[PATCH net v4 2/3] net/smc: bound the receive length to the RMB in smc_rx_recvmsg()
From: Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay
Date: Sun Jul 05 2026 - 03:55:23 EST
From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
conn->bytes_to_rcv is accumulated in the receive tasklet from the
peer's wire-controlled producer cursor via smc_curs_diff(), whose
differing-wrap branch can exceed rmb_desc->len; a forged cursor drives
bytes_to_rcv past the RMB, and over many CDC messages overflows the
signed counter negative. smc_rx_recvmsg() reads it as the readable
length and does a wrap-around copy whose second chunk is not re-bounded
to rmb_desc->len, reading past the RMB into adjacent kernel memory and
disclosing it to the peer. The nearby readable >= rmb_desc->len test
only feeds SMC_STAT_RMB_RX_FULL on a separate earlier read; it does not
bound the copy.
Bound the readable length to rmb_desc->len at the consumer, treating a
negative (sign-overflowed) value as out of range too, so the copy can
never exceed the ring. This enforces the documented
0 <= bytes_to_rcv <= rmb_desc->len invariant where it is race-free
against the producer update in the tasklet; conforming peers are
unaffected.
Fixes: 952310ccf2d8 ("smc: receive data from RMBE")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/smc/smc_rx.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_rx.c b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
index c1d9b923938d..f461cf10b085 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_rx.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
@@ -442,6 +442,18 @@ int smc_rx_recvmsg(struct smc_sock *smc, struct msghdr *msg,
/* initialize variables for 1st iteration of subsequent loop */
/* could be just 1 byte, even after waiting on data above */
readable = smc_rx_data_available(conn, peeked_bytes);
+ /* bytes_to_rcv is accumulated from the peer's wire-controlled
+ * producer cursor; a forged cursor can drive it past the RMB,
+ * or overflow the signed accumulator to a negative value across
+ * many CDC messages (which a plain "> len" check would miss
+ * before the size_t cast below turns it huge). Bound it to the
+ * RMB in either case so the wrap-around copy cannot run past
+ * rmb_desc->len. This enforces the documented
+ * 0 <= bytes_to_rcv <= rmb_desc->len invariant at the consumer,
+ * race-free against the producer update in the receive tasklet.
+ */
+ if (readable < 0 || readable > conn->rmb_desc->len)
+ readable = conn->rmb_desc->len;
splbytes = atomic_read(&conn->splice_pending);
if (!readable || (msg && splbytes)) {
if (splbytes)
--
2.43.0