If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed
and associated dst/idev could also have been freed.
We need to hold rcu_read_lock() to make sure the dst and
associated idev are alive.
Fixes: 5796015fa968 ("ipv6: allocate enough headroom in ip6_finish_output2()")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Vasily Averin <vasily.averin@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240820160859.3786976-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
/* Be paranoid, rather than too clever. */
if (unlikely(hh_len > skb_headroom(skb)) && dev->header_ops) {
+ /* Make sure idev stays alive */
+ rcu_read_lock();
skb = skb_expand_head(skb, hh_len);
if (!skb) {
IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);