From 97cc84dad1d7f68a36b71b69b361d88482707673 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:37:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ip6_gre: check tunnel info before xmit in ip6gre_tunnel_xmit Shuangpeng Bai reported a KASAN slab-use-after-free in ip6gre_tunnel_xmit(). The precise KASAN bug was caused by ip6_tnl_xmit() consuming the skb during headroom expansion and returning an error, while ip6gre_tunnel_xmit() still held the stale pointer and called skb_tunnel_info_txcheck(skb) at tx_err. That specific bug was fixed by commit 87f21b59ddc6 ("ip6_tunnel: use skb_cow_head() in ip6_tnl_xmit()"). However, calling skb_tunnel_info_txcheck(skb) at the tx_err label after the transmission attempt remains problematic: Downstream helpers like ip6_tnl_xmit() call skb_scrub_packet(), which drops the skb's metadata_dst before transmission. If an error occurs later during transmit, inspecting skb at tx_err sees a scrubbed dst and misclassifies tx_errors vs tx_dropped. Commit e5f7e211b6aa ("ip6gre: avoid tx_error when sending MLD/DAD on external tunnels") already handled this correctly in ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit() by checking and caching tun_info before transmit. Align ip6gre_tunnel_xmit() with ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit() by caching tun_info before xmit and checking it at tx_err. Fixes: e5f7e211b6aa ("ip6gre: avoid tx_error when sending MLD/DAD on external tunnels") Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260819062224.3197349-1-shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com/ Cc: Davide Caratti Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260828103731.1951815-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c index 69c51f1a5bf0..8ebda0b6a78b 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c @@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ static int ip6gre_xmit_other(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) { + struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info = NULL; struct ip6_tnl *t = netdev_priv(dev); __be16 payload_protocol; int ret; @@ -888,6 +889,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, if (!ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(t, &t->parms.laddr, &t->parms.raddr)) goto tx_err; + if (t->parms.collect_md) + tun_info = skb_tunnel_info_txcheck(skb); + payload_protocol = skb_protocol(skb, true); switch (payload_protocol) { case htons(ETH_P_IP): @@ -907,7 +911,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, return NETDEV_TX_OK; tx_err: - if (!t->parms.collect_md || !IS_ERR(skb_tunnel_info_txcheck(skb))) + if (!IS_ERR(tun_info)) DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors); DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_dropped); kfree_skb(skb);