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After finding\nthe bottom-of-stack label, it calls pskb_may_pull() before reading the\ninner IP header.\n\nIf an skb is constructed with the inner IP header in nonlinear data and\ninsufficient tailroom in the linear head, pskb_may_pull() calls\npskb_expand_head() to replace the skb head and free the old one. This\nleaves hdr pointing to freed memory. The IPv6 path can invalidate hdr\nagain when it performs a second pull for the larger header.\n\nThe issue was found through static analysis. A reproducer sending a legal\nGeneve packet through a bareudp/MPLS multipath setup triggered the same\nKASAN report in 2 of 2 unpatched runs:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mpls_select_multipath\n Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800ecc6e20 by task ksoftirqd/1/23\n\n Call Trace:\n mpls_select_multipath\n mpls_forward\n __netif_receive_skb_list_core\n netif_receive_skb_list_internal\n napi_complete_done\n gro_cell_poll\n __napi_poll\n net_rx_action\n\n Freed by task 23:\n kfree\n pskb_expand_head\n __pskb_pull_tail\n mpls_select_multipath\n\nReload hdr from the current skb head after each successful pull before\nderiving the inner IPv4 or IPv6 header pointer."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/mpls/af_mpls.c"], "versions": [{"version": "9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486", "lessThan": "fed638a248116b8a249bd4202d28e5934bdc65ad", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486", "lessThan": "d82b90a38c2ca8a0694428eab0e9551c23f2447d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486", "lessThan": "49d38c1b4390412f8950d33dfaee0ccbd17beb81", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486", "lessThan": "29e63b8d9fc150cc191b1c6eb7e16e1247e1b650", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ad864d9fce0ec56cc8f6afe5c6a0e6d7f484b9eb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "4.9.8", "lessThan": "4.10", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/mpls/af_mpls.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4.10", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "4.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.109", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3-rc1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.109"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3-rc1"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.9.8"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed638a248116b8a249bd4202d28e5934bdc65ad"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82b90a38c2ca8a0694428eab0e9551c23f2447d"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d38c1b4390412f8950d33dfaee0ccbd17beb81"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29e63b8d9fc150cc191b1c6eb7e16e1247e1b650"}], "title": "mpls: reload header after pskb_may_pull()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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