kernel/linux.git/net/ipv4, branch v5.10.268

inet: frags: strip GSO state from fragments before reassembly

2026-08-28T06:19:55+00:00

commit d5dc1e69fd7258ea605c9952e5d5947539159ae3 upstream. A virtio_net_hdr (tun/tap, or AF_PACKET with PACKET_VNET_HDR) can mark an IPv4 or IPv6 fragment as GSO; nothing relates gso_type to frag_off. inet_frag_reasm_prepare()/inet_frag_reasm_finish() keep the first fragment's skb as the head of the reassembled datagram, including its shinfo->gso_size/gso_type/gso_segs, and chain the remaining fragments on frag_list with whatever linear/paged layout they arrived with. After ip_defrag() (ip_local_deliver(), nf_defrag_ipv4, ...) the reassembled skb therefore still claims to be GSO (SKB_GSO_DODGY), and the next software segmentation point - udp_rcv_segment() on local delivery, validate_xmit_skb(), or the ip_finish_output_gso() slow path - hands it to skb_segment(). skb_segment()'s frag_list walk assumes GRO-shaped input and hits one of its BUG_ON()s. Two writes to a tap by an unprivileged user in its own userns are enough: kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:4899! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI CPU: 0 UID: 1000 PID: 82 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.2.0-pentest+ #2 RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x20ca/0x48b0 Call Trace: __udp_gso_segment+0x29a/0x27d0 udp4_ufo_fragment+0x458/0x6c0 inet_gso_segment+0x429/0x1340 skb_mac_gso_segment+0x233/0x4f0 __skb_gso_segment+0x308/0x660 udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x440/0xad0 udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0xc7/0x2c0 udp_rcv+0x16ce/0x2260 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x197/0x2d0 ip_local_deliver+0x430/0x690 ip_rcv+0x16f/0x1f0 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x15e/0x1c0 __netif_receive_skb+0x1e/0x110 netif_receive_skb+0xf6/0x5c0 tun_rx_batched.isra.0+0x3ab/0x790 tun_get_user+0x17c3/0x3550 tun_chr_write_iter+0xba/0x1b0 vfs_write+0x646/0x1130 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt This runs with BH disabled, so it is a panic rather than an oops. The same is reachable with CAP_NET_RAW in a netns where a defrag point precedes a GSO point, and from a guest whose VMM forwards virtio_net_hdr to a tap. The SKB_GSO_DODGY frag_list checks added by commit 3dcbdb134f32 ("net: gso: Fix skb_segment splat when splitting gso_size mangled skb having linear-headed frag_list") and by commit 9e4b7a99a03a ("net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types") do not cover it: page-backed heads skip them, and kmalloc heads skip them when gso_size == skb_headlen(head), which the sender controls. An skb entering a frag queue is an IP fragment by definition and cannot legitimately carry GSO state: GRO does not merge fragments and the stack segments before it fragments, so only untrusted sources are affected. This has been reachable since commit f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr"), the first path that let userspace attach GSO metadata to an IP fragment. Reset the GSO fields of every fragment as it is queued, in inet_frag_queue_insert(), which IPv4, IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm and 6lowpan reassembly share; then neither the head nor the frag_list members of the reassembled skb carry them (the members matter too: the ip_do_fragment()/ip6_fragment() fast paths send them out as they are). The head may remain CHECKSUM_PARTIAL; that is already accepted on receive and resolved by skb_checksum_help() in ip_do_fragment()/ip6_fragment() on forward. Tested on top of net.git (dc4b95b8fee9), x86_64: the tap reproducer above, two further IPv4 frag_list geometries that reach BUG_ON(i >= nfrags) and BUG_ON(!list_skb->head_frag), and an IPv6 fragment-header variant (udp6_ufo_fragment()) each panic the unpatched kernel; with this patch all four datagrams are delivered intact and nothing is logged. Fixes: f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr") Cc: stable@kernel.org Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Xinyang Ge Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/937926e509f2acd8e0e66520dc2b30fd6b4d1687.1787839506.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ipv4: reject undersized MTUs in ip_do_fragment()

