[PATCH net v3 2/2] xfrm: fix selector matching for IPv6 atomic fragments
From: Jérémy Jean
Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 15:31:05 EST
Commit 7e3a42a12c4b ("xfrm6: handling fragment") stopped decoding IPv6
selector fields after a Fragment header. That is correct for real
fragments because later fragments do not carry those fields, yet an
atomic fragment is different because it contains the complete
datagram, which allows XFRM to read its ports, ICMPv6 type and code,
and GRE key. Leaving those fields zero lets a plaintext atomic
fragment miss a policy that matches on one of them.
Leave ports, ICMPv6 type and code, and GRE key unset for real
fragments. For atomic fragments, treat the packet as a complete
datagram during IPv6 session decoding and recover the ports at the
transport offset found by the flow dissector.
Have ipv6_find_hdr() report non-atomic Fragment headers while it walks
the extension header chain. Pull the base IPv6 header before calling
it so nonlinear skbs are safe, and recover selectors only when every
Fragment header it sees is atomic.
Fixes: 7e3a42a12c4b ("xfrm6: handling fragment")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <Jeremy.Jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/ipv6.h | 1 +
net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c | 6 +++++-
net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 3de07e738538f..10785721b013d 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ enum {
IP6_FH_F_FRAG = (1 << 0),
IP6_FH_F_AUTH = (1 << 1),
IP6_FH_F_SKIP_RH = (1 << 2),
+ IP6_FH_F_NON_ATOMIC = (1 << 3),
};
/* find specified header and get offset to it */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
index 4a9748338cf40..9b9e2ce72e170 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipv6_find_tlv);
* isn't NULL.
*
* if flags is not NULL and it's a fragment, then the frag flag
- * IP6_FH_F_FRAG will be set. If it's an AH header, the
+ * IP6_FH_F_FRAG will be set. IP6_FH_F_NON_ATOMIC will be set for a
+ * non-atomic Fragment header. If it's an AH header, the
* IP6_FH_F_AUTH flag is set and target < 0, then this function will
* stop at the AH header. If IP6_FH_F_SKIP_RH flag was passed, then this
* function will skip all those routing headers, where segements_left was 0.
@@ -254,6 +255,9 @@ int ipv6_find_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
if (!fp)
return -EBADMSG;
+ if (flags && (*fp & htons(IP6_OFFSET | IP6_MF)))
+ *flags |= IP6_FH_F_NON_ATOMIC;
+
_frag_off = ntohs(*fp) & ~0x7;
if (_frag_off) {
if (target < 0 &&
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index bda5100c9fdbf..679343b23df35 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -3526,9 +3526,24 @@ int __xfrm_decode_session(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl
decode_session4(&flkeys, fl, reverse);
break;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- case AF_INET6:
+ case AF_INET6: {
+ unsigned int offset = 0;
+ int fh_flags = 0;
+
+ if ((flkeys.control.flags & FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT) &&
+ pskb_network_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)) &&
+ ipv6_find_hdr(skb, &offset, -1, NULL, &fh_flags) >= 0 &&
+ (fh_flags & IP6_FH_F_FRAG) &&
+ !(fh_flags & IP6_FH_F_NON_ATOMIC)) {
+ flkeys.control.flags &= ~FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT;
+ flkeys.ports.ports = skb_flow_get_ports(skb,
+ flkeys.control.thoff,
+ flkeys.basic.ip_proto,
+ NULL, 0);
+ }
decode_session6(&flkeys, fl, reverse);
break;
+ }
#endif
default:
return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
--
2.47.3