APPLIED: [SRU][J/F][PATCH v3 0/1] CVE-2024-36901

[Stefan Bader]

On 11.07.24 23:46, Vinicius Peixoto wrote:
> [Impact]
> According to syzbot, there is a chance that ip6_dst_idev()
> returns NULL in ip6_output(). Most places in IPv6 stack
> deal with a NULL idev just fine, but not here.
> 
> [Backport]
> Due to the lack of upstream commits
> 
> 5e187189ec324f78035d33a4bc123a9c4ca6f3e3 ("net: ip: add skb drop reasons for ip egress path")
> d289ab65b89c1d4d88417cb6c03e923f21f95fae ("ipv6: annotate data-races around cnf.disable_ipv6")
> 
> Jammy, Focal, Bionic and Xenial had a context conflict.
> Xenial is also missing the following commits:
> 
> 97a7a37a7b7bf3dd16f6fa13cfd7ffacd01a352f ("ipv6: Initial skb->dev and skb->protocol in ip6_output").
> 28f8bfd1ac948403ebd5c8070ae1e25421560059 ("netfilter: Support iif matches in POSTROUTING")
> 
> However, none of them directly impact the fix or the issue, so a manual
> backport is appropriate here.
> 
> [Test]
> Boot tested.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> Any issues here would directly impact IPv6 networking.
> 
> [Other info]
> 
> v1 -> v2:
> - Fix cover letter email subject
> 
> v2 -> v3:
> - Remove unnecessary READ_ONCE annotation coming from upstream commit
>    d289ab65b89c1d ("ipv6: annotate data-races around cnf.disable_ipv6")
> - Add more detailed description of missing upstream commits
> - Fix placement of CVE number in commit messages
> - Run boot tests
> 
> Eric Dumazet (1):
>    ipv6: prevent NULL dereference in ip6_output()
> 
>   net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Applied to jammy,focal:linux/master-next. Thanks.

-Stefan

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