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ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()

syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers
leading to an overflow of skb->transport_header.

This 16bit field has a limited range.

Add skb_reset_transport_header_careful() helper and use it
from ipv6_gso_segment()

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5871 Comm: syz-executor211 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-g7abc678e3084 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151
Call Trace:
<TASK>
skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53
nsh_gso_segment+0x54a/0xe10 net/nsh/nsh.c:110
skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53
__skb_gso_segment+0x342/0x510 net/core/gso.c:124
skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline]
validate_xmit_skb+0x857/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:3950
validate_xmit_skb_list+0x84/0x120 net/core/dev.c:4000
sch_direct_xmit+0xd3/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:329
__dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4102 [inline]
__dev_queue_xmit+0x17b6/0x3a70 net/core/dev.c:4679

Fixes: d1da932ed4ec ("ipv6: Separate ipv6 offload support")
Reported-by: syzbot+af43e647fd835acc02df@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/688a1a05.050a0220.5d226.0008.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Dawid Osuchowski <dawid.osuchowski@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250730131738.3385939-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

authored by

Eric Dumazet and committed by
Jakub Kicinski
d45cf1e7 7cbd4979

+26 -1
+23
include/linux/skbuff.h
··· 3033 3033 skb->transport_header = offset; 3034 3034 } 3035 3035 3036 + /** 3037 + * skb_reset_transport_header_careful - conditionally reset transport header 3038 + * @skb: buffer to alter 3039 + * 3040 + * Hardened version of skb_reset_transport_header(). 3041 + * 3042 + * Returns: true if the operation was a success. 3043 + */ 3044 + static inline bool __must_check 3045 + skb_reset_transport_header_careful(struct sk_buff *skb) 3046 + { 3047 + long offset = skb->data - skb->head; 3048 + 3049 + if (unlikely(offset != (typeof(skb->transport_header))offset)) 3050 + return false; 3051 + 3052 + if (unlikely(offset == (typeof(skb->transport_header))~0U)) 3053 + return false; 3054 + 3055 + skb->transport_header = offset; 3056 + return true; 3057 + } 3058 + 3036 3059 static inline void skb_set_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb, 3037 3060 const int offset) 3038 3061 {
+3 -1
net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
··· 148 148 149 149 ops = rcu_dereference(inet6_offloads[proto]); 150 150 if (likely(ops && ops->callbacks.gso_segment)) { 151 - skb_reset_transport_header(skb); 151 + if (!skb_reset_transport_header_careful(skb)) 152 + goto out; 153 + 152 154 segs = ops->callbacks.gso_segment(skb, features); 153 155 if (!segs) 154 156 skb->network_header = skb_mac_header(skb) + nhoff - skb->head;