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From: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>
To: sd@queasysnail.net, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>,
	syzbot+0e665e4b99cb925286a0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] macsec: skip PACKET_LOOPBACK frames in macsec_handle_frame()
Date: Mon,  9 Feb 2026 11:28:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260209162851.11800-1-git@danielhodges.dev> (raw)

macsec_handle_frame() assumes all incoming frames have a valid Ethernet
header at skb_mac_header(skb) and reads hdr->eth.h_proto to determine
whether to process the frame as MACsec.  However, loopback packets are
delivered with pkt_type PACKET_LOOPBACK and carry only a
protocol-specific header (e.g. 7-byte phonethdr), not a full Ethernet
header. Reading 14 bytes of ethhdr from such a short header results in a
slab-out-of-bounds / uninit-value access.

Fix this by returning RX_HANDLER_PASS early for PACKET_LOOPBACK frames,
consistent with how macvlan_handle_frame() handles this case.

Reported-by: syzbot+0e665e4b99cb925286a0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>
---
 drivers/net/macsec.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 0206b84284ab..edcc51f82327 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,13 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macsec_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	bool pulled_sci;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Loopback packets (e.g. from phonet) don't have L2 headers, so
+	 * attempting to interpret the mac header as Ethernet would read
+	 * uninitialized memory.  Let them pass through unmodified.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK))
+		return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
+
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < ETH_HLEN)
 		goto drop_direct;
 
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-09 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-09 16:28 Daniel Hodges [this message]
2026-02-09 17:35 ` [PATCH] macsec: skip PACKET_LOOPBACK frames in macsec_handle_frame() Eric Dumazet
2026-02-10  2:02   ` Daniel Hodges

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