[PATCH v5.10 2/2] net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful()

From: Shivani Agarwal

Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 04:40:22 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit cabd1a976375780dabab888784e356f574bbaed8 ]

skb_header_pointer() does not fully validate negative @offset values.

Use skb_header_pointer_careful() instead.

GangMin Kim provided a report and a repro fooling u32_classify():

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in u32_classify+0x1180/0x11b0
net/sched/cls_u32.c:221

Fixes: fbc2e7d9cf49 ("cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer() to dereference data safely")
Reported-by: GangMin Kim <km.kim1503@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iJkyUZ=mAzLzC4GdcAgLuPnUoivdLaOs6B9rq5_erj76w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128141539.3404400-3-edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bin Lan <lanbincn@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Shivani: Modified to apply on 5.10.y ]
Signed-off-by: Shivani Agarwal <shivani.agarwal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sched/cls_u32.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index f2a0c1068..e501390cc 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ static int u32_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tcf_proto *tp,
int toff = off + key->off + (off2 & key->offmask);
__be32 *data, hdata;

- if (skb_headroom(skb) + toff > INT_MAX)
- goto out;
-
- data = skb_header_pointer(skb, toff, 4, &hdata);
+ data = skb_header_pointer_careful(skb, toff, 4,
+ &hdata);
if (!data)
goto out;
if ((*data ^ key->val) & key->mask) {
@@ -202,8 +200,9 @@ static int u32_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tcf_proto *tp,
if (ht->divisor) {
__be32 *data, hdata;

- data = skb_header_pointer(skb, off + n->sel.hoff, 4,
- &hdata);
+ data = skb_header_pointer_careful(skb,
+ off + n->sel.hoff,
+ 4, &hdata);
if (!data)
goto out;
sel = ht->divisor & u32_hash_fold(*data, &n->sel,
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ static int u32_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tcf_proto *tp,
if (n->sel.flags & TC_U32_VAROFFSET) {
__be16 *data, hdata;

- data = skb_header_pointer(skb,
+ data = skb_header_pointer_careful(skb,
off + n->sel.offoff,
2, &hdata);
if (!data)
--
2.53.0