From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
To: Kaixuan Li <kaixuanli0131@gmail.com>,
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: isotp: check the frame type, not just the length
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:57:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39713d2a-79ce-4afb-8eba-5fe8e33af461@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260919122852.1868961-1-kaixuanli0131@gmail.com>
Hello Kaixuan,
many thanks for your patch and your finding!
On 19.09.26 14:28, Kaixuan Li wrote:
> isotp_rcv() separates Classic CAN from CAN FD by skb->len alone:
>
> if (skb->len != so->ll.mtu)
> return;
>
> cf = (struct canfd_frame *)skb->data;
>
> A CAN XL frame with cxl->len 4 is CAN_MTU bytes, so it passes, and is then
> read as a canfd_frame whose len comes out of canxl_frame.flags: at least
> 0x80.
>
> Of the paths that follow, only the flow control one uses that length
> without bounding it first, so check_pad() walks to 255 over a 16-byte
> frame and the caller reports EBADMSG on an unrelated socket.
>
> bcm_rx_handler(), j1939_can_recv(), can_can_gw_rcv() and raw_rcv() check
> the frame type here, and can_dropped_invalid_skb() switches on
> skb->protocol on the transmit side. isotp_rcv() is the gap.
>
> Fixes: fb08cba12b52 ("can: canxl: update CAN infrastructure for CAN XL frames")
> Signed-off-by: Kaixuan Li <kaixuanli0131@gmail.com>
> ---
> Reproduced on v7.2.4 over vcan, one isotp socket per case bound rx 0x123
> with RX_PADDING|CHK_PAD_DATA and rxpad_content 0xAA, a first frame in
> flight, and one frame injected from a CAN_RAW socket.
>
> case stock patched
> A CAN XL, cxl->len 4, flags ff EBADMSG none
> B Classic FC, padded 0xAA none none
> C Classic FC, padded 0x00 EBADMSG EBADMSG
> D as A, with CHK_PAD_LEN on EBADMSG none
>
> C bounds the impact: a malformed Classic FC frame from any sender on the
> bus gives the same EBADMSG, so nothing becomes reachable that was not
> already. D differs only in which branch of check_pad() returns.
>
> No memory safety issue. KASAN was on for all eight runs and reported
> nothing.
In fact the skb->len length check is not enough since CAN XL has been
introduced. A good catch!
> ---
> net/can/isotp.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/net/can/isotp.c
> +++ b/net/can/isotp.c
> @@ -754,8 +754,19 @@ static void isotp_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
> */
> if (skb->len != so->ll.mtu)
> return;
>
> + /* skb->len does not separate the frame types on its own: a CAN XL
> + * frame with cxl->len == 4 is CAN_MTU bytes, and canxl_frame.flags
> + * aliases canfd_frame.len.
> + */
No need to duplicate the documentation provided in the patch
description. Just describe what is done here.
/* check for correct CAN CC/FD frame content */
should be enough for the below code.
> + if (so->ll.mtu == CAN_MTU) {
> + if (!can_is_can_skb(skb))
> + return;
> + } else if (!can_is_canfd_skb(skb)) {
> + return;
> + }
> +
> cf = (struct canfd_frame *)skb->data;
>
> /* if enabled: check reception of my configured extended address */
> if (ae && cf->data[0] != so->opt.rx_ext_address)
You can add my
Reviewed-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
in your v2 patch.
Many thanks and best regards,
Oliver
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2026-09-19 12:28 [PATCH] can: isotp: check the frame type, not just the length Kaixuan Li
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