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[PATCH net v3] xfrm: interface: validate the IP header on xmit

From: Qihang <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-23 03:25:28
Also in: stable
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipsec], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Steffen Klassert, Herbert Xu, Linus Torvalds

Packets injected into an xfrm interface (e.g. AF_PACKET on an xfrmi
device) reach the xfrm output path without IP header validation, but
xfrm4_transport_output() uses iph->ihl for __skb_pull() and memmove()
and expects the header to be valid.

vti_tunnel_xmit() already calls pskb_inet_may_pull() before handing
packets to the xfrm output path.  Do the same in xfrmi_xmit() and also
reject malformed IPv4 header lengths.

Fixes: f203b76d7809 ("xfrm: Add virtual xfrm interfaces")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Qihang <redacted>
---
Changes since v2: validate at the xfrmi_xmit() entry point instead of
inside xfrm4_transport_output().

 net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c
index 688306b..5cc906a 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t xfrmi_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	memset(&fl, 0, sizeof(fl));
 
+	if (!pskb_inet_may_pull(skb))
+		goto tx_err;
+
 	switch (skb->protocol) {
 	case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
 		memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));
@@ -548,6 +551,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t xfrmi_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 		break;
 	case htons(ETH_P_IP):
+		if (ip_hdr(skb)->ihl < 5 ||
+		    !pskb_network_may_pull(skb, ip_hdr(skb)->ihl * 4))
+			goto tx_err;
 		memset(IPCB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IPCB(skb)));
 		xfrm_decode_session(dev_net(dev), skb, &fl, AF_INET);
 		if (!dst) {
-- 
2.46.0
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