From: Soham Metha <sohammetha01@gmail.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2] net: skbuff: fix uninitialized memory use in pskb_expand_head()
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:13:30 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260126114332.23955-1-sohammetha01@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6954bc70.050a0220.a1b6.0310.GAE@google.com>
pskb_expand_head() allocates a new skb data buffer using
kmalloc_reserve(), which does not initialize memory. skb helpers may
later copy or move padding bytes from the buffer.
Initialize the newly allocated skb buffer to avoid propagating
uninitialized memory.
Reported-by: syzbot+619b9ef527f510a57cfc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=619b9ef527f510a57cfc
Tested-by: syzbot+619b9ef527f510a57cfc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Soham Metha <sohammetha01@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- No code changes
- Resent to netdev list
- Added Closes tag
- Added Tested-by tag
net/core/skbuff.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a56133902c0d..b0f0d3a0310b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2282,6 +2282,9 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
data = kmalloc_reserve(&size, gfp_mask, NUMA_NO_NODE, NULL);
if (!data)
goto nodata;
+
+ memset(data, 0, size);
+
size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(size);
/* Copy only real data... and, alas, header. This should be
--
2.34.1
next parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-26 13:50 UTC|newest]
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2026-01-26 11:43 ` Soham Metha [this message]
2026-01-26 13:26 ` [PATCH v2] net: skbuff: fix uninitialized memory use in pskb_expand_head() Eric Dumazet
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