Forwarded: [PATCH] net: skbuff: fix KMSAN uninit-value in pskb_expand_head()

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2026-01-02T02:20:05Z

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Subject: [PATCH] net: skbuff: fix KMSAN uninit-value in pskb_expand_head()
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

When pskb_expand_head() allocates a new buffer with additional headroom
(nhead), the newly allocated headroom region is not initialized. This
uninitialized memory can later be accessed when BPF programs use
bpf_skb_adjust_room() to push headers into this space.

The call chain is:
bpf_skb_adjust_room()
-> bpf_skb_net_grow()
-> skb_cow_head()
-> pskb_expand_head() // allocates uninit headroom
-> bpf_skb_net_hdr_push()
-> bpf_skb_generic_push()
-> skb_postpush_data_move()
-> skb_data_move() // moves uninit memory

Fix this by zeroing the new headroom region immediately after allocation
in pskb_expand_head().

Reported-by: syzbot+619b9ef527f510a57cfc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=619b9ef527f510a57cfc
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
net/core/skbuff.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a00808f7be6a..875572a27e58 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2283,6 +2283,7 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
if (!data)
goto nodata;
size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(size);
+ memset(data, 0, nhead);

/* Copy only real data... and, alas, header. This should be
* optimized for the cases when header is void.
--
2.43.0