From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Dairui Zhang <zhangdairui@gmail.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dairui Zhang <zhangdairui@gmail.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] af_packet: fix integer overflow in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo()
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:06:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.1b65de0a75434@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921192608.1420047-1-zhangdairui@gmail.com>
Dairui Zhang wrote:
> prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() computes in 32-bit int arithmetic:
>
> mbits = (blk_size_in_bytes * 8) / (1024 * 1024);
>
> If I'm reading the validation right, tp_block_size is user
> controlled and packet_set_ring() only rejects values that are <= 0
> as int or not page aligned, so a 256MiB block goes right through
> (and alloc_one_pg_vec_page() even has a vzalloc fallback for it).
> 0x10000000 * 8 wraps to INT_MIN, and on a NIC reporting 1 Gbps
> (div == 1) the function ends up returning -2047.
>
> The condition is actually (8 * size) mod 2^32 >= 2^31 && div == 1,
> so the trigger set is [256,512), [768,1024), [1280,1536) and
> [1792,2048) MiB. Other sizes wrap to non-negative values and faster
> links divide the unsigned value back below 2^31, which is why this
> doesn't blow up for everyone.
>
> What makes it fatal is what happens next in init_prb_bdqc():
>
> p1->interval_ktime = ms_to_ktime(prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo(...));
> hrtimer_start(&p1->retire_blk_timer, p1->interval_ktime,
> HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
>
> A negative relative timeout expires immediately. The callback
> unconditionally returns HRTIMER_RESTART, and hrtimer_forward() turns
> the negative interval into hrtimer_resolution:
>
> if (interval < hrtimer_resolution)
> interval = hrtimer_resolution;
>
> So the SOFT timer re-fires at the maximum rate forever, holding
> sk_receive_queue.lock each pass. One CPU spins in softirq until the
> socket is closed. Repeat with more rings and the machine is gone.
>
> This is mostly a new problem: the overflow is ancient, but with
> msecs_to_jiffies() a negative timeout just got clamped to a huge
> unsigned value, i.e. the retire timer effectively never fired.
> f7460d2989fa ("net: af_packet: Use hrtimer to do the retire
> operation", v6.18) turned it into "fire immediately and spin".
> Still present in 7.2.6 and in current mainline as of this
> writing.
>
> (Unrelated to CVE-2019-20812 - that one was the ethtool failure path
> returning 0, which now returns DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV.)
>
> Reproducer, needs CAP_NET_RAW (a --network host container has it by
> default) and a 1 Gbps NIC (QEMU e1000 works):
>
> int fd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
> bind(fd, ...);
> int v = TPACKET_V3;
> setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &v, sizeof(v));
> struct tpacket_req3 req = {
> .tp_block_size = 0x10000000,
> .tp_block_nr = 1,
> .tp_frame_size = 2048,
> .tp_frame_nr = 0x10000000 / 2048,
> .tp_retire_blk_tov = 0,
> };
> setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &req, sizeof(req));
>
> Compute in 64 bits instead. The operands are already bounded by the
> existing validation, so nothing else changes. If you'd prefer a
> different fix, just say so and I'll respin.
>
> Fixes: f7460d2989fa ("net: af_packet: Use hrtimer to do the retire operation")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Dairui Zhang <zhangdairui@gmail.com>
> ---
> First patch to netdev, and compile-tested only - I don't have a
> 1 Gbps setup to trigger it live. If I've misread the code, got the
> Fixes: tag wrong, or picked the wrong fix, please say so and I'll
> respin.
Code Looks good to me. Thanks.
As Fixes tag do prefer original commit f6fb8f100b80 ("af-packet:
TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer implementation.")
That is where the bug is introduced, and the effect of the bug prior
to the currenty blamed commit is not as clear-cut as described in the
commit message.
The return value of prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() is stored into an
unsigned short retire_blk_tov then, so can be truncated. A 0-jiffy
delay loop can also be programmed. Though its effect is not nearly as
detrimental as from the blamed commit on.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 3:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 19:26 [PATCH net] af_packet: fix integer overflow in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() Dairui Zhang
2026-09-22 3:06 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-09-22 3:36 ` Dairui Zhang
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