From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Boyan Liu <yymhvert@gmail.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
co+98d7de09cd94fec5@bugs.sh, Boyan Liu <yymhvert@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] udp: Fix out-of-bounds read with unset mac header in unexpected GSO path
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:49:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.2a345d6bd54c5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261010073015.7665-1-yymhvert@gmail.com>
Boyan Liu wrote:
> udp_queue_rcv_skb() and udpv6_queue_rcv_skb() re-segment an
> unexpected GSO packet after restoring skb->data to the mac
> header with __skb_push(skb, -skb_mac_offset(skb)), assuming
> the mac header is valid.
>
> SRv6 End.DT4/End.DT6 VRF decapsulation calls
> skb_unset_mac_header(). iptunnel_pull_offloads() can leave an
> inner UDP GSO type (SKB_GSO_UDP_L4 or SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST)
> behind, so a socket that does not accept that GRO type runs
> the unexpected GSO path with mac_header == 0xffff.
> skb_mac_offset() then returns a large positive value, which
> the unsigned __skb_push() argument turns into a huge length:
> skb->data moves far outside the buffer and skb->len is
> corrupted, so segmentation reads out of bounds:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in inet_gso_segment (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1383)
> Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800da7ffff by task exploit/149
> Call Trace:
> inet_gso_segment (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1383)
> skb_mac_gso_segment (net/core/gso.c:53)
> __skb_gso_segment (net/core/gso.c:124)
> udp_queue_rcv_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:2476 net/ipv4/udp.c:2466)
> udp_unicast_rcv_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:2620)
> ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)
> seg6_local_input_core (net/ipv6/seg6_local.c:1640)
> lwtunnel_input (net/core/lwtunnel.c:465)
> ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:351)
>
> __skb_gso_segment() resets the mac header to wherever
> skb->data points, so the push target only needs to be a valid
> header start. Fall back to the network header when the mac
> header was never set.
I wonder if the right fix here is to not call skb_unset_mac_header in
the first place.
There are plenty of L3 device type with no L2 header. They still have
a valid skb_mac_header.
This fix may be papering over a tunnel doing something non-standard.
> Fixes: cf329aa42b66 ("udp: cope with UDP GRO packet misdirection")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reported-by: co+98d7de09cd94fec5@bugs.sh
> Signed-off-by: Boyan Liu <yymhvert@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/ipv4/udp.c | 5 ++++-
> net/ipv6/udp.c | 5 ++++-
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
> index bb8cfc62c..fe5a23f1c 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
> @@ -2441,7 +2441,10 @@ static int udp_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
> return udp_queue_rcv_one_skb(sk, skb);
>
> BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct udp_skb_cb) > SKB_GSO_CB_OFFSET);
> - __skb_push(skb, -skb_mac_offset(skb));
> + if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))
> + __skb_push(skb, -skb_mac_offset(skb));
> + else
> + __skb_push(skb, -skb_network_offset(skb));
> segs = udp_rcv_segment(sk, skb, true);
> skb_list_walk_safe(segs, skb, next) {
> __skb_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb));
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
> index 93478d1ad..8db4e2869 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
> @@ -895,7 +895,10 @@ static int udpv6_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
> if (likely(!udp_unexpected_gso(sk, skb)))
> return udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb(sk, skb);
>
> - __skb_push(skb, -skb_mac_offset(skb));
> + if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))
> + __skb_push(skb, -skb_mac_offset(skb));
> + else
> + __skb_push(skb, -skb_network_offset(skb));
> segs = udp_rcv_segment(sk, skb, false);
> skb_list_walk_safe(segs, skb, next) {
> __skb_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb));
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-10 7:30 [PATCH net] udp: Fix out-of-bounds read with unset mac header in unexpected GSO path Boyan Liu
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