[PATCH net-next 5/5] bridge: Use ndisc_parse_options() to parse ND options in br_nd_send()
From: Danielle Ratson
Date: Sun Jul 19 2026 - 09:38:59 EST
Replace the manual ND option parsing loop in br_nd_send() with
ndisc_parse_options(), which provides proper validation and avoids the
class of bugs that were fixed by commit 53fc685243bd ("bridge: Avoid
infinite loop when suppressing NS messages with invalid options") and
commit 850837965af1 ("bridge: br_nd_send: validate ND option lengths").
Use ndisc_opt_addr_data() to extract the source link-layer address
from the parsed options, which correctly validates the option length
for the underlying device type.
Export ndisc_parse_options() so that it can be resolved from the bridge
when it is built as a module (CONFIG_BRIDGE=m); otherwise modpost fails
with an undefined symbol.
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c b/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
index 46779d9fad61..7863beae0c55 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
@@ -252,15 +252,16 @@ static void br_nd_send(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
{
struct net_device *dev = request->dev;
struct net_bridge_vlan_group *vg;
+ struct ndisc_options ndopts;
struct nd_msg *na, *ns;
struct sk_buff *reply;
struct ipv6hdr *pip6;
int na_olen = 8; /* opt hdr + ETH_ALEN for target */
int ns_olen;
- int i, len;
u8 *daddr;
bool dad;
u16 pvid;
+ int len;
if (!dev)
return;
@@ -281,20 +282,21 @@ static void br_nd_send(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
daddr = eth_hdr(request)->h_source;
ns = (struct nd_msg *)skb_transport_header(request);
- /* Do we need option processing ? */
- ns_olen = request->len - (skb_network_offset(request) +
- sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)) - sizeof(*ns);
- for (i = 0; i < ns_olen - 1; i += (ns->opt[i + 1] << 3)) {
- if (!ns->opt[i + 1] || i + (ns->opt[i + 1] << 3) > ns_olen) {
- kfree_skb(reply);
- return;
- }
- if (ns->opt[i] == ND_OPT_SOURCE_LL_ADDR) {
- if ((ns->opt[i + 1] << 3) >=
- sizeof(struct nd_opt_hdr) + ETH_ALEN)
- daddr = ns->opt + i + sizeof(struct nd_opt_hdr);
- break;
- }
+ /* Derive the option length from the IPv6 payload length so that any
+ * trailing L2 padding in the skb is not parsed as ND options.
+ */
+ ns_olen = ntohs(ipv6_hdr(request)->payload_len) - sizeof(*ns);
+ if (!ndisc_parse_options(dev, ns->opt, ns_olen, &ndopts)) {
+ kfree_skb(reply);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (ndopts.nd_opts_src_lladdr) {
+ u8 *lladdr;
+
+ lladdr = ndisc_opt_addr_data(ndopts.nd_opts_src_lladdr, dev);
+ if (lladdr)
+ daddr = lladdr;
}
dad = ipv6_addr_any(&ipv6_hdr(request)->saddr);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index f867ec8d3d90..d8b4588f6bff 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ struct ndisc_options *ndisc_parse_options(const struct net_device *dev,
}
return ndopts;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ndisc_parse_options);
int ndisc_mc_map(const struct in6_addr *addr, char *buf, struct net_device *dev, int dir)
{
--
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