From: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: steffen.klassert@secunet.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] xfrm: validate ihl in xfrm4_transport_output()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:22:26 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917072226.80788-1-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com> (raw)
xfrm4_transport_output() reads the IPv4 header length (ihl) from the
packet and uses it for __skb_pull() and memmove() without checking it
against skb->len, so a frame with ihl * 4 > skb->len underflows skb->len
to a huge value.
Packets injected into an xfrm interface (e.g. AF_PACKET on an xfrmi
device) reach xfrm output without the pskb_may_pull(ihl * 4) check that
ip_rcv_core() applies to received traffic. The underflowed length then
flows into esp_output() and the crypto scatterlist setup, where every
length in the underflow window ends in a fatal fault (BUG_ON in
__skb_to_sgvec(), or a wild scatterlist access in the crypto layer).
This is a deterministic local denial of service reachable by an
unprivileged user through a user and network namespace.
xfrm6_transport_output() bounds the header length via
xfrm6_hdr_offset() and the IPv4 tunnel/BEET paths use the constant
XFRM_MODE_SKB_CB(skb)->ihl; only IPv4 transport uses the live,
unvalidated value. Reject the packet when ihl exceeds skb->len.
Fixes: b59f45d0b2878 ("[IPSEC] xfrm: Abstract out encapsulation modes")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ static int xfrm4_transport_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
int ihl = iph->ihl * 4;
+ if (ihl > skb->len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (!skb->inner_protocol)
skb_set_inner_transport_header(skb,
skb_transport_offset(skb));
--
2.46.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 7:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 7:22 Qihang [this message]
2026-09-21 7:52 ` [PATCH] xfrm: validate ihl in xfrm4_transport_output() netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-23 2:16 ` Qihang
2026-09-23 2:16 ` [PATCH net v2] " Qihang
2026-09-23 2:24 ` Herbert Xu
2026-09-23 3:28 ` Qihang
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