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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: bestswngs@gmail.com
Cc: security@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	xmei5@asu.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:04:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <abuuKHbFhnwZ4vwM@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260319073243.1176330-2-bestswngs@gmail.com>

bestswngs@gmail.com <bestswngs@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
> 
> nfnl_osf_add_callback() validates opt_num bounds and string
> NUL-termination but does not check individual option length fields.
> A zero-length option causes nf_osf_match_one() to enter the option
> matching loop even when foptsize sums to zero, which matches packets
> with no TCP options where ctx->optp is NULL:

Would you mind if i squash:

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ static int nfnl_osf_add_callback(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
        struct nf_osf_user_finger *f;
        struct nf_osf_finger *kf = NULL, *sf;
+       unsigned int tot_opt_len = 0;
        int err = 0;
        int i;

@@ -320,10 +321,14 @@ static int nfnl_osf_add_callback(struct sk_buff *skb,
                return -EINVAL;

        for (i = 0; i < f->opt_num; i++) {
-               if (!f->opt[i].length)
+               if (!f->opt[i].length || f->opt[i].length > MAX_IPOPTLEN)
                        return -EINVAL;
                if (f->opt[i].kind == OSFOPT_MSS && f->opt[i].length < 4)
                        return -EINVAL;
+
+               tot_opt_len += f->opt[i].length;
+               if (tot_opt_len > MAX_IPOPTLEN)
+                       return -EINVAL;
        }

        if (!memchr(f->genre, 0, MAXGENRELEN) ||

There is a runtime check (WTF) for this already, but arguably it
better belongs here.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-19  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-19  7:32 [PATCH net] nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints bestswngs
2026-03-19  7:54 ` Florian Westphal
2026-03-19  7:55 ` Greg KH
2026-03-19  8:04 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-03-19  8:26   ` Weiming Shi

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