From: Ashutosh Desai <ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, jreuter@yaina.de,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ashutosh Desai <ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ax25: fix OOB read after address header strip in ax25_rcv().
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 01:22:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260409012235.2049389-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com> (raw)
ax25_rcv() calls skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp)) to strip the
address header, then immediately reads skb->data[0] and skb->data[1]
without verifying the buffer still contains at least 2 bytes.
A crafted 15-byte KISS frame (1 KISS byte + 14 address bytes with
EBIT set in the source address, no control/PID bytes) passes
ax25_addr_parse() which only requires len >= 14, and passes the KISS
byte check (low nibble == 0). After skb_pull(1) in ax25_kiss_rcv()
and skb_pull(14) in ax25_rcv(), skb->len is 0 and the subsequent
reads of skb->data[0] (control byte) and skb->data[1] (PID byte)
are out of bounds.
Add a check that at least 2 bytes remain after stripping the address
header, freeing the skb and returning on malformed input.
Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai <ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com>
---
net/ax25/ax25_in.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c
index d75b3e9ed..92baac77f 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
*/
skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp));
+ if (skb->len < 2) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* For our port addresses ? */
if (ax25cmp(&dest, dev_addr) == 0 && dp.lastrepeat + 1 == dp.ndigi)
mine = 1;
--
2.34.1
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2026-04-09 1:22 Ashutosh Desai [this message]
2026-04-09 7:08 ` [PATCH] ax25: fix OOB read after address header strip in ax25_rcv() Eric Dumazet
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