Re: [PATCH] seg6: fix OOB read in advance_nextseg when segments_left is 0

[Gabriel Goller]

On 28.10.2026 19:31, Tang Bin wrote:
> advance_nextseg() decrements srh->segments_left and uses it to index
> srh->segments without checking it is non-zero. seg6_validate_srh() permits
> segments_left == 0, so a packet with SRH segments_left==0 reaching an End*
> action underflows the u8 (255) and reads srh->segments[255] (~4KB out of
> bounds); the read bytes are then used as the new IPv6 destination address
> (info leak) or crash on unmapped memory. The decap path
> (decap_and_validate) already checks segments_left > 0, but the standard
> End/End.X/End.T/End.B6.Encap/End.BPF paths do not. Reject segments_left ==
> 0 before decrementing.
> 
> Fixes: d7a669dd2f8b ("ipv6: sr: add helper functions for seg6local")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Tang Bin <tangbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
> index 53f7b2452..1d8312467 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
> @@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ static struct ipv6_sr_hdr *advance_nextseg(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	/* skb_ensure_writable() may change skb pointers; evaluate srh again */
>  	srh = (struct ipv6_sr_hdr *)(skb->data + srhoff);
>  
> +	if (srh->segments_left == 0) {
> +		*reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
>  	srh->segments_left--;
>  	addr = srh->segments + srh->segments_left;
>  	ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr = *addr;
> -- 
> 2.52.0.windows.1

Can you show a codepath where it is possible to call advance_nextseg() with
srh->segments_left being 0?

End/End.X/End.T/End.B6.Encap/End.BPF behaviors call get_and_validate_srh(),
which calls seg6_get_srh(skb, IP6_FH_F_SKIP_RH), which uses ipv6_find_hdr(),
which skips all the segments_left=0 headers.

Thanks,
Gabriel