From: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org,
Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>,
stable@kernel.org, Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>,
Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>,
Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>, Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>,
Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 13/14] batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 11:55:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260515095540.325586-14-sw@simonwunderlich.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260515095540.325586-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de>
From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
batadv_frag_skb_buffer() is called by batadv_batman_skb_recv() when a
BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet is received. Once all fragments are collected
and the packet is reassembled, batadv_recv_frag_packet() calls
batadv_batman_skb_recv() again to process the defragmented payload.
A malicious sender can craft a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet whose reassembled
payload is itself a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet (matryoshka-style nesting).
Each nesting level recurses through batadv_batman_skb_recv() without bound,
growing the kernel stack until it is exhausted.
Since refragmentation or fragments in fragments are not actually allowed,
discard all packets which are still BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packets after the
defragmentation process.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 610bfc6bc99b ("batman-adv: Receive fragmented packets and merge")
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Reviewed-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
---
net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c b/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c
index 1152c2ce0c1ea..4a594aa2ebf66 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c
@@ -304,6 +304,31 @@ batadv_frag_merge_packets(struct hlist_head *chain)
return skb_out;
}
+/**
+ * batadv_skb_is_frag() - check if newly merged skb is gain a unicast packet
+ * @skb: newly merged skb
+ *
+ * Return: if newly skb is of type BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG
+ */
+static bool batadv_skb_is_frag(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ struct batadv_ogm_packet *batadv_ogm_packet;
+
+ /* packet should hold at least type and version */
+ if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, 2)))
+ return false;
+
+ batadv_ogm_packet = (struct batadv_ogm_packet *)skb->data;
+
+ if (batadv_ogm_packet->version != BATADV_COMPAT_VERSION)
+ return false;
+
+ if (batadv_ogm_packet->packet_type != BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG)
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
/**
* batadv_frag_skb_buffer() - buffer fragment for later merge
* @skb: skb to buffer
@@ -337,6 +362,16 @@ bool batadv_frag_skb_buffer(struct sk_buff **skb,
if (!skb_out)
goto out_err;
+ /* fragment in fragment is not allowed. otherwise it is possible
+ * to exhaust the stack when receiving a matryoshka-style
+ * "fragments in a fragment packet"
+ */
+ if (batadv_skb_is_frag(skb_out)) {
+ kfree_skb(skb_out);
+ skb_out = NULL;
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
out:
ret = true;
out_err:
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-15 9:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-15 9:55 [PATCH net 00/14] pull request: batman-adv 2026-05-15 Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 01/14] batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 02/14] batman-adv: tp_meter: fix tp_vars reference leak in receiver shutdown Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 03/14] batman-adv: tt: reject oversized local TVLV buffers Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 04/14] batman-adv: tt: fix negative tt_buff_len Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 05/14] batman-adv: tt: fix negative last_changeset_len Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 06/14] batman-adv: tt: fix TOCTOU race for reported vlans Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 07/14] batman-adv: tt: avoid empty VLAN responses Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 08/14] batman-adv: tt: prevent TVLV entry number overflow Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 09/14] batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 10/14] batman-adv: clear current gateway during teardown Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 11/14] batman-adv: dat: handle forward allocation error Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 12/14] batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid use of uninit sender vars Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-15 9:55 ` Simon Wunderlich [this message]
2026-05-15 9:55 ` [PATCH net 14/14] batman-adv: tp_meter: directly shut down timer on cleanup Simon Wunderlich
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