[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
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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;
-- 
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