kernel/linux.git/net/ipv4/icmp.c, branch v6.18.22

icmp: fix NULL pointer dereference in icmp_tag_validation()

2026-03-25T10:10:43+00:00

[ Upstream commit 614aefe56af8e13331e50220c936fc0689cf5675 ] icmp_tag_validation() unconditionally dereferences the result of rcu_dereference(inet_protos[proto]) without checking for NULL. The inet_protos[] array is sparse -- only about 15 of 256 protocol numbers have registered handlers. When ip_no_pmtu_disc is set to 3 (hardened PMTU mode) and the kernel receives an ICMP Fragmentation Needed error with a quoted inner IP header containing an unregistered protocol number, the NULL dereference causes a kernel panic in softirq context. Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000002: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] RIP: 0010:icmp_unreach (net/ipv4/icmp.c:1085 net/ipv4/icmp.c:1143) Call Trace: icmp_rcv (net/ipv4/icmp.c:1527) ip_protocol_deliver_rcu (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207) ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:242) ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262) ip_rcv (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:573) __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6164) process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6628) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:561) Add a NULL check before accessing icmp_strict_tag_validation. If the protocol has no registered handler, return false since it cannot perform strict tag validation. Fixes: 8ed1dc44d3e9 ("ipv4: introduce hardened ip_no_pmtu_disc mode") Reported-by: Xiang Mei Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318130558.1050247-4-bestswngs@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

icmp: prevent possible overflow in icmp_global_allow()

2026-02-26T22:59:40+00:00

[ Upstream commit 034bbd806298e9ba4197dd1587b0348ee30996ea ] Following expression can overflow if sysctl_icmp_msgs_per_sec is big enough. sysctl_icmp_msgs_per_sec * delta / HZ; Fixes: 4cdf507d5452 ("icmp: add a global rate limitation") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260216142832.3834174-2-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

xfrm: fix ip_rt_bug race in icmp_route_lookup reverse path

2026-02-26T22:59:22+00:00

[ Upstream commit 81b84de32bb27ae1ae2eb9acf0420e9d0d14bf00 ] icmp_route_lookup() performs multiple route lookups to find a suitable route for sending ICMP error messages, with special handling for XFRM (IPsec) policies. The lookup sequence is: 1. First, lookup output route for ICMP reply (dst = original src) 2. Pass through xfrm_lookup() for policy check 3. If blocked (-EPERM) or dst is not local, enter "reverse path" 4. In reverse path, call xfrm_decode_session_reverse() to get fl4_dec which reverses the original packet's flow (saddr<->daddr swapped) 5. If fl4_dec.saddr is local (we are the original destination), use __ip_route_output_key() for output route lookup 6. If fl4_dec.saddr is NOT local (we are a forwarding node), use ip_route_input() to simulate the reverse packet's input path 7. Finally, pass rt2 through xfrm_lookup() with XFRM_LOOKUP_ICMP flag The bug occurs in step 6: ip_route_input() is called with fl4_dec.daddr (original packet's source) as destination. If this address becomes local between the initial check and ip_route_input() call (e.g., due to concurrent "ip addr add"), ip_route_input() returns a LOCAL route with dst.output set to ip_rt_bug. This route is then used for ICMP output, causing dst_output() to call ip_rt_bug(), triggering a WARN_ON: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: net/ipv4/route.c:1275 at ip_rt_bug+0x21/0x30, CPU#1 Call Trace: ip_push_pending_frames+0x202/0x240 icmp_push_reply+0x30d/0x430 __icmp_send+0x1149/0x24f0 ip_options_compile+0xa2/0xd0 ip_rcv_finish_core+0x829/0x1950 ip_rcv+0x2d7/0x420 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x185/0x1f0 netif_receive_skb+0x90/0x450 tun_get_user+0x3413/0x3fb0 tun_chr_write_iter+0xe4/0x220 ... Fix this by checking rt2->rt_type after ip_route_input(). If it's RTN_LOCAL, the route cannot be used for output, so treat it as an error. The reproducer requires kernel modification to widen the race window, making it unsuitable as a selftest. It is available at: https://gist.github.com/mrpre/eae853b72ac6a750f5d45d64ddac1e81 Reported-by: syzbot+e738404dcd14b620923c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000b1060905eada8881@google.com/T/ Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260128090523.356953-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev Fixes: 8b7817f3a959 ("[IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup support") Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260206050220.59642-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP

2026-02-26T22:59:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit c89477ad79446867394360b29bb801010fc3ff22 ] Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous. socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255); A malicious incoming ICMP packet can set the protocol field to 255 and match this socket, leading to FNHE cache changes. inner = IP(src="192.168.2.1", dst="8.8.8.8", proto=255)/Raw("TEST") pkt = IP(src="192.168.1.1", dst="192.168.2.1")/ICMP(type=3, code=4, nexthopmtu=576)/inner "man 7 raw" states: A protocol of IPPROTO_RAW implies enabled IP_HDRINCL and is able to send any IP protocol that is specified in the passed header. Receiving of all IP protocols via IPPROTO_RAW is not possible using raw sockets. Make sure we drop these malicious packets. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20251109134600.292125-1-zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn/ Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: David Ahern Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203192509.682208-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

