ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()

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If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed
and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed.

We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Fixes: 0c9f227bee ("ipv6: use skb_expand_head in ip6_xmit")
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/20240820160859.3786976-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Eric Dumazet 2024-08-20 16:08:59 +00:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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