From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
Guoyu Su <yss2813483011xxl@gmail.com>,
edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
horms@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com,
syzbot+1543a7d954d9c6d00407@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Guoyu Su <yss2813483011xxl@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v5] net: use skb_header_pointer() only for DODGY TCPv4 GSO skbs
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:36:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.2497131610e6a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <willemdebruijn.kernel.2018fae77325e@gmail.com>
Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> Guoyu Su wrote:
> > Syzbot reported a KMSAN uninit-value warning in gso_features_check()
> > called from netif_skb_features() [1].
> >
> > The current direct skb->len check is not sufficient for SKB_GSO_DODGY
> > packets. In the AF_PACKET/PACKET_VNET_HDR path, packet_snd() can build
> > a DODGY GSO skb whose total length is large enough, while the IPv4
> > header is not fully available as initialized linear data for a direct
> > iph->frag_off access.
>
> The fix looks fine, but the AI review of an earlier revision brings up
> a good point: __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb calls pskb_may_pull in all paths
> to ensure the network header is fully in skb linear. What kind of packet
> is this that managed to escape those checks?
The packets I got out of the C repro just after virtio_net_hdr_to_skb
look as below.
[ 76.539562] vnet_hdr: flags=0x75 gso_type=0x1 hlen=0x6a gso_sz=0x416d cstart=0x58
[ 76.539755] skb len=56584 data_len=56476 headroom=4 headlen=108 tailroom=0
[ 76.539755] end-tail=208 mac=(4,76) mac_len=0 net=(80,12) trans=92
[ 76.539755] shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=3 gso(size=16749 type=3 segs=0))
[ 76.539755] csum(0x10005c start=92 offset=16 ip_summed=3 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0)
[ 76.539755] hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x0800 pkttype=0 iif=0
[ 76.539755] priority=0x0 mark=0x0 alloc_cpu=0 vlan_all=0x0
[ 76.539755] encapsulation=0 inner(proto=0x0000, mac=0, net=0, trans=0)
[ 76.540713] dev name=ip6gretap0 feat=0x0000000e401d4869
[ 76.540843] sk family=17 type=3 proto=0
Clearly fishy. They do have VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM set, so we
know which branch they take.
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) {
u32 start = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_start);
u32 off = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_offset);
u32 needed = start + max_t(u32, thlen, off + sizeof(__sum16));
// start == 88
// needed == 88 + 18 == 106
if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, needed))
return -EINVAL;
if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, start, off))
return -EINVAL;
if (skb_transport_offset(skb) < nh_min_len)
return -EINVAL;
nh_min_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
// nh_min_len == 88
p_off = nh_min_len + thlen;
// p_off == 108
if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
return -EINVAL;
// headlen == 108
At the end of this headlen == 108, so all of iphdr should be in
linear.
Since the syz repro requires repeat it is possible that I simply did
not capture the right packet, but I don't see the C program vary the
packet contents.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-21 1:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-07 16:29 [PATCH net] net: clear mangleid_features for SKB_GSO_DODGY TCPv4 Guoyu Su
2026-03-07 16:43 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-03-08 8:33 ` [PATCH net v2] net: use skb_header_pointer() in gso_features_check() for TCPv4 GSO Guoyu Su
2026-03-11 0:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-12 10:43 ` [PATCH net v3] net: use skb_header_pointer() only for DODGY TCPv4 GSO skbs Guoyu Su
2026-03-17 10:22 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-03-19 0:54 ` [PATCH net v4] " Guoyu Su
2026-03-19 13:17 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-03-20 14:14 ` [PATCH net v5] " Guoyu Su
2026-03-20 19:24 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-03-21 1:36 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-03-21 15:31 ` Scars
2026-03-21 20:58 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-03-22 4:26 ` Guoyu Su
2026-03-23 3:36 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-03-24 10:40 ` Guoyu Su
2026-03-26 3:12 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-03-26 12:18 ` [PATCH net v6] net: use skb_header_pointer() for TCPv4 GSO frag_off Guoyu Su
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