In the unlikely case ip6_xmit() has to call skb_realloc_headroom(), we need to call skb_set_owner_w() before consuming original skb, otherwise we risk a use-after-free.
Bring IPv6 in line with what we do in IPv4 to fix this. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkal...@googlegroups.com> --- net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c index 16f200f06500758c4cae84ea16229d5dbce912cb..f9f8f554d141676a7d342f85088d12d9a6815e9d 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c @@ -219,12 +219,10 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6, kfree_skb(skb); return -ENOBUFS; } + if (skb->sk) + skb_set_owner_w(skb2, skb->sk); consume_skb(skb); skb = skb2; - /* skb_set_owner_w() changes sk->sk_wmem_alloc atomically, - * it is safe to call in our context (socket lock not held) - */ - skb_set_owner_w(skb, (struct sock *)sk); } if (opt->opt_flen) ipv6_push_frag_opts(skb, opt, &proto); -- 2.19.0.397.gdd90340f6a-goog