kernel/linux.git/net/ipv4, branch v5.15.219

inet: frags: strip GSO state from fragments before reassembly

2026-08-28T06:20:31+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()

2026-08-27T12:28:21+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

2026-08-27T12:28:20+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

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

2026-08-23T12:17:23+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

2026-08-23T12:17:23+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

ipv4: adopt dst_dev, skb_dst_dev and skb_dst_dev_net[_rcu]

2026-08-23T12:17:19+00:00

[ Upstream commit a74fc62eec155ca5a6da8ff3856f3dc87fe24558 ] Use the new helpers as a first step to deal with potential dst->dev races. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-8-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: c9c9b37f8c55 ("netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: dst: annotate data-races around dst->output

2026-08-23T12:17:19+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2dce8c52a98995c4719def6f88629ab1581c0b82 ] dst_dev_put() can overwrite dst->output while other cpus might read this field (for instance from dst_output()) Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations to suppress potential issues. We will likely need RCU protection in the future. Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-6-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: c9c9b37f8c55 ("netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: dst: annotate data-races around dst->input

2026-08-23T12:17:19+00:00

[ Upstream commit f1c5fd34891a1c242885f48c2e4dc52df180f311 ] dst_dev_put() can overwrite dst->input while other cpus might read this field (for instance from dst_input()) Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations to suppress potential issues. We will likely need full RCU protection later. Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-5-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: c9c9b37f8c55 ("netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tcp: convert to dev_net_rcu()

2026-08-23T12:17:19+00:00

[ Upstream commit e7b9ecce562ca6a1de32c56c597fa45e08c44ec0 ] TCP uses of dev_net() are under RCU protection, change them to dev_net_rcu() to get LOCKDEP support. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250301201424.2046477-4-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: c9c9b37f8c55 ("netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

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

2026-08-19T15:14:17+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