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ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach()

Sashiko AI-review observed:

In ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach(), the skb is an outer IPv4 ICMP error packet
where its cb contains an IPv4 inet_skb_parm. When skb is cloned into skb2
and passed to icmp6_send(), it uses IP6CB(skb2).

IP6CB interprets the IPv4 inet_skb_parm as an inet6_skb_parm. The cipso
offset in inet_skb_parm.opt directly overlaps with dsthao in inet6_skb_parm
at offset 18.

If an attacker sends a forged ICMPv4 error with a CIPSO IP option, dsthao
would be a non-zero offset. Inside icmp6_send(), mip6_addr_swap() is called
and uses ipv6_find_tlv(skb, opt->dsthao, IPV6_TLV_HAO).

This would scan the inner, attacker-controlled IPv6 packet starting at that
offset, potentially returning a fake TLV without checking if the remaining
packet length can hold the full 18-byte struct ipv6_destopt_hao.

Could mip6_addr_swap() then perform a 16-byte swap that extends past the end
of the packet data into skb_shared_info?

Should the cb array also be cleared in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() and
ip6ip6_err() to prevent this?

This patch implements the first suggestion.

I am not sure if ip6ip6_err() needs to be changed.
A separate patch would be better anyway.

Fixes: ca15a078bd90 ("sit: generate icmpv6 error when receiving icmpv4 error")
Reported-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260326155138.2429480-1-edumazet%40google.com
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Oskar Kjos <oskar.kjos@hotmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326202608.2976021-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

authored by

Eric Dumazet and committed by
Jakub Kicinski
86ab3e55 5597dd28

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net/ipv6/icmp.c
··· 875 875 if (!skb2) 876 876 return 1; 877 877 878 + /* Remove debris left by IPv4 stack. */ 879 + memset(IP6CB(skb2), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb2))); 880 + 878 881 skb_dst_drop(skb2); 879 882 skb_pull(skb2, nhs); 880 883 skb_reset_network_header(skb2);