From 3b9a324e646d3657a8d9806dfbfe4f3e4066e882 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Qihang Tang Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 20:57:27 +0800 Subject: net: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO zero-padding in dev_validate_header dev_validate_header() reads dev->hard_header_len directly when zero-padding short link layer headers for CAP_SYS_RAWIO holders: if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) { memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len); return true; } Packet send paths call dev_validate_header() on skbs whose headroom was allocated from an earlier hard_header_len read. If the device is reconfigured so that dev->hard_header_len increases before validation, the memset writes past the reserved buffer, an out-of-bounds write. This out-of-bounds write is masked in some SOCK_RAW paths today because the same concurrent increase can first make skb_push() exceed the reserved headroom and trigger skb_under_panic(). Remove the zero-padding branch before making those hard_header_len reads consistent, so the snapshot fixes do not turn a loud panic into a silent overwrite. This path is only reached for variable length L2 protocols, where len < hard_header_len but len >= min_header_len. No remaining in-tree variable length L2 protocol implements header_ops->validate, and the CAP_SYS_RAWIO bypass that zero-pads and accepts short headers has no real value beyond allowing testing of intentionally malformed input. Drop the CAP_SYS_RAWIO branch. The remaining reads of dev->hard_header_len in dev_validate_header() are comparisons only and have no memory safety impact. Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn Fixes: 2793a23aacbd ("net: validate variable length ll headers") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Qihang Tang Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260805125729.19220-2-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 9981d637f8b5..9a770eb823ce 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -3531,11 +3531,6 @@ static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev, if (len < dev->min_header_len) return false; - if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) { - memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len); - return true; - } - if (dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->validate) return dev->header_ops->validate(ll_header, len); -- cgit v1.2.3 From 03390aa32e669cc4ecd7d34108e2e1afc13d689d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Qihang Tang Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 20:57:28 +0800 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260805125729.19220-3-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux') 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) -- cgit v1.2.3