[PATCH] netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned access to TCP timestamp option
From: Rosen Penev
Date: Sun Jun 07 2026 - 12:45:10 EST
synproxy_tstamp_adjust() reads and writes the TSval and TSecr fields of
the TCP Timestamp option via direct __be32 pointer dereferences. These
fields are at byte offsets 2 and 6 within the option, which are only
2-byte aligned — not 4-byte aligned for __be32 access.
Replace with get_unaligned_be32() / put_unaligned_be32() to safely
handle the unaligned access on strict-alignment architectures.
Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index ed00114f65f3..0a038b9b5169 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ synproxy_tstamp_adjust(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
const struct nf_conn_synproxy *synproxy)
{
unsigned int optoff, optend;
- __be32 *ptr, old;
+ __be32 old;
if (synproxy->tsoff == 0)
return 1;
@@ -221,18 +221,22 @@ synproxy_tstamp_adjust(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
if (op[0] == TCPOPT_TIMESTAMP &&
op[1] == TCPOLEN_TIMESTAMP) {
if (CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo) == IP_CT_DIR_REPLY) {
- ptr = (__be32 *)&op[2];
- old = *ptr;
- *ptr = htonl(ntohl(*ptr) -
- synproxy->tsoff);
+ u32 tsval = get_unaligned_be32(&op[2]);
+ u32 new_tsval = tsval - synproxy->tsoff;
+
+ old = cpu_to_be32(tsval);
+ put_unaligned_be32(new_tsval, &op[2]);
+ inet_proto_csum_replace4(&th->check, skb,
+ old, cpu_to_be32(new_tsval), false);
} else {
- ptr = (__be32 *)&op[6];
- old = *ptr;
- *ptr = htonl(ntohl(*ptr) +
- synproxy->tsoff);
+ u32 tsecr = get_unaligned_be32(&op[6]);
+ u32 new_tsecr = tsecr + synproxy->tsoff;
+
+ old = cpu_to_be32(tsecr);
+ put_unaligned_be32(new_tsecr, &op[6]);
+ inet_proto_csum_replace4(&th->check, skb,
+ old, cpu_to_be32(new_tsecr), false);
}
- inet_proto_csum_replace4(&th->check, skb,
- old, *ptr, false);
return 1;
}
optoff += op[1];
--
2.54.0