From: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
horms@kernel.org, Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] packet: use a consistent hard_header_len in send paths
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260721084935.12312-1-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com> (raw)
packet_snd() and tpacket_snd() read dev->hard_header_len multiple times
while building an skb. Device reconfiguration can change this value
concurrently, for example through bonding device type changes.
For SOCK_RAW, packet_snd() stores the first value in reserve, later
allocates headroom using LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev), and then subtracts
reserve from the skb headroom. If hard_header_len decreases between the
reads, the skb can be allocated with less headroom than reserve, moving
skb->data before skb->head. The subsequent skb_copy_datagram_from_iter()
can then attempt an out-of-bounds copy. Hardened usercopy catches this as
a kernel memory overwrite attempt.
tpacket_snd() has the same issue because its allocation and
tpacket_fill_skb() use separate hard_header_len reads.
Read hard_header_len once in each send path and use that snapshot
consistently for skb allocation and construction.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
---
net/packet/af_packet.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 8e6f3a734ba0..d29e59273054 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2569,6 +2569,7 @@ static int packet_snd_vnet_parse(struct msghdr *msg, size_t *len,
static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
void *frame, struct net_device *dev, void *data, int tp_len,
__be16 proto, unsigned char *addr, int hlen, int copylen,
+ int hard_header_len,
const struct sockcm_cookie *sockc)
{
union tpacket_uhdr ph;
@@ -2600,8 +2601,8 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
} else if (copylen) {
int hdrlen = min_t(int, copylen, tp_len);
- skb_push(skb, dev->hard_header_len);
- skb_put(skb, copylen - dev->hard_header_len);
+ skb_push(skb, hard_header_len);
+ skb_put(skb, copylen - hard_header_len);
err = skb_store_bits(skb, 0, data, hdrlen);
if (unlikely(err))
return err;
@@ -2732,7 +2733,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
void *data;
int len_sum = 0;
int status = TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE;
- int hlen, tlen, copylen = 0;
+ int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, copylen = 0;
long timeo;
mutex_lock(&po->pg_vec_lock);
@@ -2779,8 +2780,9 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
goto out_put;
}
+ hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
if (po->sk.sk_socket->type == SOCK_RAW)
- reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+ reserve = hard_header_len;
size_max = po->tx_ring.frame_size
- (po->tp_hdrlen - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
@@ -2817,7 +2819,8 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
goto tpacket_error;
status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
- hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+ hlen = ((hard_header_len + READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom)) &
+ ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD;
tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
data += vnet_hdr_sz;
@@ -2835,10 +2838,10 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
has_vnet_hdr = true;
}
- copylen = max_t(int, copylen, dev->hard_header_len);
+ copylen = max_t(int, copylen, hard_header_len);
skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(&po->sk,
hlen + tlen + sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll) +
- (copylen - dev->hard_header_len),
+ (copylen - hard_header_len),
!need_wait, &err);
if (unlikely(skb == NULL)) {
@@ -2848,7 +2851,8 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
goto out_status;
}
tp_len = tpacket_fill_skb(po, skb, ph, dev, data, tp_len, proto,
- addr, hlen, copylen, &sockc);
+ addr, hlen, copylen, hard_header_len,
+ &sockc);
if (likely(tp_len >= 0) &&
tp_len > dev->mtu + reserve &&
!vnet_hdr_sz &&
@@ -2956,7 +2960,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
int offset = 0;
struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
int vnet_hdr_sz = READ_ONCE(po->vnet_hdr_sz);
- int hlen, tlen, linear;
+ int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, linear;
int extra_len = 0;
/*
@@ -2996,14 +3000,16 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
goto out_unlock;
}
- if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
- reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
err = packet_snd_vnet_parse(msg, &len, &vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_sz);
if (err)
goto out_unlock;
}
+ hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
+ if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
+ reserve = hard_header_len;
+
if (unlikely(sock_flag(sk, SOCK_NOFCS))) {
if (!netif_supports_nofcs(dev)) {
err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
@@ -3018,10 +3024,11 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
goto out_unlock;
err = -ENOBUFS;
- hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+ hlen = ((hard_header_len + READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom)) &
+ ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD;
tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
linear = __virtio16_to_cpu(vio_le(), vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
- linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, dev->hard_header_len));
+ linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, hard_header_len));
skb = packet_alloc_skb(sk, hlen + tlen, hlen, len, linear,
msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
if (skb == NULL)
@@ -3037,7 +3044,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
} else if (reserve) {
skb_reserve(skb, -reserve);
if (len < reserve + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) &&
- dev->min_header_len != dev->hard_header_len)
+ dev->min_header_len != hard_header_len)
skb_reset_network_header(skb);
}
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-21 8:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-21 8:49 Qihang [this message]
2026-07-21 16:01 ` [PATCH net] packet: use a consistent hard_header_len in send paths Daniel Zahka
2026-07-22 14:26 ` Willem de Bruijn
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