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if_geneve: Fix mbuf leak on ip_ecn_egress
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Authored by pouria on Jul 20 2026, 8:46 PM.
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Summary

Free mbuf and increase IFCOUNTER_IERRORS if ip_ecn_egress() under
geneve_input_inherit() decides to drop the packet.

Reported by: Chris Jarrett-Davies of the OpenAI Codex Security Team

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sys/net/if_geneve.c
3132

The m_pullup() call above may free the old mbuf. In that case, since *m0 hasn't been updated, geneve_udp_input() will free the mbuf again in this error path.

IMO it is easiest to just

m_freem(m);
*m0 = NULL;
return (ENOBUFS);
sys/net/if_geneve.c
3127–3130

how about this one?

sys/net/if_geneve.c
3127–3130

That's fine too.

markj added inline comments.
sys/net/if_geneve.c
3180–3181

Now you can remove this assignment.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 20 2026, 9:17 PM
pouria marked 3 inline comments as done.

Address @markj comment, remove redundant *m0 = m assignment

This revision now requires review to proceed.Jul 20 2026, 9:21 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 20 2026, 9:22 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.
sys/net/if_geneve.c
2844

BTW, there is a leak in this error path too, though I suspect this might not be triggerable in practice.