Re: [RFC net] net: skbuff: fix stack variable out of bounds access

[Willem de Bruijn]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 8:52 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> gcc-11 warns that the TS_SKB_CB(&state)) cast in skb_find_text()
> leads to an out-of-bounds access in skb_prepare_seq_read() after
> the addition of a new struct member made skb_seq_state longer
> than ts_state:
>
> net/core/skbuff.c: In function ‘skb_find_text’:
> net/core/skbuff.c:3498:26: error: array subscript ‘struct skb_seq_state[0]’ is partly outside array bounds of ‘struct ts_state[1]’ [-Werror=array-bounds]
>  3498 |         st->lower_offset = from;
>       |         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
> net/core/skbuff.c:3659:25: note: while referencing ‘state’
>  3659 |         struct ts_state state;
>       |                         ^~~~~
>
> The warning is currently disabled globally, but I found this
> instance during experimental build testing, and it seems
> legitimate.
>
> Make the textsearch buffer longer and add a compile-time check to
> ensure the two remain the same length.
>
> Fixes: 97550f6fa592 ("net: compound page support in skb_seq_read")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/textsearch.h | 2 +-
>  net/core/skbuff.c          | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch.h b/include/linux/textsearch.h
> index 13770cfe33ad..6673e4d4ac2e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/textsearch.h
> +++ b/include/linux/textsearch.h
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct ts_config;
>  struct ts_state
>  {
>         unsigned int            offset;
> -       char                    cb[40];
> +       char                    cb[48];
>  };
>
>  /**
> diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
> index 545a472273a5..dd10d4c5f4bf 100644
> --- a/net/core/skbuff.c
> +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
> @@ -3633,6 +3633,7 @@ static unsigned int skb_ts_get_next_block(unsigned int offset, const u8 **text,
>                                           struct ts_config *conf,
>                                           struct ts_state *state)
>  {
> +       BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct skb_seq_state) > sizeof(state->cb));
>         return skb_seq_read(offset, text, TS_SKB_CB(state));
>  }
>
> --
> 2.29.2
>

Thanks for addressing this.

A similar fix already landed in 5.12-rc3: commit b228c9b05876 ("net:
expand textsearch ts_state to fit skb_seq_state"). That fix landed in
5.12-rc3.