[PATCH net 1/5] rxrpc: rxrpc_verify_data ensure rx_dec_buffer alloc

From: David Howells

Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 10:17:47 EST


From: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

rxrpc_recvmsg_data() calls rxrpc_verify_data() whenever the
rxrpc_call.rx_dec_buffer is unallocated and assumes that upon
successful return that rx_dec_buffer must be allocated.
However, rxrpc_verify_data() does not request an allocation if
the rxrpc_skb_priv.len is zero.

In addition, failure to allocate rx_dec_buffer will result in a
call to skb_copy_bits() with a NULL destination which can
trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

To prevent these issues rxrpc_verify_data() is modified to
always attempt to allocate the rxrpc_call.rx_dec_buffer if it
is NULL.

This issue was identified with assistance of a private
sashiko instance.

Fixes: d2bc90cf6c75cb ("rxrpc: Fix DATA decrypt vs splice() by copying data to buffer in recvmsg")
Reported-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
---
net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
index c940600117a4..a3cf5358f16e 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int rxrpc_verify_data(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb)
struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp = rxrpc_skb(skb);
int ret;

- if (sp->len > call->rx_dec_bsize) {
+ if (sp->len > call->rx_dec_bsize || !call->rx_dec_buffer) {
/* Make sure we can hold a 1412-byte jumbo subpacket and make
* sure that the buffer size is aligned to a crypto blocksize.
*/