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From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: horms@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	pabeni@redhat.com, ricardo@marliere.net, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	dmantipov@yandex.ru, aleksander.lobakin@intel.com,
	linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	mrpre@163.com, Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
	syzbot+853242d9c9917165d791@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 1/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN warning by initializing 2-byte header
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 09:36:58 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250226013658.891214-2-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250226013658.891214-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>

The PPP driver adds an extra 2-byte header to enable socket filters to run
correctly. However, the driver only initializes the first byte, which
indicates the direction. For normal BPF programs, this is not a problem
since they only read the first byte.

Nevertheless, for carefully crafted BPF programs, if they read the second
byte, this will trigger a KMSAN warning for reading uninitialized data.

Reported-by: syzbot+853242d9c9917165d791@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/000000000000dea025060d6bc3bc@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 4583e15ad03a..b4433badf03c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
 #define PPP_PROTO_LEN	2
 #define PPP_LCP_HDRLEN	4
 
+/* These are fields recognized by libpcap */
+#define PPP_FILTER_OUTBOUND_TAG 0x0100
+#define PPP_FILTER_INBOUND_TAG  0x0000
+
 /*
  * An instance of /dev/ppp can be associated with either a ppp
  * interface unit or a ppp channel.  In both cases, file->private_data
@@ -1762,10 +1766,15 @@ ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (proto < 0x8000) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPP_FILTER
-		/* check if we should pass this packet */
-		/* the filter instructions are constructed assuming
-		   a four-byte PPP header on each packet */
-		*(u8 *)skb_push(skb, 2) = 1;
+		/* Check if we should pass this packet.
+		 * The filter instructions are constructed assuming
+		 * a four-byte PPP header on each packet. The first byte
+		 * indicates the direction, and the second byte is meaningless,
+		 * but we still need to initialize it to prevent crafted BPF
+		 * programs from reading them which would cause reading of
+		 * uninitialized data.
+		 */
+		*(__be16 *)skb_push(skb, 2) = htons(PPP_FILTER_OUTBOUND_TAG);
 		if (ppp->pass_filter &&
 		    bpf_prog_run(ppp->pass_filter, skb) == 0) {
 			if (ppp->debug & 1)
-- 
2.47.1


  reply	other threads:[~2025-02-26  1:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-26  1:36 [PATCH net-next v4 0/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN uninit-value warning with bpf Jiayuan Chen
2025-02-26  1:36 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2025-02-28  1:48   ` [PATCH net-next v4 1/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN warning by initializing 2-byte header Jakub Kicinski
2025-02-28  4:55     ` Jiayuan Chen
2025-02-28 22:02       ` Jakub Kicinski

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