linux/net/openvswitch
Fernando Fernandez Mancera 3c6a4b1133 net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr
When executing IPv6 address rewrite actions on IPv6 fragments,
set_ipv6_addr() calls update_ipv6_checksum(). If parse_ipv6hdr()
processes a non-first IPv6 fragment, it sets key->ip.proto to
NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT and returns early without calling
skb_set_transport_header().

update_ipv6_checksum() unconditionally evaluates skb_transport_offset()
on entry before checking l4_proto.  Because skb->transport_header is
uninitialized, this triggers a warning under CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y although
it is completely harmless.

Fix this by returning early in update_ipv6_checksum() if l4_proto is
NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT. This avoids reading the uninitialized transport offset
for fragments while preserving the debug warning for any other protocol
where the transport header is unexpectedly missing.

See the syzbot trace:

!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at skb_transport_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:3250 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at update_ipv6_checksum net/openvswitch/actions.c:361 [inline], CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 at set_ipv6_addr+0x462/0x660 net/openvswitch/actions.c:399, CPU#1: syz-executor463/5635
[...]
RIP: 0010:skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3075 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_transport_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:3250 [inline]
RIP: 0010:update_ipv6_checksum net/openvswitch/actions.c:361 [inline]
RIP: 0010:set_ipv6_addr+0x462/0x660 net/openvswitch/actions.c:399
[...]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 set_ipv6 net/openvswitch/actions.c:531 [inline]
 do_execute_actions+0x557e/0x8600 net/openvswitch/actions.c:1366
 ovs_execute_actions+0xde/0x520 net/openvswitch/actions.c:1592
 ovs_packet_cmd_execute+0xb4f/0xf10 net/openvswitch/datapath.c:705
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x233/0x340 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114
 genl_rcv_msg+0x614/0x7a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2572
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1218
 netlink_unicast+0x7bd/0x940 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361
 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1916
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x14e/0x190 net/socket.c:800

Reported-by: syzbot+4cc63fcfb3845e149969@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4cc63fcfb3845e149969
Fixes: 3fdbd1ce11 ("openvswitch: add ipv6 'set' action")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261008104135.4722-1-fmancera@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-10-08 11:33:38 -07:00
..
actions.c net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr 2026-10-08 11:33:38 -07:00
conntrack.c net: openvswitch: conntrack: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc 2026-09-24 09:56:01 -07:00
conntrack.h openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free 2026-08-24 11:38:09 -07:00
datapath.c openvswitch: fix soft lockup in the netlink flow dump 2026-10-05 03:51:13 +01:00
datapath.h openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free 2026-08-24 11:38:09 -07:00
dp_notify.c net: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq 2025-09-22 17:40:30 -07:00
drop.h net: openvswitch: add misc error drop reasons 2023-08-14 08:01:06 +01:00
flow_netlink.c net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs 2026-07-11 13:09:11 +02:00
flow_netlink.h net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields 2025-11-14 18:13:24 -08:00
flow_table.c net: openvswitch: fix use-after-free of the flow table mask array 2026-09-08 17:24:10 -07:00
flow_table.h net: openvswitch: Annotate struct mask_array with __counted_by 2023-10-17 13:56:03 +02:00
flow.c openvswitch: fix wrong flag value in get_ipv6_ext_hdrs() 2026-09-10 08:51:30 -07:00
flow.h net: openvswitch: reduce cpu_used_mask memory 2023-02-06 22:36:29 -08:00
Kconfig openvswitch: remove support for legacy tunnel types 2026-08-06 15:09:23 +02:00
Makefile openvswitch: remove support for legacy tunnel types 2026-08-06 15:09:23 +02:00
meter.c net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure 2026-07-30 13:20:03 +02:00
meter.h net: openvswitch: remove unnecessary linux/genetlink.h include 2024-04-01 21:44:34 -07:00
openvswitch_trace.c
openvswitch_trace.h tracing/treewide: Remove second parameter of __assign_str() 2024-05-22 20:14:47 -04:00
vport-internal_dev.c net: rename netns_local to netns_immutable 2025-03-04 12:44:48 +01:00
vport-internal_dev.h
vport-netdev.c openvswitch: remove support for legacy tunnel types 2026-08-06 15:09:23 +02:00
vport-netdev.h openvswitch: remove support for legacy tunnel types 2026-08-06 15:09:23 +02:00
vport.c net: openvswitch: unexport ovs_vport_alloc/free 2026-08-13 18:33:35 -07:00
vport.h openvswitch: vport: remove infrastructure for separate modules 2026-08-06 15:09:23 +02:00