[PATCH net v2] vxlan: mdb: Fix use-after-free in vxlan_mdb_remote_src_del()
From: Baul Lee
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 13:38:08 EST
vxlan_mdb_is_valid_source(), which validates MDBE_ATTR_SOURCE and every
MDBE_ATTR_SRC_LIST member, accepts the all-zeros address.
A source list is only accepted on a (*, G) entry, whose source is the
all-zeros address, and for each member of the list an (S, G) entry is
derived from it by substituting the source. Entries are keyed by a plain
memcmp() of struct vxlan_mdb_entry_key, so if MDBE_ATTR_SOURCE is present
and holds the all-zeros address and the source list holds it as well, the
derived (S, G) key is byte-identical to the (*, G) key and resolves to the
same entry. Omitting MDBE_ATTR_SOURCE is not equivalent, as the key is
then left with a zero address family.
vxlan_mdb_remote_src_del() removes the forwarding entry of a source before
freeing the source entry:
vxlan_mdb_remote_src_fwd_del(vxlan, group, remote, &ent->addr);
vxlan_mdb_remote_src_entry_del(ent);
With the keys aliased, the first call deletes the remote of the entry that
owns 'ent' instead of a separate (S, G) entry, and frees 'ent'. The second
call then runs on the freed entry, and its hlist_del() reads ->pprev and
->next out of it and writes through them.
Adding the (*, G) entry with NLM_F_REPLACE and no source list marks the
all-zeros source for deletion and reaches this from the sweep at the end
of vxlan_mdb_remote_srcs_replace().
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __vxlan_mdb_add+0x1cd/0xd70
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888102852500 by task poc/84
__vxlan_mdb_add+0x1cd/0xd70
vxlan_mdb_add+0xc0/0x140
rtnl_mdb_add+0x157/0x2a0
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x207/0x5a0
Allocated by task 84:
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x153/0x360
vxlan_mdb_remote_srcs_add+0x2eb/0x440
__vxlan_mdb_add+0x803/0xd70
Freed by task 84:
kfree+0x14c/0x3b0
vxlan_mdb_remote_del+0x129/0x1a0
__vxlan_mdb_del+0x4f/0xe0
vxlan_mdb_remote_src_fwd_del.isra.0+0x162/0x1b0
__vxlan_mdb_add+0x1c5/0xd70
The MDB operations are netns-scoped, so an unprivileged user can perform
them in a new user and network namespace.
Reject the all-zeros address in vxlan_mdb_is_valid_source(), which covers
both call sites. A (*, G) entry is expressed by omitting the source, so
nothing legitimate is refused.
Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>
Fixes: a3a48de5eade ("vxlan: mdb: Add MDB control path support")
Signed-off-by: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>
---
Unrelated to [1]: different subsystem, different bug class, different fix
site. It applies independently.
v2: Use ipv4_is_zeronet(). Add test cases to star_g_common() and
sg_common().
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260826151542.68815-1-baul.lee@xxxxxxxx/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260815172032.79740-1-baul.lee@xxxxxxxx/
drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c | 8 ++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_mdb.sh | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c
index d71e1925ecfd..841f42ffecb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ static bool vxlan_mdb_is_valid_source(const struct nlattr *attr, __be16 proto,
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "IPv4 multicast source address is not allowed");
return false;
}
+ if (ipv4_is_zeronet(nla_get_in_addr(attr))) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "IPv4 all-zeros source address is not allowed");
+ return false;
+ }
break;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
case htons(ETH_P_IPV6): {
@@ -368,6 +372,10 @@ static bool vxlan_mdb_is_valid_source(const struct nlattr *attr, __be16 proto,
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "IPv6 multicast source address is not allowed");
return false;
}
+ if (ipv6_addr_any(&src)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "IPv6 all-zeros source address is not allowed");
+ return false;
+ }
break;
}
#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_mdb.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_mdb.sh
index 58da5de99ac4..f9600aabd4a2 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_mdb.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_mdb.sh
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ star_g_common()
run_cmd "bridge -n $ns1 mdb add dev vx0 port vx0 grp $grp permanent filter_mode exclude source_list $grp dst $vtep_ip src_vni 10010"
log_test $? 255 "Invalid source in source list"
+ run_cmd "bridge -n $ns1 mdb add dev vx0 port vx0 grp $grp permanent filter_mode exclude source_list $all_zeros_grp dst $vtep_ip src_vni 10010"
+ log_test $? 255 "All-zeros source in source list"
+
run_cmd "bridge -n $ns1 mdb add dev vx0 port vx0 grp $grp permanent source_list $src1 dst $vtep_ip src_vni 10010"
log_test $? 255 "Source list without filter mode"
}
@@ -784,6 +787,9 @@ sg_common()
run_cmd "bridge -n $ns1 mdb add dev vx0 port vx0 grp $grp src $grp permanent dst $vtep_ip src_vni 10010"
log_test $? 255 "(S, G) with an invalid source list"
+ run_cmd "bridge -n $ns1 mdb add dev vx0 port vx0 grp $grp src $all_zeros_grp permanent dst $vtep_ip src_vni 10010"
+ log_test $? 255 "(S, G) with an all-zeros source"
+
run_cmd "bridge -n $ns1 mdb add dev vx0 port vx0 grp $all_zeros_grp src $src permanent dst $vtep_ip src_vni 10010"
log_test $? 255 "All-zeros group with source"
}