From: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: uniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>, Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: guard timestamp cmsgs to real error queue skbs
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 19:18:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260607021819.49698-1-kylebot@openai.com> (raw)
skb_is_err_queue() treats PACKET_OUTGOING as the sole marker for an skb
from sk_error_queue. That assumption is not true for AF_PACKET sockets:
outgoing packet taps are also delivered to packet sockets with
skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OUTGOING, but their skb->cb is owned by AF_PACKET
instead of struct sock_exterr_skb.
If such an skb is received with timestamping enabled, the generic
timestamp cmsg path can read AF_PACKET control-buffer state as
sock_exterr_skb::opt_stats. With SO_RXQ_OVFL enabled, the packet drop
counter overlaps opt_stats. An odd drop count makes the path emit
SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS with skb->len and skb->data. For non-linear
skbs this copies past the linear head and can trigger hardened usercopy or
disclose adjacent heap contents.
Keep skb_is_err_queue() local to net/socket.c, but make it verify that
the PACKET_OUTGOING marker is paired with the sock_rmem_free destructor
installed by sock_queue_err_skb(). AF_PACKET receive skbs use normal
receive ownership and no longer pass as error-queue skbs, while legitimate
sk_error_queue entries keep the PACKET_OUTGOING marker and sock_rmem_free
ownership.
Fixes: 8605330aac5a ("tcp: fix SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS for normal skbs")
Signed-off-by: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>
---
include/net/sock.h | 1 +
net/core/skbuff.c | 6 +++---
net/socket.c | 11 ++++++-----
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index dccd3738c368..95e157eee8d9 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1856,6 +1856,7 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_omalloc(struct sock *sk, unsigned long size,
gfp_t priority);
void skb_orphan_partial(struct sk_buff *skb);
void sock_rfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
+void sock_rmem_free(struct sk_buff *skb);
void sock_efree(struct sk_buff *skb);
#ifdef CONFIG_INET
void sock_edemux(struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c02f0a507ba8..8eab8eb5006a 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5450,7 +5450,7 @@ int skb_cow_data(struct sk_buff *skb, int tailbits, struct sk_buff **trailer)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_cow_data);
-static void sock_rmem_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
+void sock_rmem_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
@@ -5459,8 +5459,8 @@ static void sock_rmem_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
static void skb_set_err_queue(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- /* pkt_type of skbs received on local sockets is never PACKET_OUTGOING.
- * So, it is safe to (mis)use it to mark skbs on the error queue.
+ /* The error-queue test in skb_is_err_queue() matches this marker
+ * with the sock_rmem_free destructor installed by sock_queue_err_skb().
*/
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
BUILD_BUG_ON(PACKET_OUTGOING == 0);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 22a412fdec07..c2698a1441a7 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -852,12 +852,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_sendmsg);
static bool skb_is_err_queue(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- /* pkt_type of skbs enqueued on the error queue are set to
- * PACKET_OUTGOING in skb_set_err_queue(). This is only safe to do
- * in recvmsg, since skbs received on a local socket will never
- * have a pkt_type of PACKET_OUTGOING.
+ /* Error-queue skbs are marked as PACKET_OUTGOING in
+ * skb_set_err_queue() and use the destructor installed by
+ * sock_queue_err_skb(). PACKET_OUTGOING alone is not unique:
+ * AF_PACKET outgoing taps use the same pkt_type.
*/
- return skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OUTGOING;
+ return skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OUTGOING &&
+ skb->destructor == sock_rmem_free;
}
/* On transmit, software and hardware timestamps are returned independently.
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-07 2:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-07 2:18 Kyle Zeng [this message]
2026-06-08 3:20 ` [PATCH net] net: guard timestamp cmsgs to real error queue skbs Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-08 10:26 ` Jason Xing
2026-06-08 21:00 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-06-10 1:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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