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[v2] ipv6: check return value of ipv6_skip_exthdr

Message ID 20211117190648.2732560-1-jordy@pwning.systems (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 5f9c55c8066bcd93ac25234a02585701fe2e31df
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [v2] ipv6: check return value of ipv6_skip_exthdr | expand

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Commit Message

Jordy Zomer Nov. 17, 2021, 7:06 p.m. UTC
The offset value is used in pointer math on skb->data.
Since ipv6_skip_exthdr may return -1 the pointer to uh and th
may not point to the actual udp and tcp headers and potentially
overwrite other stuff. This is why I think this should be checked.

EDIT:  added {}'s, thanks Kees

Signed-off-by: Jordy Zomer <jordy@pwning.systems>
---
 net/ipv6/esp6.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Nov. 18, 2021, 11:50 a.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:06:48 +0100 you wrote:
> The offset value is used in pointer math on skb->data.
> Since ipv6_skip_exthdr may return -1 the pointer to uh and th
> may not point to the actual udp and tcp headers and potentially
> overwrite other stuff. This is why I think this should be checked.
> 
> EDIT:  added {}'s, thanks Kees
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] ipv6: check return value of ipv6_skip_exthdr
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/5f9c55c8066b

You are awesome, thank you!
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Patch

diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index ed2f061b8768..f0bac6f7ab6b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -808,6 +808,12 @@  int esp6_input_done2(struct sk_buff *skb, int err)
 		struct tcphdr *th;
 
 		offset = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, offset, &nexthdr, &frag_off);
+
+		if (offset < 0) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		uh = (void *)(skb->data + offset);
 		th = (void *)(skb->data + offset);
 		hdr_len += offset;