[net, 1/2] seg6: fix srh pointer in get_srh()

From: Andrea Mayer
Date: Sat Nov 16 2019 - 10:13:56 EST


pskb_may_pull may change pointers in header. For this reason, it is
mandatory to reload any pointer that points into skb header.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
index 9d4f75e0d33a..5e3d7004d431 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ static struct ipv6_sr_hdr *get_srh(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, srhoff + len))
return NULL;

+ /* note that pskb_may_pull may change pointers in header;
+ * for this reason it is necessary to reload them when needed.
+ */
+ srh = (struct ipv6_sr_hdr *)(skb->data + srhoff);
+
if (!seg6_validate_srh(srh, len))
return NULL;

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2.20.1