When recalculating the outer ICMPv6 checksum for a reverse path NATv6 such as ICMPV6_TIME_EXCEED nf_nat_icmpv6_reply_translation() was accessing data beyond the headlen of the skb for non-linear skb. This resulted in incorrect ICMPv6 checksum as garbage data was used. Signed-off-by: Dave Johnson <dave-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -rup linux-4.9.23.orig/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto_ipv6.c linux-4.9.23/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto_ipv6.c --- linux-4.9.23.orig/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto_ipv6.c 2017-04-18 01:12:30.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-4.9.23/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto_ipv6.c 2017-04-20 08:13:41.070493666 -0400 @@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ int nf_nat_icmpv6_reply_translation(stru return 0; if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) { - struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb); + struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h; + + if (!skb_make_writable(skb, skb->len)) + return 0; + + ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb); inside = (void *)skb->data + hdrlen; inside->icmp6.icmp6_cksum = 0; inside->icmp6.icmp6_cksum = -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html