From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>,
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>,
Ralf Lici <ralf@mandelbit.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 06/10] ovpn: zero-initialize sockaddr before learning a floated endpoint
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:46:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730094624.4102963-7-antonio@openvpn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260730094624.4102963-1-antonio@openvpn.net>
ovpn_peer_endpoints_update() builds the new remote endpoint in an
on-stack struct sockaddr_storage that is left uninitialized. For IPv4
only sin_family/sin_addr/sin_port are written, leaving the 8-byte
sin_zero padding as stack garbage (for IPv6, sin6_flowinfo is left
uninitialized likewise).
ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr() -> ovpn_bind_from_sockaddr() then memcpy()s
sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)/sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6) bytes - padding
included - into bind->remote. That buffer is later hashed with jhash()
over the same length to place the peer in the by_transp_addr table, so
the garbage padding lands the floated peer in an essentially random
bucket. Lockless lookups in ovpn_peer_get_by_transp_addr() build their
key from a zero-initialized sockaddr_storage, compute a different bucket
and fail to find the peer.
This is also a plain use of uninitialized stack memory in jhash().
Build the floated endpoint with a designated initializer so the
padding (sin_zero for IPv4, sin6_flowinfo for IPv6) is zeroed as part
of the assignment. This keeps the padding out of the by_transp_addr
hash key without memset-ing the whole sockaddr_storage on every
received packet.
Fixes: f0281c1d3732 ("ovpn: add support for updating local or remote UDP endpoint")
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
---
drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
index a330892e82bf..33fb0a75e600 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
@@ -222,9 +222,16 @@ void ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sk_buff *skb)
*/
local_ip = &ip_hdr(skb)->daddr;
sa = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ss;
- sa->sin_family = AF_INET;
- sa->sin_addr.s_addr = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr;
- sa->sin_port = udp_hdr(skb)->source;
+ /* use a designated initializer so the sin_zero padding
+ * is zeroed (it ends up in the by_transp_addr hash key)
+ * without memset-ing the whole sockaddr_storage on the
+ * RX fast path
+ */
+ *sa = (struct sockaddr_in) {
+ .sin_family = AF_INET,
+ .sin_addr.s_addr = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr,
+ .sin_port = udp_hdr(skb)->source,
+ };
salen = sizeof(*sa);
reset_cache = true;
break;
@@ -250,11 +257,19 @@ void ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sk_buff *skb)
*/
local_ip = &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr;
sa6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&ss;
- sa6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
- sa6->sin6_addr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr;
- sa6->sin6_port = udp_hdr(skb)->source;
- sa6->sin6_scope_id = ipv6_iface_scope_id(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
- skb->skb_iif);
+ /* use a designated initializer so the sin6_flowinfo
+ * padding is zeroed (it ends up in the by_transp_addr
+ * hash key) without memset-ing the whole
+ * sockaddr_storage on the RX fast path
+ */
+ *sa6 = (struct sockaddr_in6) {
+ .sin6_family = AF_INET6,
+ .sin6_addr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
+ .sin6_port = udp_hdr(skb)->source,
+ .sin6_scope_id =
+ ipv6_iface_scope_id(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
+ skb->skb_iif),
+ };
salen = sizeof(*sa6);
reset_cache = true;
break;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-30 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-30 9:46 [PATCH net 00/10] pull request: fixes for ovpn 2026-07-30 Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 01/10] ovpn: add missing rtnl_link_ops->get_size callback Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 02/10] ovpn: limit keepalive values to one day Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 03/10] ovpn: skip rehash for peers already removed from by_id Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 04/10] ovpn: rehash peer in by_transp_addr table on CMD_PEER_SET Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 05/10] ovpn: ensure socket is owned by ovpn before deref sk_user_data Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 07/10] ovpn: hash floated peer by transport identity only Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 08/10] ovpn: disable IPv4 redirects on MP interfaces Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 09/10] ovpn: ensure TCP vars are initialized first Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 10/10] ovpn: fix incorrect use of rcu_access_pointer() Antonio Quartulli
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