Re: [PATCH] ipv4: tcp_input: fix stack out of bounds when parsing TCP options.

From: Yang Xiao
Date: Wed May 29 2019 - 11:15:24 EST


Indeed, condition opsize < 2 and opsize > length can deduce that length >= 2.
However, before the condition (if opsize < 2), there may be one-byte
out-of-bound access in line 12.
I'm not sure whether I have put it very clearly.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 10:20 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:10 AM Young Xiao <92siuyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The TCP option parsing routines in tcp_parse_options function could
> > read one byte out of the buffer of the TCP options.
> >
> > 1 while (length > 0) {
> > 2 int opcode = *ptr++;
> > 3 int opsize;
> > 4
> > 5 switch (opcode) {
> > 6 case TCPOPT_EOL:
> > 7 return;
> > 8 case TCPOPT_NOP: /* Ref: RFC 793 section 3.1 */
> > 9 length--;
> > 10 continue;
> > 11 default:
> > 12 opsize = *ptr++; //out of bound access
> >
> > If length = 1, then there is an access in line2.
> > And another access is occurred in line 12.
> > This would lead to out-of-bound access.
> >
> > Therefore, in the patch we check that the available data length is
> > larger enough to pase both TCP option code and size.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Young Xiao <92siuyang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> > index 20f6fac..9775825 100644
> > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> > @@ -3791,6 +3791,8 @@ void tcp_parse_options(const struct net *net,
> > length--;
> > continue;
> > default:
> > + if (length < 2)
> > + return;
> > opsize = *ptr++;
> > if (opsize < 2) /* "silly options" */
> > return;
>
> In practice we are good, since we have at least 320 bytes of room there,
> and the test done later catches silly options.
>
> if (opsize < 2) /* "silly options" */
> return;
> if (opsize > length) /* remember, opsize >= 2 here */
> return; /* don't parse partial options */
>
> I guess adding yet another conditional will make this code obviously
> correct for all eyes
> and various tools.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Best regards!

Young
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