[PATCH net v2] net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr

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From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
Date: 2026-10-02 07:53:30
Subsystem: networking [general], openvswitch, the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Aaron Conole, Eelco Chaudron, Ilya Maximets, Linus Torvalds

When executing IPv6 address rewrite actions on IPv6 fragments,
set_ipv6_addr() calls update_ipv6_checksum(). If parse_ipv6hdr()
processes a non-first IPv6 fragment, it sets key->ip.proto to
NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT and returns early without calling
skb_set_transport_header().

update_ipv6_checksum() unconditionally evaluates skb_transport_offset()
on entry before checking l4_proto.  Because skb->transport_header is
uninitialized, this triggers a warning under CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y although
it is completely harmless.

Fix this by returning early in update_ipv6_checksum() if l4_proto is
NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT. This avoids reading the uninitialized transport offset
for fragments while preserving the debug warning for any other protocol
where the transport header is unexpectedly missing.

See the syzbot trace:

!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at skb_transport_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:3250 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at update_ipv6_checksum net/openvswitch/actions.c:361 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at set_ipv6_addr+0x462/0x660 net/openvswitch/actions.c:399, CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
[...]
RIP: 0010:skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_transport_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:3250 [inline]
RIP: 0010:update_ipv6_checksum net/openvswitch/actions.c:361 [inline]
RIP: 0010:set_ipv6_addr+0x462/0x660 net/openvswitch/actions.c:399
[...]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 set_ipv6 net/openvswitch/actions.c:531 [inline]
 do_execute_actions+0x557e/0x8600 net/openvswitch/actions.c:1366
 ovs_execute_actions+0xde/0x520 net/openvswitch/actions.c:1592
 ovs_packet_cmd_execute+0xb4f/0xf10 net/openvswitch/datapath.c:705
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x233/0x340 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114
 genl_rcv_msg+0x614/0x7a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2572
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1218
 netlink_unicast+0x7bd/0x940 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361
 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1916
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x14e/0x190 net/socket.c:800

Reported-by: syzbot+4cc63fcfb3845e149969@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4cc63fcfb3845e149969
Fixes: 3fdbd1ce11e5 ("openvswitch: add ipv6 'set' action")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <redacted>
---
 net/openvswitch/actions.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index dc5ff859f114..68b42e900c73 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -358,7 +358,15 @@ static void set_ip_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct iphdr *nh,
 static void update_ipv6_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 l4_proto,
 				 __be32 addr[4], const __be32 new_addr[4])
 {
-	int transport_len = skb->len - skb_transport_offset(skb);
+	int transport_len;
+
+	/* avoid reading the transport header offset if it isn't set,
+	 * as it triggers a warning
+	 */
+	if (l4_proto == NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT)
+		return;
+
+	transport_len = skb->len - skb_transport_offset(skb);
 
 	if (l4_proto == NEXTHDR_TCP) {
 		if (likely(transport_len >= sizeof(struct tcphdr)))
-- 
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