[PATCH] net/sched: cls_u32: validate offshift to prevent shift-out-of-bounds
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
Date: Sun Jul 19 2026 - 23:45:52 EST
u32_change() copies the user-provided tc_u32_sel.offshift (unsigned char,
0-255) into the kernel knode object without bounds validation. When a
packet later hits u32_classify() with TC_U32_VAROFFSET set, it evaluates
`ntohs(offmask & *data) >> offshift` where the left operand is a 16-bit
value promoted to a 32-bit int. Any offshift >= 32 is undefined behavior
per C11 §6.5.7, triggerable by an unprivileged user via user/network
namespaces.
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sched/cls_u32.c:236:43
shift exponent 32 is too large for 32-bit type int
Fix this by rejecting offshift >= 16 during filter creation in
u32_change().
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sched/cls_u32.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index 8f30cc82181d..e7a9a49353f9 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -1107,6 +1107,13 @@ static int u32_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
goto erridr;
}
+ if (s->flags & TC_U32_VAROFFSET && s->offshift >= 16) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "offshift must be less than 16");
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto erridr;
+ }
+
n = kzalloc_flex(*n, sel.keys, s->nkeys);
if (n == NULL) {
err = -ENOBUFS;
--
2.53.0