[PATCH net 1/2] nexthop: take nh->lock for f6i_list walks in replace check and notify
From: Xiang Mei (Microsoft)
Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 20:39:31 EST
fib6_check_nh_list() and __nexthop_replace_notify() walk nh->f6i_list
during an RTNL-serialized nexthop replace without holding nh->lock. IPv6
RTM_NEWROUTE/RTM_DELROUTE run without RTNL and mutate that list under
nh->lock (fib6_add_rt2node_nh(), fib6_purge_rt()), so both walks race a
concurrent route delete that unlinks and frees a fib6_info:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_fill_node.isra.0 (net/ipv6/route.c:5799)
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888014607e64 by task exploit/143
rt6_fill_node.isra.0 (net/ipv6/route.c:5799)
fib6_rt_update (net/ipv6/route.c:6412)
__nexthop_replace_notify (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:2542)
rtm_new_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:2554)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7076)
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fib6_check_nh_list (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1605)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888014a7d068 by task exploit/142
fib6_check_nh_list (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1605)
rtm_new_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:2575)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7076)
Both walks only read the entries and take no tb6_lock, so protect them
with nh->lock; fib6_rt_update() uses gfp_any(), which returns GFP_ATOMIC
under the lock.
Fixes: 081efd18326e ("ipv6: Protect nh->f6i_list with spinlock and flag.")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 6205bd57aa85..c1d3b7d7100d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -1597,14 +1597,21 @@ static int fib6_check_nh_list(struct nexthop *old, struct nexthop *new,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct fib6_info *f6i;
+ int err = 0;
if (list_empty(&old->f6i_list))
return 0;
+ spin_lock_bh(&old->lock);
list_for_each_entry(f6i, &old->f6i_list, nh_list) {
- if (check_src_addr(&f6i->fib6_src.addr, extack) < 0)
- return -EINVAL;
+ err = check_src_addr(&f6i->fib6_src.addr, extack);
+ if (err)
+ break;
}
+ spin_unlock_bh(&old->lock);
+
+ if (err)
+ return err;
return fib6_check_nexthop(new, NULL, extack);
}
@@ -2538,8 +2545,10 @@ static void __nexthop_replace_notify(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh,
fi->nh_updated = false;
}
+ spin_lock_bh(&nh->lock);
list_for_each_entry(f6i, &nh->f6i_list, nh_list)
fib6_rt_update(net, f6i, info);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&nh->lock);
}
/* send RTM_NEWROUTE with REPLACE flag set for all FIB entries
--
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