[PATCH net v2] strparser: Fix signed/unsigned mismatch bug

From: Nate Karstens

Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 17:29:20 EST


The `len` member of the sk_buff is an unsigned int. This is cast to
`ssize_t` (a signed type) for the first sk_buff in the comparison,
but not the second sk_buff. On 32-bit systems, this can result in
an integer underflow for certain values because unsigned arithmetic
is being used.

This appears to be an oversight: if the intention was to use unsigned
arithmetic, then the first cast would have been omitted. The change
ensures both len values are cast to `ssize_t`.

The underflow causes an issue with ktls when multiple TLS PDUs are
included in a single TCP segment. The mainline kernel does not use
strparser for ktls anymore, but this is still useful for other
features that still use strparser, and for backporting.

Signed-off-by: Nate Karstens <nate.karstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 43a0c6751a32 ("strparser: Stream parser for messages")
---
net/strparser/strparser.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/strparser/strparser.c b/net/strparser/strparser.c
index 43b1f558b33d..e659fea2da70 100644
--- a/net/strparser/strparser.c
+++ b/net/strparser/strparser.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int __strp_recv(read_descriptor_t *desc, struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
strp_parser_err(strp, -EMSGSIZE, desc);
break;
} else if (len <= (ssize_t)head->len -
- skb->len - stm->strp.offset) {
+ (ssize_t)skb->len - stm->strp.offset) {
/* Length must be into new skb (and also
* greater than zero)
*/
--
2.34.1