From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
To: Roshan Kumar <roshaen09@gmail.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Christian Hopps <chopps@labn.net>,
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk()
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:58:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aovPkmpvxHEwUIR9@secunet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728052608.2898018-1-roshaen09@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 10:56:08AM +0530, Roshan Kumar wrote:
> iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() advances to the fragment containing @offset
> with an unbounded loop:
>
> while (offset >= walk->past + walk->frags[walk->fragi].len)
> walk->past += walk->frags[walk->fragi++].len;
>
> walk->fragi is advanced and walk->frags[walk->fragi] is dereferenced
> without ever checking fragi against walk->nr_frags. When the requested
> offset is at or beyond the total length spanned by the walk's fragments,
> fragi runs past nr_frags and off the end of the fixed-size on-stack
> frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1] array, reading out-of-bounds stack memory.
>
> The two callers behave differently: iptfs_skb_add_frags() already guards
> against this with
>
> if (!walk->nr_frags ||
> offset >= walk->total + walk->initial_offset)
> return len;
>
> but iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() has no such guard and calls
> iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() unconditionally, so it performs the
> out-of-range walk. Its own "fragi < walk->nr_frags" bound check runs only
> afterwards, too late to prevent the read.
>
> This is reachable from the receive path: a crafted IP-TFS (AGGFRAG)
> payload delivered to an IPTFS SA drives iptfs_reassem_cont() ->
> iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() with an offset past the fragment total, e.g.:
>
> BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk+0x235/0x250
> Read of size 4 at addr ffff888008ad7210 by task repro/345
> iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk+0x235/0x250 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:392
> iptfs_skb_can_add_frags+0x155/0x310 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:420
> iptfs_reassem_cont+0xcf8/0x1140 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:902
> iptfs_input_ordered+0x552/0x670 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:1280
> iptfs_input+0x3d6/0xde0 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:1741
> xfrm_input+0x282f/0x6140 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c:700
> xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x93/0x120 net/ipv4/xfrm4_protocol.c:104
> ip_rcv+0x278/0x2d0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:612
>
> Give iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() the same up-front guard that
> iptfs_skb_add_frags() already has, so the walk is never entered with an
> out-of-range offset. When it triggers, the caller falls back to the
> existing linearize-and-copy path, which is safe.
>
> Fixes: 5f2b6a909574 ("xfrm: iptfs: add skb-fragment sharing code")
> Reported-by: Roshan Kumar <roshaen09@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Roshan Kumar <roshaen09@gmail.com>
Applied, thanks a lot!
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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-28 5:26 [PATCH] xfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() Roshan Kumar
2026-08-24 4:58 ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
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