From 43ccc20b5a733226417832cf16ef45322e594990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zhixing Chen Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:09:30 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: ip6tables: mark malformed IPv6 extension headers for hotdrop The ah, hbh and rt matches check that the fixed extension header is present, then use the header length field to derive the advertised extension header length for matching. For the ah match, add the missing advertised-length check. For hbh and rt, update the existing advertised-length checks. In all three cases, set hotdrop to true before returning false when the advertised extension header length exceeds the available skb data. Returning false treats the packet as a rule mismatch. Set hotdrop to true and drop malformed packets so they cannot bypass rules intended to drop packets with these IPv6 extension headers. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Zhixing Chen Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal --- net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ah.c | 5 +++++ net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c | 1 + net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ah.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ah.c index 70da2f2ce064..1258783ed876 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ah.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ah.c @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ static bool ah_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par) } hdrlen = ipv6_authlen(ah); + if (skb->len - ptr < hdrlen) { + /* Packet smaller than its length field */ + par->hotdrop = true; + return false; + } pr_debug("IPv6 AH LEN %u %u ", hdrlen, ah->hdrlen); pr_debug("RES %04X ", ah->reserved); diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c index 450dd53846a2..6d1a5d2026a6 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ hbh_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par) hdrlen = ipv6_optlen(oh); if (skb->len - ptr < hdrlen) { /* Packet smaller than it's length field */ + par->hotdrop = true; return false; } diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c index 5561bd9cea81..278b52752f36 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ static bool rt_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par) hdrlen = ipv6_optlen(rh); if (skb->len - ptr < hdrlen) { - /* Pcket smaller than its length field */ + /* Packet smaller than its length field */ + par->hotdrop = true; return false; }