[PATCH net] seg6: fix HMAC validation when an extension header precedes the SRH

From: Yuya Kusakabe

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 00:52:30 EST


seg6_hmac_validate_skb() derived the SRH from skb_transport_header().
That only holds while the two coincide, which is not true on the
seg6_local input path.

ip6_rcv_core() leaves the transport header just past the IPv6 header.
A Hop-by-Hop options header is consumed before the route lookup and
advances it, but a Destination Options header is not: the seg6_local
lwtunnel is entered through an input redirect from the route lookup,
which bypasses the extension header handlers. The transport header
then still points at the Destination Options header while
seg6_get_srh() has located the real SRH further down the chain.

The HMAC is therefore computed over the Destination Options header,
and a packet carrying a valid HMAC TLV is dropped when
seg6_require_hmac is set. Such a packet is legitimate: RFC 8200 allows
Destination Options before a routing header, and get_srh() has walked
the header chain since commit 5829d70b0b6c ("ipv6: sr: fix get_srh() to
comply with IPv6 standard "RFC 8200""). The misread header is covered
by the pskb_may_pull() in seg6_get_srh(), so the result is a wrong
verdict, not an out-of-bounds access.

Reproduce by giving a node a seg6local End SID with
net.ipv6.conf.<dev>.seg6_require_hmac=1 and a key installed with
"ip sr hmac set <keyid> sha1", then sending

IPv6 -> Destination Options -> SRH (carrying a valid HMAC TLV) -> payload

to that SID: it is dropped, while the same packet without the
Destination Options header passes.

Fixes: 5829d70b0b6c ("ipv6: sr: fix get_srh() to comply with IPv6 standard "RFC 8200"")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Yuya Kusakabe <yuya.kusakabe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/seg6_hmac.h | 3 ++-
net/ipv6/exthdrs.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c | 5 +----
net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 6 +++---
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/seg6_hmac.h b/include/net/seg6_hmac.h
index e9f41725933e..3161a8104b89 100644
--- a/include/net/seg6_hmac.h
+++ b/include/net/seg6_hmac.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ extern int seg6_hmac_info_add(struct net *net, u32 key,
extern int seg6_hmac_info_del(struct net *net, u32 key);
extern int seg6_push_hmac(struct net *net, struct in6_addr *saddr,
struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh);
-extern bool seg6_hmac_validate_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern bool seg6_hmac_validate_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh);
#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
extern int seg6_hmac_net_init(struct net *net);
extern void seg6_hmac_net_exit(struct net *net);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 09a4552f7f08..3ef3c2635581 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int ipv6_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev)
}

#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
- if (!seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb)) {
+ if (!seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb, hdr)) {
kfree_skb(skb);
return -1;
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c
index e6964c6b0d38..bd2704d4c7a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c
@@ -173,13 +173,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seg6_hmac_compute);
*
* called with rcu_read_lock()
*/
-bool seg6_hmac_validate_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+bool seg6_hmac_validate_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh)
{
u8 hmac_output[SEG6_HMAC_FIELD_LEN];
struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
struct seg6_hmac_info *hinfo;
struct sr6_tlv_hmac *tlv;
- struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh;
struct inet6_dev *idev;
int require_hmac;

@@ -187,8 +186,6 @@ bool seg6_hmac_validate_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (!idev)
return false;

- srh = (struct ipv6_sr_hdr *)skb_transport_header(skb);
-
tlv = seg6_get_tlv_hmac(srh);

require_hmac = READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.seg6_require_hmac);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
index d1070aec7b72..67eeb27ee43a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static struct ipv6_sr_hdr *get_and_validate_srh(struct sk_buff *skb)
return NULL;

#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
- if (!seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb))
+ if (!seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb, srh))
return NULL;
#endif

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static bool decap_and_validate(struct sk_buff *skb, int proto)
return false;

#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
- if (srh && !seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb))
+ if (srh && !seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb, srh))
return false;
#endif

@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int end_flv8986_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct seg6_local_lwt *slwt)
srhoff = srh ? ((unsigned char *)srh - skb->data) : 0;
pinfo = seg6_get_srh_pktinfo(srh);
#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
- if (srh && !seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb))
+ if (srh && !seg6_hmac_validate_skb(skb, srh))
goto drop;
#endif
flvmask = finfo->flv_ops;

---
base-commit: 17741334d00bf5ebd37f8c1c36bc9c146a351deb
change-id: 20260922-b4-seg6-hmac-transport-header-2158048b4bc6

Best regards,
--
Yuya Kusakabe <yuya.kusakabe@xxxxxxxxx>