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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 14/15] batman-adv: tvlv: enforce 2-byte alignment
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260619070045.438101-15-sw@simonwunderlich.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260619070045.438101-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de>

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

The fields of an aggregated OGM(v2) are accessed assuming (at least) 2-byte
alignment, so a following OGM must start at an even offset. As the header
length is even, an odd tvlv_len would misalign it and trigger unaligned
accesses on strict-alignment architectures.

Such a misaligned TVLV/OGM/OGMv2 is not created by a normal participant in
the mesh. Therefore, reject such malformed packets.

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 | 11 ++++++++++-
 net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c  | 11 ++++++++++-
 net/batman-adv/routing.c    |  6 ++++++
 net/batman-adv/tvlv.c       |  6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index 7588e64e7ba6f..bb2f012b454ea 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -316,14 +316,23 @@ batadv_iv_ogm_aggr_packet(int buff_pos, int packet_len,
 			  const struct batadv_ogm_packet *ogm_packet)
 {
 	int next_buff_pos = 0;
+	u16 tvlv_len;
 
 	/* check if there is enough space for the header */
 	next_buff_pos += buff_pos + sizeof(*ogm_packet);
 	if (next_buff_pos > packet_len)
 		return false;
 
+	tvlv_len = ntohs(ogm_packet->tvlv_len);
+
+	/* the fields of an aggregated OGM are accessed assuming (at least)
+	 * 2-byte alignment, so a following OGM must start at an even offset.
+	 */
+	if (tvlv_len & 1)
+		return false;
+
 	/* check if there is enough space for the optional TVLV */
-	next_buff_pos += ntohs(ogm_packet->tvlv_len);
+	next_buff_pos += tvlv_len;
 
 	return next_buff_pos <= packet_len;
 }
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
index 95efd8a43c79d..037921aad35d5 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
@@ -849,14 +849,23 @@ batadv_v_ogm_aggr_packet(int buff_pos, int packet_len,
 			 const struct batadv_ogm2_packet *ogm2_packet)
 {
 	int next_buff_pos = 0;
+	u16 tvlv_len;
 
 	/* check if there is enough space for the header */
 	next_buff_pos += buff_pos + sizeof(*ogm2_packet);
 	if (next_buff_pos > packet_len)
 		return false;
 
+	tvlv_len = ntohs(ogm2_packet->tvlv_len);
+
+	/* the fields of an aggregated OGMv2 are accessed assuming (at least)
+	 * 2-byte alignment, so a following OGMv2 must start at an even offset.
+	 */
+	if (tvlv_len & 1)
+		return false;
+
 	/* check if there is enough space for the optional TVLV */
-	next_buff_pos += ntohs(ogm2_packet->tvlv_len);
+	next_buff_pos += tvlv_len;
 
 	return next_buff_pos <= packet_len;
 }
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 9db57fd36e7d4..c05fcc9241add 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -1366,6 +1366,12 @@ int batadv_recv_mcast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (tvlv_buff_len > skb->len - hdr_size)
 		goto free_skb;
 
+	/* the fields of an multicast payload are accessed assuming (at least)
+	 * 2-byte alignment, so a following packet must start at an even offset.
+	 */
+	if (tvlv_buff_len & 1)
+		goto free_skb;
+
 	ret = batadv_tvlv_containers_process(bat_priv, BATADV_MCAST, NULL, skb,
 					     tvlv_buff, tvlv_buff_len);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
index 403c854568704..a957555d8958d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
@@ -477,6 +477,12 @@ int batadv_tvlv_containers_process(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		if (tvlv_value_cont_len > tvlv_value_len)
 			break;
 
+		/* the next tvlv header is accessed assuming (at least) 2-byte
+		 * alignment, so it must start at an even offset.
+		 */
+		if (tvlv_value_cont_len & 1)
+			break;
+
 		tvlv_handler = batadv_tvlv_handler_get(bat_priv,
 						       tvlv_hdr->type,
 						       tvlv_hdr->version);
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-19  7:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-19  7:00 [PATCH net 00/15] pull request: batman-adv 2026-06-19 Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 01/15] batman-adv: gw: don't deselect gateway with active hardif Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 02/15] batman-adv: ensure bcast is writable before modifying TTL Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 03/15] batman-adv: fix (m|b)cast csum after decrementing TTL Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 04/15] batman-adv: frag: ensure fragment is writable before modifying TTL Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 05/15] batman-adv: frag: avoid underflow of TTL Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 06/15] batman-adv: v: prevent OGM aggregation on disabled hardif Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 07/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: restrict number of unacked list entries Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 08/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: annotate last_recv_time access with READ/WRITE_ONCE Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 09/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: prevent parallel modifications of last_recv Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 10/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: handle overlapping packets Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 11/15] batman-adv: tt: don't merge change entries with different VIDs Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 12/15] batman-adv: tt: track roam count per VID Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 13/15] batman-adv: dat: prevent false sharing between VLANs Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-19  7:00 ` Simon Wunderlich [this message]
2026-06-19  7:00 ` [PATCH net 15/15] batman-adv: tvlv: avoid race of cifsnotfound handler state Simon Wunderlich

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