From: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
To: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>,
Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
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>,
Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>,
linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v3] sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 08:22:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608122234.459098-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com> (raw)
__sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup() in net/sctp/input.c only checks that the ASCONF
chunk can hold the ADDIP header and a parameter header, then calls
af->from_addr_param(), which reads the full address (16 bytes for IPv6)
trusting the parameter's declared length.
An unauthenticated peer can send a truncated trailing ASCONF chunk that
declares an IPv6 address parameter but stops after the 4-byte parameter
header; reached from the no-association lookup path, from_addr_param() then
reads uninitialized bytes past the parameter.
Impact: an unauthenticated SCTP peer makes the receive path read up to 16
bytes of uninitialized memory past a truncated ASCONF address parameter.
The sibling __sctp_rcv_init_lookup() bounds parameters with
sctp_walk_params(); this path open-codes the fetch and omits the bound.
Verify the whole address parameter lies within the chunk before
from_addr_param() reads it, the same class of fix as commit 51e5ad549c43
("net: sctp: fix KMSAN uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop").
Fixes: df2185771439 ("[SCTP]: Update association lookup to look at ASCONF chunks as well")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
---
v3:
- Simplify to a single bounds check that the whole address parameter
fits in the chunk, written as an addition to avoid unsigned wrap
(David Laight); drop the redundant lower-bound test and the
param_space/plen locals (Xin Long).
v2:
- Regenerate from net/main so the patch has index lines and applies
cleanly (Xin Long).
- Use unsigned int for the decoded length and compare it against the
remaining parameter space after the ADDIP header (David Laight).
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260606183821.1688525-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260604175803.2142975-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com/
net/sctp/input.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c
index e119e460ccde0..864741fae4187 100644
--- a/net/sctp/input.c
+++ b/net/sctp/input.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,14 @@ static struct sctp_association *__sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup(
/* Skip over the ADDIP header and find the Address parameter */
param = (union sctp_addr_param *)(asconf + 1);
+ /* The whole address parameter must lie within the chunk before
+ * af->from_addr_param() reads the variable-length address; otherwise a
+ * truncated trailing ASCONF chunk lets it read uninitialized bytes past
+ * the parameter.
+ */
+ if (sizeof(*asconf) + ntohs(param->p.length) > ntohs(ch->length))
+ return NULL;
+
af = sctp_get_af_specific(param_type2af(param->p.type));
if (unlikely(!af))
return NULL;
base-commit: 9988931df99cf5d68af360e1f23b9c674a0b1b4f
--
2.53.0
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2026-06-09 14:58 ` [PATCH net v3] sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup() Xin Long
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