Re: general protection fault in skb_segment

[Willem de Bruijn]

> syzkaller hit the following crash on
> 37759fa6d0fa9e4d6036d19ac12f555bfc0aeafd
> git://git.cmpxchg.org/linux-mmots.git/master
> compiler: gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170620
> .config is attached
> Raw console output is attached.
> C reproducer is attached
> syzkaller reproducer is attached. See https://goo.gl/kgGztJ
> for information about syzkaller reproducers

Reproduced with the C reproducer on v4.15-rc1 and mainline
going back at least to v4.8, but not v4.7. SCTP GSO was
introduced in v4.8-rc1, so a patch in this set is likely the starting
point. Indeed crashes at 90017accff61 ("sctp: Add GSO support"),
but not at 90017accff61~4.

The reproducer with its sandbox removed shows this invocation in strace -f

# strace -f ./repro2
[... skipped ...]
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3
open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDONLY)          = 4
fcntl(4, F_DUPFD, 3)                    = 5
socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 8) = 6
ioctl(4, TUNSETIFF, 0x20e63000)         = 0
ioctl(3, SIOCSIFFLAGS, {ifr_name="syz0",
ifr_flags=IFF_UP|IFF_PROMISC|IFF_ALLMULTI}) = 0
setsockopt(6, SOL_PACKET, 0xf /* PACKET_??? */, [4096], 4) = 0
ioctl(6, SIOCGIFINDEX, {ifr_name="syz0", ifr_index=24}) = 0
bind(6, {sa_family=AF_PACKET, proto=0000, if24, pkttype=PACKET_HOST,
addr(6)={1, aaaaaaaaaa00}, 20) = 0
dup2(6, 5)                              = 5
write(5, "\0\201\1\0\350\367\0\0\3\0E\364\0 \0d\0\0\7\2042\342\0\0\0
\177\0\0\1\0\t"..., 42

where 0xf in setsockopt is PACKET_VNET_HDR

So this is a packet socket writing something that apparently looks
like an SCTP packet, is only 42 bytes long, but has GSO set in its
virtio_net_hdr struct.

It crashes in skb_segment seemingly on a NULL list_skb.

(gdb) list *(skb_segment+0x2a4)
0xffffffff8167cc24 is in skb_segment (net/core/skbuff.c:3566).
3561                    if (hsize < 0)
3562                            hsize = 0;
3563                    if (hsize > len || !sg)
3564                            hsize = len;
3565
3566                    if (!hsize && i >= nfrags && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
3567                        (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
3568                            BUG_ON(skb_headlen(list_skb) > len);
3569
3570                            i = 0;

Likely there is a hidden assumption about SCTP GSO packets that does
not hold for such packets generated by PF_PACKET.

SCTP GSO introduced the GSO_BY_FRAGS mss value, so the code
takes a different path for SCTP packets generated by the SCTP stack.

PF_PACKET does not necessarily set gso_size to GSO_BY_FRAGS, so
does not take the branch that requires list_skb to be non-zero here:

                if (unlikely(mss == GSO_BY_FRAGS)) {
                        len = list_skb->len;
                } else {
                        len = head_skb->len - offset;
                        if (len > mss)
                                len = mss;
                }

                hsize = skb_headlen(head_skb) - offset;
                if (hsize < 0)
                        hsize = 0;
                if (hsize > len || !sg)
                        hsize = len;

                if (!hsize && i >= nfrags && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
                    (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {

Somewhat tangential, but any PF_PACKET socket can set this
magic gso_size value in its virtio_net_hdr, so if it is assumed to
be an SCTP GSO specific option, setting it for a TCP GSO packet
may also cause unexpected results.

The crash requires a kernel with CONFIG_IP_SCTP enabled.