[PATCH net] xsk: reject tx_metadata_len smaller than struct xsk_tx_metadata
From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 11:53:30 EST
xdp_umem_reg() validates tx_metadata_len for upper bound (<256) and
alignment (%8) but not a lower bound. xsk_skb_metadata() computes
meta = buffer - pool->tx_metadata_len then unconditionally accesses
the full 24-byte struct xsk_tx_metadata, so any value less than
sizeof(struct xsk_tx_metadata) allows an out-of-bounds read.
KASAN reports this as:
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in xsk_skb_metadata+0x4b2/0x500
Read of size 8 at addr ffffc90000f11000 by task exploit/148
xsk_skb_metadata (net/xdp/xsk.c:837)
xsk_build_skb (net/xdp/xsk.c)
__xsk_generic_xmit (net/xdp/xsk.c)
xsk_sendmsg (net/xdp/xsk.c)
Add a lower-bound check in xdp_umem_reg() to reject tx_metadata_len
values that cannot cover the full metadata struct.
Fixes: 341ac980eab9 ("xsk: Support tx_metadata_len")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/xdp/xdp_umem.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index 58da2f4f4397..d16ad9d8f919 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
return -EINVAL;
if (mr->flags & XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN) {
- if (mr->tx_metadata_len >= 256 || mr->tx_metadata_len % 8)
+ if (mr->tx_metadata_len < sizeof(struct xsk_tx_metadata) ||
+ mr->tx_metadata_len >= 256 || mr->tx_metadata_len % 8)
return -EINVAL;
umem->tx_metadata_len = mr->tx_metadata_len;
}
--
2.53.0