_seg) {
@@ -689,10 +679,14 @@ static int ipv6_rthdr_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	switch (hdr->type) {
 	case IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_4:
 		/* segment routing */
-		return ipv6_srh_rcv(skb);
+		if (!idev)
+			goto disabled;
+		return ipv6_srh_rcv(skb, idev);
 	case IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_3:
 		/* rpl segment routing */
-		return ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv(skb);
+		if (!idev)
+			goto disabled;
+		return ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv(skb, idev);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -837,6 +831,10 @@ static int ipv6_rthdr_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	icmpv6_param_prob(skb, ICMPV6_HDR_FIELD,
 			  (&hdr->type) - skb_network_header(skb));
 	return -1;
+
+disabled:
+	kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static const struct inet6_protocol rthdr_protocol = {
We don't want to take your credit, so if you have time, could you send
this as v3?  If you don't have time to land it, we are happy to send it
for you.

Thanks,
Xiang
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