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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


  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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