[PATCH net 3/6] batman-adv: gw: acquire ethernet header only after skb realloc
Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:44:27 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.open-mesh.lists.batman,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.stable |
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From: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_get_vid() could reallocate the buffer behind the skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be reassigned to avoid an use-after-free. Cc: [email protected] Fixes: 6c413b1c22a2 ("batman-adv: send every DHCP packet as bat-unicast") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]> --- net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c index 305488a74a256..a5ac82eabd250 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c @@ -684,12 +684,13 @@ bool batadv_gw_out_of_range(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct batadv_gw_node *gw_node = NULL; struct batadv_gw_node *curr_gw = NULL; struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *curr_ifinfo, *old_ifinfo; - struct ethhdr *ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data; + struct ethhdr *ethhdr; bool out_of_range = false; u8 curr_tq_avg; unsigned short vid; vid = batadv_get_vid(skb, 0); + ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data; if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest)) goto out; -- 2.47.3