2026-08-27T12:27:35+00:00

commit c0726f0caf8c6b3208552949e17d23634a2f3129 upstream. ip_do_fragment() subtracts the IPv4 header length from the effective MTU and passes the resulting payload MTU to ip_frag_next(). If the effective MTU is smaller than hlen + 8, ip_frag_next() rounds the fragment payload length down to zero. The fragmentation state then never makes forward progress: state->left, state->ptr and state->offset stay unchanged while ip_do_fragment() keeps allocating and transmitting header-only fragments until the softlockup detector fires. This is reproducible with a route installed using "mtu lock 20", but it is also reproducible without route MTU lock, for example by forwarding a packet to a device whose MTU is 20. Fix it in ip_do_fragment() by rejecting mtu < hlen + 8 with -EMSGSIZE, matching the existing IPv6 fragmentation check. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Vega Signed-off-by: Yong Wang Signed-off-by: Ren Wei Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/8809ef6314b98913681b0b370a05a85c2b6cd579.1786599079.git.edragain@163.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

inet: frags: publish queues before arming timer

2026-08-27T12:27:34+00:00

[ Upstream commit 653d7ddf6cba867777a3d14c4f83ace008c5ad13 ] inet_frag_create() arms the fragment queue timer before inserting the queue into the fqdir rhashtable. If the namespace fragment timeout is zero or negative, the timer can run before the queue is published. The timer callback then marks the queue complete, tries to remove a node that is not in the hash table yet, and drops the anticipated hash reference. Creation can subsequently publish the completed queue without restoring that reference, leaving a stale hash node after the caller drops the remaining reference. Publish the queue first and arm the timer while holding the queue lock. This makes timer expiry wait until the queue is visible in the hash table, so inet_frag_kill() can remove the node and balance the hash reference. Fixes: 648700f76b03 ("inet: frags: use rhashtables for reassembly units") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Vega Signed-off-by: Zhiling Zou Signed-off-by: Ren Wei Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bf66785e7c0c139d7a1900e2f01faeeab344b960.1784948849.git.zhilinz@nebusec.ai Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ipv4: Fix fib_nlmsg_size() for RTA_VIA nexthops

2026-08-27T12:27:33+00:00

[ Upstream commit 4ff9548d84945d2cbf9e4c207288063a200ea397 ] fib_nlmsg_size() still estimates nexthop space as if every gateway is encoded as an IPv4 RTA_GATEWAY attribute. IPv4 routes can also carry an IPv6 gateway, which fib_nexthop_info() dumps as RTA_VIA. As a result, route notifications can allocate an skb that is too small. fib_dump_info() then fails with -EMSGSIZE and rtmsg_fib() hits the WARN_ON() that marks such failures as a fib_nlmsg_size() bug. With panic_on_warn set, this becomes a kernel panic. Mirror the actual nexthop dump layout in fib_nlmsg_size(): account for IPv6 nexthop gateways dumped as RTA_VIA, for the no-header rtnexthop layout used inside RTA_MULTIPATH, and for RTA_FLOW only when it is actually present. Fixes: d15662682db2 ("ipv4: Allow ipv6 gateway with ipv4 routes") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Vega Signed-off-by: Zihan Xi Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6f53fa797fcaeb26966432ed7ae9bb87c4961f37.1785411220.git.zihanx@nebusec.ai Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: ipv4: Publish fib_nlmsg_size()

2026-08-27T12:27:33+00:00

[ Upstream commit 1e7bdec6bbc7816cdc6a093374f4bf4e732c3d44 ] Publish fib_nlmsg_size() to allow it to be used later on from fib_alias_hw_flags_set(). Remove the inline keyword since it shouldn't be used inside C files. Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 4ff9548d8494 ("ipv4: Fix fib_nlmsg_size() for RTA_VIA nexthops") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: ipip: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

2026-08-23T12:16:22+00:00

[ Upstream commit 8211a26324667980a463c069469a818e71207e02 ] ipip_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the device is created in or moved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a caller privileged there but not in t->net can rewrite a tunnel that lives in t->net. Gate ipip_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top, before any attribute is parsed. Reported-by: Xiao Liang Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CABAhCOSzP1vaThGV35_VnsRCb=87_CPjPVsTHbq905k8A+BuUg@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 6c742e714d8c ("ipip: add x-netns support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260612085941.3158249-3-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: Add helper function to parse netlink msg of ip_tunnel_encap

