[PATCH v4 bpf] bpf: devmap: fix stack-out-of-bounds write in get_upper_ifindexes()

[PATCH v4 bpf] bpf: devmap: fix stack-out-of-bounds write in get_upper_ifindexes()

[Kohei Enju]

get_upper_ifindexes() iterates over all upper devices and writes their
indices into an array without checking bounds.

Also the callers assume that the max number of upper devices is
MAX_NEST_DEV and allocate excluded_devices[1+MAX_NEST_DEV] on the stack,
but that assumption is not correct and the number of upper devices could
be larger than MAX_NEST_DEV (e.g., many macvlans), causing a
stack-out-of-bounds write.

Add a max parameter to get_upper_ifindexes() to avoid the issue.
When there are too many upper devices, return -EOVERFLOW and abort the
redirect.

To reproduce, create more than MAX_NEST_DEV(8) macvlans on a device with
an XDP program attached using BPF_F_BROADCAST | BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS.
Then send a packet to the device to trigger the XDP redirect path.

Reported-by: syzbot+10cc7f13760b31bd2e61@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/698c4ce3.050a0220.340abe.000b.GAE@google.com/T/
Fixes: aeea1b86f936 ("bpf, devmap: Exclude XDP broadcast to master device")
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
---
 kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index 2625601de76e..2984e938f94d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -588,18 +588,22 @@ static inline bool is_ifindex_excluded(int *excluded, int num_excluded, int ifin
 }
 
 /* Get ifindex of each upper device. 'indexes' must be able to hold at
- * least MAX_NEST_DEV elements.
- * Returns the number of ifindexes added.
+ * least 'max' elements.
+ * Returns the number of ifindexes added, or -EOVERFLOW if there are too
+ * many upper devices.
  */
-static int get_upper_ifindexes(struct net_device *dev, int *indexes)
+static int get_upper_ifindexes(struct net_device *dev, int *indexes, int max)
 {
 	struct net_device *upper;
 	struct list_head *iter;
 	int n = 0;
 
 	netdev_for_each_upper_dev_rcu(dev, upper, iter) {
+		if (n >= max)
+			return -EOVERFLOW;
 		indexes[n++] = upper->ifindex;
 	}
+
 	return n;
 }
 
@@ -615,7 +619,11 @@ int dev_map_enqueue_multi(struct xdp_frame *xdpf, struct net_device *dev_rx,
 	int err;
 
 	if (exclude_ingress) {
-		num_excluded = get_upper_ifindexes(dev_rx, excluded_devices);
+		num_excluded = get_upper_ifindexes(dev_rx, excluded_devices,
+						   ARRAY_SIZE(excluded_devices) - 1);
+		if (num_excluded < 0)
+			return num_excluded;
+
 		excluded_devices[num_excluded++] = dev_rx->ifindex;
 	}
 
@@ -733,7 +741,11 @@ int dev_map_redirect_multi(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int err;
 
 	if (exclude_ingress) {
-		num_excluded = get_upper_ifindexes(dev, excluded_devices);
+		num_excluded = get_upper_ifindexes(dev, excluded_devices,
+						   ARRAY_SIZE(excluded_devices) - 1);
+		if (num_excluded < 0)
+			return num_excluded;
+
 		excluded_devices[num_excluded++] = dev->ifindex;
 	}
 
-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH v4 bpf] bpf: devmap: fix stack-out-of-bounds write in get_upper_ifindexes()

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:34:44 +0000 you wrote:
> get_upper_ifindexes() iterates over all upper devices and writes their
> indices into an array without checking bounds.
> 
> Also the callers assume that the max number of upper devices is
> MAX_NEST_DEV and allocate excluded_devices[1+MAX_NEST_DEV] on the stack,
> but that assumption is not correct and the number of upper devices could
> be larger than MAX_NEST_DEV (e.g., many macvlans), causing a
> stack-out-of-bounds write.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v4,bpf] bpf: devmap: fix stack-out-of-bounds write in get_upper_ifindexes()
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/b7bf516c3ecd

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