[PATCH v2] flow_dissector: fix uninit-value in __skb_flow_dissect() for ETH_ADDRS
From: Yun Zhou
Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 22:39:08 EST
__skb_flow_dissect() unconditionally reads 12 bytes from eth_hdr(skb)
when FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS is requested. This assumes the skb
has a valid Ethernet header at mac_header, which is not always the case.
The problem can be triggered by:
1. Creating a TUN device in L3 mode (IFF_TUN, hard_header_len=0)
2. Attaching a multiq qdisc with a flower filter matching on eth_src
3. Sending a packet through AF_PACKET
Since TUN in L3 mode has no link-layer header, mac_header points to
the L3 data area. The flow dissector reads 12 bytes of uninitialized
skb memory, which then propagates through fl_set_masked_key() and is
used as a rhashtable lookup key in __fl_lookup(), as reported by KMSAN.
Rejecting the filter in the control path (at tc filter add time) is
not feasible because TC filter blocks can be shared between arbitrary
devices -- a filter installed on an Ethernet device may later classify
packets on a headerless device through a shared block. The device
association is not fixed at filter creation time.
Fix this in the data path by checking skb->dev->hard_header_len before
reading. If the device does not have a link-layer header large enough
to contain the Ethernet addresses, zero the key so the filter will not
match.
Reported-by: syzbot+fa2f5b1fb06147be5e16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=fa2f5b1fb06147be5e16
Fixes: 67a900cc0436 ("flow_dissector: introduce support for Ethernet addresses")
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Adjust commit message and comment
net/core/flow_dissector.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 2a98f5fa74eb..1e6a2c04698c 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -1173,13 +1173,20 @@ bool __skb_flow_dissect(const struct net *net,
if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS)) {
- struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
struct flow_dissector_key_eth_addrs *key_eth_addrs;
key_eth_addrs = skb_flow_dissector_target(flow_dissector,
FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS,
target_container);
- memcpy(key_eth_addrs, eth, sizeof(*key_eth_addrs));
+ /* TC filter blocks can be shared across devices with
+ * different header lengths, so we cannot validate this
+ * when the filter is installed -- check at dissect time.
+ */
+ if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb) &&
+ skb_tail_pointer(skb) - skb_mac_header(skb) >= sizeof(*key_eth_addrs))
+ memcpy(key_eth_addrs, eth_hdr(skb), sizeof(*key_eth_addrs));
+ else
+ memset(key_eth_addrs, 0, sizeof(*key_eth_addrs));
}
if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
--
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