ipv4: icmp: Fix source IP derivation in presence of VRFs

2025-09-11T10:22:38+00:00

When the "icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr" sysctl is enabled, the source IP of ICMP error messages should be the "primary address of the interface that received the packet that caused the icmp error". The IPv4 ICMP code determines this interface using inet_iif() which in the input path translates to skb->skb_iif. If the interface that received the packet is a VRF port, skb->skb_iif will contain the ifindex of the VRF device and not that of the receiving interface. This is because in the input path the VRF driver overrides skb->skb_iif with the ifindex of the VRF device itself (see vrf_ip_rcv()). As such, the source IP that will be chosen for the ICMP error message is either an address assigned to the VRF device itself (if present) or an address assigned to some VRF port, not necessarily the input or output interface. This behavior is especially problematic when the error messages are "Time Exceeded" messages as it means that utilities like traceroute will show an incorrect packet path. Solve this by determining the input interface based on the iif field in the control block, if present. This field is set in the input path to skb->skb_iif and is not later overridden by the VRF driver, unlike skb->skb_iif. This behavior is consistent with the IPv6 counterpart that already uses the iif from the control block. Reported-by: Andy Roulin Reported-by: Rajkumar Srinivasan Reviewed-by: Petr Machata Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250908073238.119240-4-idosch@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

ipv4: icmp: Pass IPv4 control block structure as an argument to __icmp_send()

2025-09-11T10:22:38+00:00

__icmp_send() is used to generate ICMP error messages in response to various situations such as MTU errors (i.e., "Fragmentation Required") and too many hops (i.e., "Time Exceeded"). The skb that generated the error does not necessarily come from the IPv4 layer and does not always have a valid IPv4 control block in skb->cb. Therefore, commit 9ef6b42ad6fd ("net: Add __icmp_send helper.") changed the function to take the IP options structure as argument instead of deriving it from the skb's control block. Some callers of this function such as icmp_send() pass the IP options structure from the skb's control block as in these call paths the control block is known to be valid, but other callers simply pass a zeroed structure. A subsequent patch will need __icmp_send() to access more information from the IPv4 control block (specifically, the ifindex of the input interface). As a preparation for this change, change the function to take the IPv4 control block structure as an argument instead of the IP options structure. This makes the function similar to its IPv6 counterpart that already takes the IPv6 control block structure as an argument. No functional changes intended. Reviewed-by: Petr Machata Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250908073238.119240-3-idosch@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2025-09-04T20:33:00+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.17-rc5). No conflicts. Adjacent changes: include/net/sock.h c51613fa276f ("net: add sk->sk_drop_counters") 5d6b58c932ec ("net: lockless sock_i_ino()") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

icmp: fix icmp_ndo_send address translation for reply direction

2025-09-01T19:54:41+00:00

The icmp_ndo_send function was originally introduced to ensure proper rate limiting when icmp_send is called by a network device driver, where the packet's source address may have already been transformed by SNAT. However, the original implementation only considers the IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL direction for SNAT and always replaced the packet's source address with that of the original-direction tuple. This causes two problems: 1. For SNAT: Reply-direction packets were incorrectly translated using the source address of the CT original direction, even though no translation is required. 2. For DNAT: Reply-direction packets were not handled at all. In DNAT, the original direction's destination is translated. Therefore, in the reply direction the source address must be set to the reply-direction source, so rate limiting works as intended. Fix this by using the connection direction to select the correct tuple for source address translation, and adjust the pre-checks to handle reply-direction packets in case of DNAT. Additionally, wrap the `ct->status` access in READ_ONCE(). This avoids possible KCSAN reports about concurrent updates to `ct->status`. Fixes: 0b41713b6066 ("icmp: introduce helper for nat'd source address in network device context") Signed-off-by: Fabian Bläse Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv4: start using dst_dev_rcu()

2025-08-30T02:36:32+00:00

Change icmpv4_xrlim_allow(), ip_defrag() to prevent possible UAF. Change ipmr_prepare_xmit(), ipmr_queue_fwd_xmit(), ip_mr_output(), ipv4_neigh_lookup() to use lockdep enabled dst_dev_rcu(). Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: David Ahern Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250828195823.3958522-9-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv4: Convert ->flowi4_tos to dscp_t.

2025-08-27T00:34:31+00:00

Convert the ->flowic_tos field of struct flowi_common from __u8 to dscp_t, rename it ->flowic_dscp and propagate these changes to struct flowi and struct flowi4. We've had several bugs in the past where ECN bits could interfere with IPv4 routing, because these bits were not properly cleared when setting ->flowi4_tos. These bugs should be fixed now and the dscp_t type has been introduced to ensure that variables carrying DSCP values don't accidentally have any ECN bits set. Several variables and structure fields have been converted to dscp_t already, but the main IPv4 routing structure, struct flowi4, is still using a __u8. To avoid any future regression, this patch converts it to dscp_t. There are many users to convert at once. Fortunately, around half of ->flowi4_tos users already have a dscp_t value at hand, which they currently convert to __u8 using inet_dscp_to_dsfield(). For all of these users, we just need to drop that conversion. But, although we try to do the __u8 <-> dscp_t conversions at the boundaries of the network or of user space, some places still store TOS/DSCP variables as __u8 in core networking code. Those can hardly be converted either because the data structure is part of UAPI or because the same variable or field is also used for handling ECN in other parts of the code. In all of these cases where we don't have a dscp_t variable at hand, we need to use inet_dsfield_to_dscp() when interacting with ->flowi4_dscp. Changes since v1: * Fix space alignment in __bpf_redirect_neigh_v4() (Ido). Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/29acecb45e911d17446b9a3dbdb1ab7b821ea371.1756128932.git.gnault@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski