netdev - Re: [PATCH net] xfrm6: avoid potential infinite loop in _decode

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 10:41:50 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <edumazet@...gle.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] xfrm6: avoid potential infinite loop in
 _decode_session6()

On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 08:23:49PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 02:49:30 -0700
> 
> > syzbot found a way to trigger an infinitie loop by overflowing
> > @offset variable that has been forced to use u16 for some very
> > obscure reason in the past.
> > 
> > We probably want to look at NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling which looks
> > wrong, in a separate patch.
> > 
> > In net-next, we shall try to use skb_header_pointer() instead of
> > pskb_may_pull().
>  ...
> > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
> > Cc: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> > Reported-by: syzbot+0053c8...@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> 
> Steffen, I am assuming you will pick this up.

Yes, now applied to the ipsec tree.

Thanks a lot Eric!