[PATCH] net: ip_tunnel: initialize `options_len` before referencing options

From: Gris Ge

Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 01:53:53 EST


The following command triggers a kernel panic:

ip link add d0 type dummy; ip link set d0 up
ip route add 10.30.0.0/16 \
encap ip id 300 geneve_opts 4660:66:11223344 dev d0

memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0
kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1044!
...
ip_tun_parse_opts.part.0.cold+0x10/0x10
ip_tun_build_state+0x116/0x2a0

On kernels built with GCC 15+ and `CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE`, the fortified
`memcpy()` got 0 sized destination with request of 4 bytes length:

static int ip_tun_parse_opts_geneve(...)
{
...
attr = tb[LWTUNNEL_IP_OPT_GENEVE_DATA];
data_len = nla_len(attr); /* == 4 */

struct geneve_opt *opt = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info) + opts_len;
memcpy(opt->opt_data, nla_data(attr), data_len);
/* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0 since options_len is assigned afterwards */

Fixed by initializing the counter before the options are referenced
matching what `ip_tunnel_info_opts_set()` already does

Fixes: bb5e62f2d547 ("net: Add options as a flexible array to struct ip_tunnel_info")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Gris Ge <cnfourt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 5168d546ea2f..8fb4742aca92 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ static int ip_tun_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *attr,
new_state->type = LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP;

tun_info = lwt_tun_info(new_state);
+ tun_info->options_len = opt_len;

err = ip_tun_set_opts(tb[LWTUNNEL_IP_OPTS], tun_info, extack);
if (err < 0) {
@@ -753,7 +754,6 @@ static int ip_tun_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *attr,
}

tun_info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX;
- tun_info->options_len = opt_len;

*ts = new_state;

@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ static int ip6_tun_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *attr,
new_state->type = LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP6;

tun_info = lwt_tun_info(new_state);
+ tun_info->options_len = opt_len;

err = ip_tun_set_opts(tb[LWTUNNEL_IP6_OPTS], tun_info, extack);
if (err < 0) {
@@ -1040,7 +1041,6 @@ static int ip6_tun_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *attr,
}

tun_info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX | IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6;
- tun_info->options_len = opt_len;

*ts = new_state;

--
2.55.0