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From: "Pablo Vallespín Aranguren" <pablopva014@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"open list:TULIP NETWORK DRIVERS" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"open list:TULIP NETWORK DRIVERS" <linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: tulip: xircom_cb: drop runt frames before skb copy
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:33:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <amzqfjeo0Yo1p0Rd@ThinkPad-P15> (raw)

investigate_read_descriptor() takes the 11-bit packet length straight
from the device-written descriptor and subtracts 4 for the CRC. A
length below 4 underflows pkt_len to a negative value, which is then
passed to skb_put_data() as a huge unsigned length and corrupts memory
past the end of the freshly allocated skb.

Drop the frame as a length error if pkt_len is negative after CRC
removal.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Vallespín Aranguren <pablopva014@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_t1000
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.c
index e5d2ede13845..62c64da1c8fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.c
@@ -1110,6 +1110,11 @@ investigate_read_descriptor(struct net_device *dev, struct xircom_private *card,
 					/* minus 4, we don't want the CRC */
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+		if (pkt_len < 0) {
+			dev->stats.rx_length_errors++;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (pkt_len > 1518) {
 			netdev_err(dev, "Packet length %i is bogus\n", pkt_len);
 			pkt_len = 1518;
-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-31 18:33 Pablo Vallespín Aranguren [this message]
2026-07-31 19:26 ` [PATCH] net: tulip: xircom_cb: drop runt frames before skb copy David Laight
2026-07-31 20:56   ` Pablo Vallespín Aranguren

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