Commit 03390aa32e66 for kernel
commit 03390aa32e669cc4ecd7d34108e2e1afc13d689d
Author: Qihang Tang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Aug 5 20:57:28 2026 +0800
packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths
packet_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len multiple times while allocating
and constructing an skb. Device reconfiguration can change this value
concurrently, for example through bonding device type changes.
For SOCK_RAW, packet_snd() can save a larger value in reserve and later
allocate headroom using a smaller value. Moving skb->data back by reserve
then places it before skb->head, and the following copy from userspace can
attempt an out-of-bounds write.
packet_sendmsg_spkt() has the same issue because it calculates its
reservation and header offset from separate reads before dropping the RCU
read lock to allocate the skb.
Add LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX() for callers that already saved a header length.
Read hard_header_len once in packet_snd() and use it for allocation and
construction. In packet_sendmsg_spkt(), preserve the allocation-time value
through the device lookup retry.
The separate SOCK_DGRAM consistency problem between hard_header_len and
header_ops->create is not addressed here.
Fixes: b84bbaf7a6c8 ("packet: in packet_snd start writing at link layer allocation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qihang Tang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260805125729.19220-3-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9a770eb823ce..8840b126979f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -300,9 +300,11 @@ struct hh_cache {
* We could use other alignment values, but we must maintain the
* relationship HH alignment <= LL alignment.
*/
-#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
- ((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hlen) \
+ ((((hlen) + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
& ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
+ LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, (dev)->hard_header_len)
#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(dev,extra) \
((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom) + (extra)) \
& ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 0e1355be89f6..b7af45c809e4 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1966,8 +1966,9 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
struct net_device *dev;
struct sockcm_cookie sockc;
__be16 proto = 0;
- int err;
+ int hard_header_len;
int extra_len = 0;
+ int err;
/*
* Get and verify the address.
@@ -2010,14 +2011,18 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
}
+ /* Keep the allocation-time header length across retry. */
+ if (!skb)
+ hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
+
err = -EMSGSIZE;
- if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
+ if (len > dev->mtu + hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
goto out_unlock;
if (!skb) {
- size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+ size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
- unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? dev->hard_header_len : 0;
+ unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? hard_header_len : 0;
rcu_read_unlock();
skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, len + reserved + tlen, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2047,7 +2052,7 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
err = -EINVAL;
goto out_unlock;
}
- if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
+ if (len > (dev->mtu + hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
!packet_extra_vlan_len_allowed(dev, skb)) {
err = -EMSGSIZE;
goto out_unlock;
@@ -2969,7 +2974,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
int offset = 0;
struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
int vnet_hdr_sz = READ_ONCE(po->vnet_hdr_sz);
- int hlen, tlen, linear;
+ int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, linear;
int extra_len = 0;
/*
@@ -3009,8 +3014,9 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
goto out_unlock;
}
+ hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
- reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+ reserve = hard_header_len;
if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
err = packet_snd_vnet_parse(msg, &len, &vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_sz);
if (err)
@@ -3031,10 +3037,10 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
goto out_unlock;
err = -ENOBUFS;
- hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+ hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
linear = __virtio16_to_cpu(vio_le(), vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
- linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, dev->hard_header_len));
+ linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, hard_header_len));
skb = packet_alloc_skb(sk, hlen + tlen, hlen, len, linear,
msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
if (skb == NULL)
@@ -3050,7 +3056,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
} else if (reserve) {
skb_reserve(skb, -reserve);
if (len < reserve + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) &&
- dev->min_header_len != dev->hard_header_len)
+ dev->min_header_len != hard_header_len)
skb_reset_network_header(skb);
}