[PATCH net v1] udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation

From: xuanqiang . luo

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 05:58:25 EST


From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>

__skb_udp_tunnel_segment() gets the UDP header before ensuring the
tunnel header is in the skb head. If the pull reallocates skb->head,
the saved UDP header pointer is no longer valid.

Get the UDP header after the pull to avoid a potential use-after-free.

Fixes: dbef491ebe7f ("udp: Use uh->len instead of skb->len to compute checksum in segmentation")
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
index 29651b1a0bc70..639c59044c135 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *__skb_udp_tunnel_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
int tnl_hlen = skb_inner_mac_header(skb) - skb_transport_header(skb);
bool remcsum, need_csum, offload_csum, gso_partial;
struct sk_buff *segs = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- struct udphdr *uh = udp_hdr(skb);
+ struct udphdr *uh;
u16 mac_offset = skb->mac_header;
__be16 protocol = skb->protocol;
u16 mac_len = skb->mac_len;
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *__skb_udp_tunnel_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, tnl_hlen)))
goto out;

+ uh = udp_hdr(skb);
+
/* Adjust partial header checksum to negate old length.
* We cannot rely on the value contained in uh->len as it is
* possible that the actual value exceeds the boundaries of the
--
2.43.0