netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read

Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read

rt_mt6_check() permits rules to be configured with rtinfo->addrnr == 0 even when address matching (IP6T_RT_FST_MASK) is requested.

In the IP6T_RT_FST_NSTRICT path, rt_mt6() evaluates packet routing addresses against rtinfo->addrs[i] and terminates backwards at the bottom of the loop:

if (ipv6_addr_equal(ap, &rtinfo->addrs[i])) {
    i++;
}
if (i == rtinfo->addrnr)
    break;

When addrnr is 0, if the first packet address matches rtinfo->addrs[0], i is incremented to 1. Because i is now strictly greater than addrnr (0), the loop termination condition (i == rtinfo->addrnr) is bypassed and will never be satisfied.

If a crafted IPv6 packet contains matching routing addresses, i will advance past IP6T_RT_HOPS (16). The subsequent call to ipv6_addr_equal() reads beyond struct ip6t_rt, triggering UBSAN/KASAN out-of-bounds warnings or kernel panics.

Fix this by:

1. Rejecting rules in rt_mt6_check() where IP6T_RT_FST_MASK is set but rtinfo->addrnr is zero.
2. In rt_mt6(), moving the termination condition (i < rtinfo->addrnr) into the for-loop header condition and removing the backwards break at the end of the loop body.

Affected

• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 959d1829d1ce8b91b435b24a923b51bcc8897090
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < fe336bab13834394320997de8b16ca4a913b4f13
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 5a54f8b7f7fe207a5c14713015a5820588faf1ad
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < b89249819a7d6698bed152feafd3bc6c08489d15
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < dd55c0ea87bf70e4e4b3b683acd29ef981335b26
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 191239b0939692e92459d8d32cad14247fa93f89
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < d9cf4ac6f326330e1fe4d95671d36a6ff3593f64
• Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 82313c169eddc02b1bf5ba6b427803e272d3ec42
• Linux 2.6.12

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.