We should always check if skb_header_pointer's return is NULL before using it, otherwise it may cause null-ptr-deref, as syzbot reported: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:sctp_rcv_ootb net/sctp/input.c:705 [inline] RIP: 0010:sctp_rcv+0x1d84/0x3220 net/sctp/input.c:196 Call Trace: <IRQ> sctp6_rcv+0x38/0x60 net/sctp/ipv6.c:1109 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2e9/0x1ca0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:422 ip6_input_finish+0x62/0x170 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:463 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:301 [inline] ip6_input+0x9c/0xd0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:472 dst_input include/net/dst.h:460 [inline] ip6_rcv_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:76 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:301 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0x28c/0x3c0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:297 Fixes: 3acb50c18d8d ("sctp: delay as much as possible skb_linearize") Reported-by: syzbot+581aff2ae6b860625116@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/sctp/input.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c index 5ef86fdb1176..1f1786021d9c 100644 --- a/net/sctp/input.c +++ b/net/sctp/input.c @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int sctp_rcv_ootb(struct sk_buff *skb) ch = skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, sizeof(*ch), &_ch); /* Break out if chunk length is less then minimal. */ - if (ntohs(ch->length) < sizeof(_ch)) + if (!ch || ntohs(ch->length) < sizeof(_ch)) break; ch_end = offset + SCTP_PAD4(ntohs(ch->length)); -- 2.27.0