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ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries
authorIdo Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Wed, 3 Jun 2026 10:18:11 +0000 (13:18 +0300)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:50:33 +0000 (08:50 -0700)
commit791c91dc7a9dfb2457d5e29b8216a6484b9c4b40
treeb7c81b6dce0748d25916c490912d79204532b207
parent05ef0afa1bd63ae36a594e9b8e92057660e3b3a2
ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries

When processing an MLD query, a pointer to the multicast group address
is retrieved when initially parsing the packet. This pointer is later
dereferenced without being reloaded despite the fact that the skb header
might have been reallocated following the pskb_may_pull() calls, leading
to a use-after-free [1].

Fix by copying the multicast group address when the packet is initially
parsed.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1512)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881154b8e90 by task kworker/4:1/118

Workqueue: mld mld_query_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
print_address_description.constprop.0 (mm/kasan/report.c:378)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:482)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
__mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1512)
mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1563)
process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314)
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397 kernel/workqueue.c:3478)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)
</TASK>

[...]

Freed by task 118:
kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:57)
kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:78)
kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:584)
__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:253 mm/kasan/common.c:285)
kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6251 mm/slub.c:6566)
pskb_expand_head (net/core/skbuff.c:2335)
__pskb_pull_tail (net/core/skbuff.c:2878 (discriminator 4))
__mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1495 (discriminator 1))
mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1563)
process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314)
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397 kernel/workqueue.c:3478)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)

Fixes: 97300b5fdfe2 ("[MCAST] IPv6: Check packet size when process Multicast")
Reported-by: Leo Lin <leo@depthfirst.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dahern@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603101811.612594-1-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv6/mcast.c