From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>,
Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
john.fastabend@gmail.com, jakub@cloudflare.com,
edumazet@google.com, kuniyu@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
willemb@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] bpf, sockmap: reject a packet-modifying SK_SKB stream parser
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:29:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831133314.4125787-539-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831133314.4125787-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 31e2f36d3821811c03bddf5fd99ed8fc884fd222 ]
sk_psock_strp_parse() runs the BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_SKB stream-parser program
to find the length of the next message. strparser assembles a message out
of several received skbs by chaining them onto the head's frag_list and
recording where to append the next one in strp->skb_nextp:
*strp->skb_nextp = skb;
strp->skb_nextp = &skb->next;
and then calls the parser on the head:
len = (*strp->cb.parse_msg)(strp, head);
The parser is only meant to inspect the skb, but the program may call
bpf_skb_change_tail() -- or the sibling bpf_skb_pull_data(),
bpf_skb_change_head(), bpf_skb_adjust_room(), all allowed for SK_SKB.
Once the head carries a frag_list these go
... -> skb_ensure_writable -> pskb_may_pull -> __pskb_pull_tail
and __pskb_pull_tail() frees the frag_list skbs that strparser still
tracks through skb_nextp:
while ((list = skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list) != insp) {
skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list = list->next;
consume_skb(list);
}
strp->skb_nextp now points into a freed sk_buff. The next segment of
the same message arrives in __strp_recv(), which links it with
*strp->skb_nextp = skb, an 8-byte write into the freed skb. The free
and the write happen in different __strp_recv() calls, so the message
has to span at least three segments before it triggers.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __strp_recv+0x447/0xda0
Write of size 8 at addr ffff88810db86140 by task repro/349
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
__strp_recv+0x447/0xda0
__tcp_read_sock+0x13d/0x590
tcp_bpf_strp_read_sock+0x195/0x320
strp_data_ready+0x267/0x340
sk_psock_strp_data_ready+0x1ce/0x350
tcp_data_queue+0x1364/0x2fd0
tcp_rcv_established+0xe07/0x1640
[...]
Allocated by task 349:
skb_clone+0x17b/0x210
__strp_recv+0x2c3/0xda0
__tcp_read_sock+0x13d/0x590
[...]
Freed by task 349:
kmem_cache_free+0x150/0x570
__pskb_pull_tail+0x57b/0xc20
skb_ensure_writable+0x236/0x260
__bpf_skb_change_tail+0x1d4/0x590
sk_skb_change_tail+0x2a/0x40
bpf_prog_1b285dcd6c41373e+0x27/0x30
bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu+0xf3/0x260
sk_psock_strp_parse+0x118/0x1e0
__strp_recv+0x4f6/0xda0
[...]
The same resize also leaves the head's length inconsistent with its
frags, so a later __pskb_pull_tail() can instead hit the
BUG_ON(skb_copy_bits(...)) in net/core/skbuff.c.
A stream parser is only meant to measure the next message, not to modify
the packet. Reject a parser whose program can change packet data
(prog->aux->changes_pkt_data) at attach time. The check is shared by
sock_map_prog_update() and sock_map_link_update_prog(), which between them
cover prog attach, link create and link update. Verdict programs are
unaffected and may still modify the skb.
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260620024423.4141004-3-rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:
The verification command finished: neither `git log --grep='packet-
modifying'` nor a search for `sock_map_prog_attach_check` returned any
commits. That confirms the fix is not in the **6.18.44** tree, which
aligns with the **YES** backport recommendation.
net/core/sock_map.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/core/sock_map.c b/net/core/sock_map.c
index 70bbc78fb079f..4ecc6cc6491fd 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_map.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_map.c
@@ -1517,6 +1517,17 @@ static int sock_map_prog_link_lookup(struct bpf_map *map, struct bpf_prog ***ppr
return 0;
}
+static int sock_map_prog_attach_check(enum bpf_attach_type attach_type,
+ struct bpf_prog *prog)
+{
+ /* A stream parser must not modify the skb, only measure it. */
+ if (prog && attach_type == BPF_SK_SKB_STREAM_PARSER &&
+ prog->aux->changes_pkt_data)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/* Handle the following four cases:
* prog_attach: prog != NULL, old == NULL, link == NULL
* prog_detach: prog == NULL, old != NULL, link == NULL
@@ -1535,6 +1546,10 @@ static int sock_map_prog_update(struct bpf_map *map, struct bpf_prog *prog,
if (ret)
return ret;
+ ret = sock_map_prog_attach_check(which, prog);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
/* for prog_attach/prog_detach/link_attach, return error if a bpf_link
* exists for that prog.
*/
@@ -1767,6 +1782,11 @@ static int sock_map_link_update_prog(struct bpf_link *link,
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
+
+ ret = sock_map_prog_attach_check(link->attach_type, prog);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+
if (!sockmap_link->map) {
ret = -ENOLINK;
goto out;
--
2.53.0
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[not found] <20260831133314.4125787-1-sashal@kernel.org>
2026-08-31 13:21 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] libbpf: Also reset {insn,data}_cur on realloc failure Sasha Levin
2026-08-31 14:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 13:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] libbpf: Add __NR_bpf definition for LoongArch Sasha Levin
2026-08-31 13:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] bpftool: Pass host flags to bootstrap libbpf Sasha Levin
2026-08-31 13:29 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-08-31 13:29 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] bpf: NUL-terminate replaced sysctl value Sasha Levin
2026-08-31 17:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 13:30 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] selftests/bpf: Avoid static LLVM linking for cross builds Sasha Levin
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