This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ipv6-fix-possible-uaf-in-ip6_finish_output2.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 88c73a47f1685aaaa53289c52b43ff1f0580c078 Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Aug 20 16:08:58 2024 +0000 ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() [ Upstream commit da273b377ae0d9bd255281ed3c2adb228321687b ] If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We need to hold rcu_read_lock() to make sure the dst and associated idev are alive. Fixes: 5796015fa968 ("ipv6: allocate enough headroom in ip6_finish_output2()") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vasily Averin <vasily.averin@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240820160859.3786976-3-edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c index 8d4aaa4029b3e..9cff86c01abca 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c @@ -70,11 +70,15 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff * /* Be paranoid, rather than too clever. */ if (unlikely(hh_len > skb_headroom(skb)) && dev->header_ops) { + /* Make sure idev stays alive */ + rcu_read_lock(); skb = skb_expand_head(skb, hh_len); if (!skb) { IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS); + rcu_read_unlock(); return -ENOMEM; } + rcu_read_unlock(); } hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);