[PATCH net] net: ipv6: fix buffer overflow in AH output

From: Charalampos Mitrodimas
Date: Sun Jul 27 2025 - 17:48:53 EST


Fix a buffer overflow where extension headers are incorrectly copied
to the IPv6 address fields, resulting in a field-spanning write of up
to 40 bytes into a 16-byte field (IPv6 address).

memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 40) of single field "&top_iph->saddr" at net/ipv6/ah6.c:439 (size 16)
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 8838 at net/ipv6/ah6.c:439 ah6_output+0xe7e/0x14e0 net/ipv6/ah6.c:439

The issue occurs in ah6_output() and ah6_output_done() where the code
attempts to save/restore extension headers by copying them to/from the
IPv6 source/destination address fields based on the CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6
setting.

Reported-by: syzbot+01b0667934cdceb4451c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b4169a1cfb945d2ed0ec
Signed-off-by: Charalampos Mitrodimas <charmitro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/ah6.c | 24 +++++-------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ah6.c b/net/ipv6/ah6.c
index eb474f0987ae016b9d800e9f83d70d73171b21d2..0fa3ed3c64c4ed1a1907d73fb3477e11ef0bd5b8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ah6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ah6.c
@@ -301,13 +301,8 @@ static void ah6_output_done(void *data, int err)
memcpy(ah->auth_data, icv, ahp->icv_trunc_len);
memcpy(top_iph, iph_base, IPV6HDR_BASELEN);

- if (extlen) {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
- memcpy(&top_iph->saddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#else
- memcpy(&top_iph->daddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#endif
- }
+ if (extlen)
+ memcpy((u8 *)(top_iph + 1), iph_ext, extlen);

kfree(AH_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp);
xfrm_output_resume(skb->sk, skb, err);
@@ -379,11 +374,7 @@ static int ah6_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
memcpy(iph_base, top_iph, IPV6HDR_BASELEN);

if (extlen) {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
- memcpy(iph_ext, &top_iph->saddr, extlen);
-#else
- memcpy(iph_ext, &top_iph->daddr, extlen);
-#endif
+ memcpy(iph_ext, (u8 *)(top_iph + 1), extlen);
err = ipv6_clear_mutable_options(top_iph,
extlen - sizeof(*iph_ext) +
sizeof(*top_iph),
@@ -434,13 +425,8 @@ static int ah6_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
memcpy(ah->auth_data, icv, ahp->icv_trunc_len);
memcpy(top_iph, iph_base, IPV6HDR_BASELEN);

- if (extlen) {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
- memcpy(&top_iph->saddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#else
- memcpy(&top_iph->daddr, iph_ext, extlen);
-#endif
- }
+ if (extlen)
+ memcpy((u8 *)(top_iph + 1), iph_ext, extlen);

out_free:
kfree(iph_base);

---
base-commit: b711733e89a3f84c8e1e56e2328f9a0fa5facc7c
change-id: 20250727-ah6-buffer-overflow-ff795b87398d

Best regards,
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Charalampos Mitrodimas <charmitro@xxxxxxxxxx>