From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
To: khorenko@virtuozzo.com
Cc: devel@openvz.org
Subject: [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1] net/ip6_gre: fix a host panic adding ip6gre in a CT without ipgre
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:07:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104200755.1956316-1-den@openvz.org> (raw)
From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
ip6gre_init_net() frees the ip6gre_net of a netns whose VE lacks
VE_FEATURE_IPGRE, and ip6gre_newlink_common() refuses such a netns with
-EACCES. ip6gre_newlink() and ip6erspan_newlink() reach the NULL
ip6gre_net first, through ip6gre_tunnel_find() or collect_md_tun, so
"ip link add type ip6gre" by root in an ordinary container panics the
node once ip6_gre is loaded:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000320
RIP: 0010:ip6gre_tunnel_find+0x46/0xd0 [ip6_gre]
ip6gre_newlink+0x9b/0x120 [ip6_gre]
The check went into ip6gre_newlink_common(), which ran the tunnel lookup
until upstream commit b80d0b93b991 ("net: ip6_gre: fix tunnel metadata
device sharing.") moved the lookup into the newlink handlers. Move the
check to the top of both handlers. They are the only callers of
ip6gre_newlink_common() and serve as newlink for all three link types
(ip6gre, ip6gretap and ip6erspan), and nothing else in the helper uses
ip6gre_net.
Fixes: 46c13c45f25a ("net/gre: Consider VE_FEATURE_IPGRE on new net creation")
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-149645
Feature: ve: per-CT features management
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 9060cb17bf25..4a0fc86d9a10 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -2003,15 +2003,6 @@ static int ip6gre_newlink_common(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct ip6_tnl *nt;
struct ip_tunnel_encap ipencap;
int err;
-#ifdef CONFIG_VE
- struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
- struct ip6gre_net *ign;
-
- ign = net_generic(net, ip6gre_net_id);
-
- if (!ign) /* no VE_FEATURE_IPGRE */
- return -EACCES;
-#endif
nt = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -2048,8 +2039,13 @@ static int ip6gre_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct ip6gre_net *ign;
int err;
- ip6gre_netlink_parms(data, &nt->parms);
ign = net_generic(net, ip6gre_net_id);
+#ifdef CONFIG_VE
+ if (!ign) /* no VE_FEATURE_IPGRE */
+ return -EACCES;
+#endif
+
+ ip6gre_netlink_parms(data, &nt->parms);
if (nt->parms.collect_md) {
if (rtnl_dereference(ign->collect_md_tun))
@@ -2284,9 +2280,14 @@ static int ip6erspan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct ip6gre_net *ign;
int err;
+ ign = net_generic(net, ip6gre_net_id);
+#ifdef CONFIG_VE
+ if (!ign) /* no VE_FEATURE_IPGRE */
+ return -EACCES;
+#endif
+
ip6gre_netlink_parms(data, &nt->parms);
ip6erspan_set_version(data, &nt->parms);
- ign = net_generic(net, ip6gre_net_id);
if (nt->parms.collect_md) {
if (rtnl_dereference(ign->collect_md_tun_erspan))
--
2.53.0
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