2026-08-23T12:16:22+00:00

[ Upstream commit 537dd2d9fb9f4aa7939fb4fcf552ebe4f497bd7e ] Add ip_tunnel_netlink_encap_parms to parse netlink msg of ip_tunnel_encap. Reduces duplicate code, no actual functional changes. Signed-off-by: Liu Jian Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Stable-dep-of: 8211a2632466 ("net: ipip: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

bpf, sockmap: Fix sk_redir use-after-free in send verdict

2026-08-19T15:12:14+00:00

commit a76624733730e541e4955fdecf506af2f6b20558 upstream. sk_psock_msg_verdict() takes a socket reference for psock->sk_redir. tcp_bpf_send_verdict() copies that pointer while holding the source socket lock, but does not take a reference for the local copy before dropping the lock around tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(). When apply_bytes keeps the cached verdict active, another sendmsg() on the same source socket can consume the remaining bytes and release the cached reference while the first thread still holds only the raw local pointer: CPU 0 CPU 1 sk_redir = psock->sk_redir apply_bytes remains nonzero release_sock(sk) lock_sock(sk) apply_bytes reaches zero psock->sk_redir = NULL release_sock(sk) tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(sk_redir) sock_put(sk_redir) tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(sk_redir) The final sock_put() can free sk_redir before CPU 0 dereferences it. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0xf39/0x1020 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888108537090 by task poc/87 Call Trace: tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0xf39/0x1020 tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x977/0x1a50 __sys_sendto+0x32c/0x3a0 __x64_sys_sendto+0xdb/0x1b0 Allocated by task 85: sk_prot_alloc+0x56/0x210 sk_clone+0x6f/0x14b0 inet_csk_clone_lock+0x24/0x740 tcp_create_openreq_child+0x25/0x2710 tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x10a/0xe00 Freed by task 0: __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xa6/0x1e0 rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850 Last potentially related work creation: __sk_destruct+0x3da/0x540 sk_psock_destroy+0x81e/0xab0 process_one_work+0x63a/0x1070 Take a temporary socket reference while the source socket lock still protects psock->sk_redir, and drop it after tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir() returns. This keeps each unlocked use independent of cached-verdict ownership. Fixes: 604326b41a6f ("bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface") Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye Reviewed-by: John Fastabend Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260719152207.2892156-1-nicoyip.dev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ipv4: fix use-after-free in fib_nhc_update_mtu()

2026-08-19T15:12:14+00:00

commit bc5bde9ce3cc36502839dfe98e068f7303a50982 upstream. fib_nhc_update_mtu() walks the nexthop exception table under RTNL, but RTNL does not serialize this walk with PMTU exception updates. The walk uses rcu_dereference_protected() with a constant true condition without holding fnhe_lock. The following interleaving can therefore occur: CPU 0 CPU 1 fib_nhc_update_mtu() update_or_create_fnhe() load fnhe spin_lock_bh(&fnhe_lock) fnhe_remove_oldest() unlink fnhe kfree_rcu(fnhe, rcu) access fnhe after grace period KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fib_nhc_update_mtu+0x3df/0x410 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888107d49000 by task poc/90 Call Trace: fib_nhc_update_mtu+0x3df/0x410 fib_sync_mtu+0x7a/0xd0 fib_netdev_event+0x229/0x3f0 netif_set_mtu_ext+0x33a/0x570 dev_set_mtu+0x88/0x120 The same walk updates fnhe_pmtu and fnhe_mtu_locked. These fields form a pair and other writers serialize them with fnhe_lock. RCU alone prevents reclamation, but would still allow concurrent writers to leave a mixed pair. Walk the table under RCU and acquire fnhe_lock only while updating each exception. RCU keeps the current entry alive while the short critical section serializes its paired PMTU fields. This avoids holding the global lock while scanning all 2048 buckets for every nexthop. Fixes: af7d6cce5369 ("net: ipv4: update fnhe_pmtu when first hop's MTU changes") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Suggested-by: Ido Schimmel Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807181710.1178747-1-nicoyip.dev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation

2026-08-19T15:12:11+00:00

[ Upstream commit d0f86fb36eb260abd10007b62c9dcc1028e03e61 ] __skb_udp_tunnel_segment() gets the UDP header before ensuring the tunnel header is in the skb head. If the pull reallocates skb->head, the saved UDP header pointer is no longer valid. Get the UDP header after the pull to avoid a potential use-after-free. Fixes: dbef491ebe7f ("udp: Use uh->len instead of skb->len to compute checksum in segmentation") Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo Reviewed-by: Antoine Tenart Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260730093554.68127-1-xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin