From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: matttbe@kernel.org, martineau@kernel.org, geliang@kernel.org,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org
Cc: cpaasch@apple.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, mptcp@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+ff020673c5e3d94d9478@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: zero opts->ext_copy in mptcp_established_options_dss()
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 06:01:56 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260504003156.11125-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
syzbot reported a KMSAN uninit-value in mptcp_write_data_fin() reached
via tcp_send_ack() from the subflow shutdown path:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mptcp_write_data_fin net/mptcp/options.c:542
mptcp_established_options_dss net/mptcp/options.c:590
mptcp_established_options net/mptcp/options.c:874
tcp_established_options net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1192
__tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1575
__tcp_send_ack net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4499
tcp_send_ack net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4505
mptcp_subflow_shutdown net/mptcp/protocol.c:3137
mptcp_check_send_data_fin net/mptcp/protocol.c:3218
__mptcp_wr_shutdown net/mptcp/protocol.c:3234
__mptcp_close net/mptcp/protocol.c:3313
Local variable opts created at:
__tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1536
__tcp_transmit_skb() partially clears its on-stack tcp_out_options via
"memset(&opts.cleared, ...)" which does not cover opts.mptcp, so MPTCP
is responsible for initializing opts->ext_copy before use.
mptcp_established_options_dss() only writes opts->ext_copy when an
MPTCP extension is attached to the skb ("opts->ext_copy = *mpext").
When tcp_send_ack() builds a fresh pure-ACK skb during subflow
shutdown, the skb has no extension and that assignment is skipped, but
the function still calls mptcp_write_data_fin(&opts->ext_copy) because
snd_data_fin_enable is set. mptcp_write_data_fin() then reads
ext->use_map to choose between writing a synthetic DATA_FIN mapping or
extending an existing one, and that read hits uninitialized stack
memory.
Zero opts->ext_copy at the top of mptcp_established_options_dss() so
mptcp_write_data_fin() takes its synthetic-mapping branch on clean
memory.
Fixes: 9c29e3615274 ("mptcp: fix DSS map generation on fin retransmission")
Reported-by: syzbot+ff020673c5e3d94d9478@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ff020673c5e3d94d9478
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
net/mptcp/options.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index 8a1c5698983c..3fb914196987 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ static bool mptcp_established_options_dss(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
bool ret = false;
u64 ack_seq;
+ memset(&opts->ext_copy, 0, sizeof(opts->ext_copy));
opts->csum_reqd = READ_ONCE(msk->csum_enabled);
mpext = skb ? mptcp_get_ext(skb) : NULL;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-04 0:32 UTC|newest]
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2026-05-04 0:31 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-05-04 9:37 ` [PATCH] mptcp: zero opts->ext_copy in mptcp_established_options_dss() Matthieu Baerts
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