Patch "net: ipv6: fix dst ref loop on input in rpl lwt" has been added to the 6.12-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    net: ipv6: fix dst ref loop on input in rpl lwt

to the 6.12-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:
     net-ipv6-fix-dst-ref-loop-on-input-in-rpl-lwt.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit b9d32e0f89964e1dd3b85c865764b065068ece6c
Author: Justin Iurman <justin.iurman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Feb 25 18:51:39 2025 +0100

    net: ipv6: fix dst ref loop on input in rpl lwt
    
    [ Upstream commit 13e55fbaec176119cff68a7e1693b251c8883c5f ]
    
    Prevent a dst ref loop on input in rpl_iptunnel.
    
    Fixes: a7a29f9c361f ("net: ipv6: add rpl sr tunnel")
    Cc: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Justin Iurman <justin.iurman@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
index 0ac4283acdf20..7c05ac846646f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
@@ -262,10 +262,18 @@ static int rpl_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *orig_dst = skb_dst(skb);
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
+	struct lwtunnel_state *lwtst;
 	struct rpl_lwt *rlwt;
 	int err;
 
-	rlwt = rpl_lwt_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate);
+	/* We cannot dereference "orig_dst" once ip6_route_input() or
+	 * skb_dst_drop() is called. However, in order to detect a dst loop, we
+	 * need the address of its lwtstate. So, save the address of lwtstate
+	 * now and use it later as a comparison.
+	 */
+	lwtst = orig_dst->lwtstate;
+
+	rlwt = rpl_lwt_lwtunnel(lwtst);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 	dst = dst_cache_get(&rlwt->cache);
@@ -280,7 +288,9 @@ static int rpl_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!dst) {
 		ip6_route_input(skb);
 		dst = skb_dst(skb);
-		if (!dst->error) {
+
+		/* cache only if we don't create a dst reference loop */
+		if (!dst->error && lwtst != dst->lwtstate) {
 			local_bh_disable();
 			dst_cache_set_ip6(&rlwt->cache, dst,
 					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);