[PATCH net] hv_netvsc: Stop PPI parsing on invalid metadata
From: Erni Sri Satya Vennela
Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 12:58:09 EST
rndis_get_ppi() uses continue when a per-packet information entry has an
invalid size or offset, or cannot hold the requested metadata. However,
the remaining length and entry pointer are only updated at the bottom
of the loop. Each error path therefore retries the same invalid entry
indefinitely, repeatedly logging the error and preventing receive
processing from completing.
Return NULL on these validation failures instead of continuing. This
terminates the lookup when malformed metadata is encountered while
preserving the existing behavior for valid entries.
Fixes: 44144185951a ("hv_netvsc: Add validation for untrusted Hyper-V values")
Signed-off-by: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <liuwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
index 9b6c44979b4e..2c30abf9faf8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -401,12 +401,12 @@ static inline void *rndis_get_ppi(struct net_device *ndev,
/* Validate ppi_offset and ppi_size */
if (ppi->size > len) {
netdev_err(ndev, "Invalid ppi size: %u\n", ppi->size);
- continue;
+ return NULL;
}
if (ppi->ppi_offset >= ppi->size) {
netdev_err(ndev, "Invalid ppi_offset: %u\n", ppi->ppi_offset);
- continue;
+ return NULL;
}
if (ppi->type == type && ppi->internal == internal) {
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static inline void *rndis_get_ppi(struct net_device *ndev,
if (ppi->size - ppi->ppi_offset < ppi_size) {
netdev_err(ndev, "Invalid ppi: size %u ppi_offset %u\n",
ppi->size, ppi->ppi_offset);
- continue;
+ return NULL;
}
return (void *)((ulong)ppi + ppi->ppi_offset);
}
base-commit: f71ff7d406523748bfb8236830c7eaa6a308aaa1
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2.34.1