[PATCH net 07/14] mptcp: pm: userspace: fix address ID overflow

From: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 12:54:51 EST


From: Qing Luo <luoqing@xxxxxxxxxx>

When all MPTCP address IDs (1-255) are exhausted in the userspace PM,
find_next_zero_bit() returns MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1 (256). This value
overflows when stored in the u8 field e->addr.id, resulting in ID 0
being stored and the entry being incorrectly added to the list.

ID 0 is reserved for the initial connection in MPTCP, so this overflow
can cause address conflicts.

Note: the in-kernel PM already has an 'endpoints == MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID'
check in mptcp_pm_nl_append_new_local_addr() that returns -ERANGE before
reaching find_next_zero_bit(), preventing this overflow. So this fix only
addresses the userspace PM path.

Check the find_next_zero_bit() result against MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID and
return -ENOSPC if all IDs are truly exhausted. Move the ID allocation
check before the memory allocation so that the error path does not need
to free the allocated entry.

Fixes: 4638de5aefe5 ("mptcp: handle local addrs announced by userspace PMs")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM:0
Signed-off-by: Qing Luo <luoqing@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Kishen Maloor <kishen.maloor@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index b94fbb483bf9..fab16d953dbf 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ static int mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
}

if (!addr_match && !id_match) {
+ unsigned int id;
+
+ if (!entry->addr.id && needs_id) {
+ id = find_next_zero_bit(id_bitmap,
+ MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1, 1);
+ if (id > MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID) {
+ ret = -ENOSPC;
+ goto append_err;
+ }
+ } else {
+ id = entry->addr.id;
+ }
+
/* Memory for the entry is allocated from the
* sock option buffer.
*/
@@ -78,10 +91,7 @@ static int mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
goto append_err;
}

- if (!e->addr.id && needs_id)
- e->addr.id = find_next_zero_bit(id_bitmap,
- MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1,
- 1);
+ e->addr.id = id;
list_add_tail_rcu(&e->list, &msk->pm.userspace_pm_local_addr_list);
msk->pm.local_addr_used++;
ret = e->addr.id;

--
2.53.0