GHSA-2rf4-5672-vqwm 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:ipv6: avoid overflows in ip6_datagram_send_ctl()Yiming Qian reported :
<quote>
 I believe I found a locally triggerable kernel bug in the IPv6 sendmsg
 ancillary-data path that can panic the kernel via `skb_under_panic()`
 (local DoS).The core issue is a mismatch between:a 16-bit length accumulator (`struct ipv6_txoptions::opt_flen`, type
`__u16`) anda pointer to the *last* provided destination-options header (`opt->dst1opt`)when multiple `IPV6_DSTOPTS` control messages (cmsgs) are provided.`include/net/ipv6.h`:`struct ipv6_txoptions::opt_flen` is `__u16` (wrap possible).
(lines 291-307, especially 298)`net/ipv6/datagram.c:ip6_datagram_send_ctl()`:Accepts repeated `IPV6_DSTOPTS` and accumulates into `opt_flen`
without rejecting duplicates. (lines 909-933)`net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:__ip6_append_data()`:Uses `opt->opt_flen + opt->opt_nflen` to compute header
sizes/headroom decisions. (lines 1448-1466, especially 1463-1465)`net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:__ip6_make_skb()`:Calls `ipv6_push_frag_opts()` if `opt->opt_flen` is non-zero.
(lines 1930-1934)`net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:ipv6_push_frag_opts()` / `ipv6_push_exthdr()`:Push size comes from `ipv6_optlen(opt->dst1opt)` (based on the
pointed-to header). (lines 1179-1185 and 1206-1211)`opt_flen` is a 16-bit accumulator:`include/net/ipv6.h:298` defines `__u16 opt_flen; /* after fragment hdr */`.`ip6_datagram_send_ctl()` accepts *repeated* `IPV6_DSTOPTS` cmsgs
and increments `opt_flen` each time:In `net/ipv6/datagram.c:909-933`, for `IPV6_DSTOPTS`:It computes `len = ((hdr->hdrlen + 1) << 3);`It checks `CAP_NET_RAW` using `ns_capable(net->user_ns,
CAP_NET_RAW)`. (line 922)Then it does:`opt->opt_flen += len;` (line 927)`opt->dst1opt = hdr;` (line 928)There is no duplicate rejection here (unlike the legacy
 `IPV6_2292DSTOPTS` path which rejects duplicates at
 `net/ipv6/datagram.c:901-904`).If enough large `IPV6_DSTOPTS` cmsgs are provided, `opt_flen` wraps
 while `dst1opt` still points to a large (2048-byte)
 destination-options header.In the attached PoC (`poc.c`):32 cmsgs with `hdrlen=255` => `len = (255+1)*8 = 2048`1 cmsg with `hdrlen=0` => `len = 8`Total increment: `32*2048 + 8 = 65544`, so `(__u16)opt_flen == 8`The last cmsg is 2048 bytes, so `dst1opt` points to a 2048-byte header.The transmit path sizes headers using the wrapped `opt_flen`:In `net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1463-1465`:`headersize = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + (opt ? opt->opt_flen +
opt->opt_nflen : 0) + ...;`With wrapped `opt_flen`, `headersize`/headroom decisions underestimate
 what will be pushed later.When building the final skb, the actual push length comes from
`dst1opt` and is not limited by wrapped `opt_flen`:In `net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1930-1934`:`if (opt->opt_flen) proto = ipv6_push_frag_opts(skb, opt, proto);`In `net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:1206-1211`, `ipv6_push_frag_opts()` pushes
`dst1opt` via `ipv6_push_exthdr()`.In `net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:1179-1184`, `ipv6_push_exthdr()` does:`skb_push(skb, ipv6_optlen(opt));``memcpy(h, opt, ipv6_optlen(opt));`With insufficient headroom, `skb_push()` underflows and triggers
 `skb_under_panic()` -> `BUG()`:`net/core/skbuff.c:2669-2675` (`skb_push()` calls `skb_under_panic()`)`net/core/skbuff.c:207-214` (`skb_panic()` ends in `BUG()`)The `IPV6_DSTOPTS` cmsg path requires `CAP_NET_RAW` in the target
netns user namespace (`ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW)`).Root (or any task with `CAP_NET_RAW`) can trigger this without user
namespaces.An unprivileged `uid=1000` user can trigger this if unprivileged
user namespaces are enabled and it can create a userns+netns to obtain
namespaced `CAP_NET_RAW` (the attached PoC does this).Local denial of service: kernel BUG/panic (system crash).---truncated---
CVSS v3.1 score: 5.5