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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, Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 03/11] batman-adv: tvlv: abort OGM send on tvlv append failure
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 13:54:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260520115422.53552-4-sw@simonwunderlich.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260520115422.53552-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de>

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append() could fail in two ways: a memory
allocation failure when resizing the packet buffer, or the tvlv data
exceeding U16_MAX bytes. In both cases the function previously returned the
old (now stale) tvlv_value_len rather than signalling an error, causing the
OGM/OGM2 send path to transmit a packet whose TVLV length field no longer
matched the actual buffer contents. And because it also didn't fill in the
new TVLV data, sending either uninitialized or corrupted data on the wire.

All errors in batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append() must be forwarded to the
caller. And the caller must abort the send of the OGM2. For B.A.T.M.A.N.
IV, it is currently not allowed to abort the send. The non-TVLV part of the
OGM must be queued up instead.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: ef26157747d4 ("batman-adv: tvlv - basic infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
---
 net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c  | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 net/batman-adv/tvlv.c       | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 net/batman-adv/tvlv.h       |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index 74ef7dc2b2f98..7ad26128b5f7c 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_schedule_buff(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 	u32 seqno;
 	u16 tvlv_len = 0;
 	unsigned long send_time;
+	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&hard_iface->bat_iv.ogm_buff_mutex);
 
@@ -813,9 +814,18 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_schedule_buff(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 		 * appended as it may alter the tt tvlv container
 		 */
 		batadv_tt_local_commit_changes(bat_priv);
-		tvlv_len = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, ogm_buff,
-							    ogm_buff_len,
-							    BATADV_OGM_HLEN);
+		ret = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, ogm_buff,
+						       ogm_buff_len,
+						       BATADV_OGM_HLEN);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			/* OGMs must be queued even when the buffer allocation for
+			 * TVLVs failed. just fall back to the non-TVLV version
+			 */
+			ret = 0;
+			*ogm_buff_len = BATADV_OGM_HLEN;
+		}
+
+		tvlv_len = ret;
 	}
 
 	batadv_ogm_packet = (struct batadv_ogm_packet *)(*ogm_buff);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
index e955b4940c728..d66ca77b1aaa3 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ static void batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface;
 	struct batadv_ogm2_packet *ogm_packet;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *skb_tmp;
-	unsigned char *ogm_buff;
+	unsigned char **ogm_buff;
 	struct list_head *iter;
-	int ogm_buff_len;
-	u16 tvlv_len = 0;
+	int *ogm_buff_len;
+	u16 tvlv_len;
 	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_mutex);
@@ -280,25 +280,27 @@ static void batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) == BATADV_MESH_DEACTIVATING)
 		goto out;
 
-	ogm_buff = bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff;
-	ogm_buff_len = bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_len;
+	ogm_buff = &bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff;
+	ogm_buff_len = &bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_len;
+
 	/* tt changes have to be committed before the tvlv data is
 	 * appended as it may alter the tt tvlv container
 	 */
 	batadv_tt_local_commit_changes(bat_priv);
-	tvlv_len = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, &ogm_buff,
-						    &ogm_buff_len,
-						    BATADV_OGM2_HLEN);
+	ret = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, ogm_buff,
+					       ogm_buff_len,
+					       BATADV_OGM2_HLEN);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto reschedule;
 
-	bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff = ogm_buff;
-	bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_len = ogm_buff_len;
+	tvlv_len = ret;
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, ETH_HLEN + ogm_buff_len);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, ETH_HLEN + *ogm_buff_len);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto reschedule;
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	skb_put_data(skb, ogm_buff, ogm_buff_len);
+	skb_put_data(skb, *ogm_buff, *ogm_buff_len);
 
 	ogm_packet = (struct batadv_ogm2_packet *)skb->data;
 	ogm_packet->seqno = htonl(atomic_read(&bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_seqno));
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
index 8129a3f9c44d0..46ed61dbf0879 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
 #include <linux/container_of.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
@@ -306,9 +307,10 @@ static bool batadv_tvlv_realloc_packet_buff(unsigned char **packet_buff,
  * The ogm packet might be enlarged or shrunk depending on the current size
  * and the size of the to-be-appended tvlv containers.
  *
- * Return: size of all appended tvlv containers in bytes.
+ * Return: size of all appended tvlv containers in bytes (max U16_MAX), negative
+ *  if operation failed
  */
-u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+int batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				     unsigned char **packet_buff,
 				     int *packet_buff_len, int packet_min_len)
 {
@@ -316,6 +318,7 @@ u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct batadv_tvlv_hdr *tvlv_hdr;
 	u16 tvlv_value_len;
 	void *tvlv_value;
+	int tvlv_len_ret;
 	bool ret;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
@@ -323,9 +326,12 @@ u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	ret = batadv_tvlv_realloc_packet_buff(packet_buff, packet_buff_len,
 					      packet_min_len, tvlv_value_len);
-
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
+		tvlv_len_ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto end;
+	}
+
+	tvlv_len_ret = tvlv_value_len;
 
 	if (!tvlv_value_len)
 		goto end;
@@ -344,7 +350,8 @@ u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 end:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
-	return tvlv_value_len;
+
+	return tvlv_len_ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h
index e5697230d9917..f96f6b3f44a00 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 void batadv_tvlv_container_register(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				    u8 type, u8 version,
 				    void *tvlv_value, u16 tvlv_value_len);
-u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+int batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				     unsigned char **packet_buff,
 				     int *packet_buff_len, int packet_min_len);
 void batadv_tvlv_ogm_receive(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-20 11:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-20 11:54 [PATCH net 00/11] pull request: batman-adv 2026-05-20 Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 01/11] batman-adv: fix batadv_skb_is_frag() kernel-doc Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 02/11] batman-adv: v: stop OGMv2 on disabled interface Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` Simon Wunderlich [this message]
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 04/11] batman-adv: tvlv: reject oversized TVLV packets Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 05/11] batman-adv: tp_meter: fix race condition in send error reporting Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 06/11] batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid role confusion in tp_list Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 07/11] batman-adv: mcast: fix use-after-free in orig_node RCU release Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 08/11] batman-adv: iv: recover OGM scheduling after forward packet error Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 09/11] batman-adv: bla: fix report_work leak on backbone_gw purge Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 10/11] batman-adv: bla: avoid double decrement of bla.num_requests Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-20 11:54 ` [PATCH net 11/11] batman-adv: bla: avoid NULL-ptr deref for claim via dropped interface Simon Wunderlich

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