From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
ricardo@marliere.net, jiayuan.chen@linux.dev,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, dmantipov@yandex.ru,
aleksander.lobakin@intel.com, linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mrpre@163.com,
syzbot+853242d9c9917165d791@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN warning by initializing 2-byte header
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:12:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250221061219.295590-2-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250221061219.295590-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
The ppp program adds a 2-byte pseudo-header for socket filters, which is
normally skipped by regular BPF programs generated by libpcap, causing no
issues.
However, for abnormal BPF programs that use these uninitialized 2 bytes,
a KMSAN warning is triggered.
Reported-by: syzbot+853242d9c9917165d791@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/000000000000dea025060d6bc3bc@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 4583e15ad03a..ac95196c85df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1762,10 +1762,16 @@ ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (proto < 0x8000) {
#ifdef CONFIG_PPP_FILTER
- /* check if we should pass this packet */
- /* the filter instructions are constructed assuming
- a four-byte PPP header on each packet */
- *(u8 *)skb_push(skb, 2) = 1;
+ /* Check if we should pass this packet.
+ * BPF filter instructions assume each PPP packet has a 4-byte
+ * header (e.g., those generated by libpcap), and then default
+ * to skipping the first 2 bytes at the beginning of the
+ * instruction. However, we still need to initialize these
+ * 2-byte new headers to prevent crafted BPF programs from
+ * reading them which would cause reading of uninitialized
+ * data. Here, we set the headers according to the RFC 1662.
+ */
+ *(u16 *)skb_push(skb, 2) = htons(0xff03);
if (ppp->pass_filter &&
bpf_prog_run(ppp->pass_filter, skb) == 0) {
if (ppp->debug & 1)
--
2.47.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-21 6:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-21 6:12 [PATCH net-next v2 0/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN uninit-value warning with bpf Jiayuan Chen
2025-02-21 6:12 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2025-02-24 22:26 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN warning by initializing 2-byte header Jakub Kicinski
2025-02-24 23:20 ` Jiayuan Chen
2025-02-25 0:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
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