[PATCH net] net/packet: avoid truncating TPACKET_V3 private size

From: Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay

Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 06:31:44 EST


From: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@xxxxxxxxx>

tpacket_req3.tp_sizeof_priv is an unsigned int, and packet_set_ring()
validates the full value against the block size. init_prb_bdqc() then
stores it in the unsigned short blk_sizeof_priv field.

Commit 2b6867c2ce76 ("net/packet: fix overflow in check for priv area
size") fixed the validation arithmetic, but an accepted value above
USHRT_MAX still narrows when it is stored.

For a 131072-byte block, tp_sizeof_priv=65536 is valid. The narrowing
makes offset_to_first_pkt 48 instead of 65584, so packet records can be
placed in the private area that userspace asked the kernel to preserve.

blk_sizeof_priv is internal state, so widen it to hold the validated
UAPI value.

Fixes: f6fb8f100b80 ("af-packet: TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer implementation.")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Symbolic
Signed-off-by: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/packet/internal.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
index b76e645cd7..f5c8cd0eed 100644
--- a/net/packet/internal.h
+++ b/net/packet/internal.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct tpacket_kbdq_core {
unsigned int hdrlen;
unsigned char reset_pending_on_curr_blk;
unsigned short kactive_blk_num;
- unsigned short blk_sizeof_priv;
+ unsigned int blk_sizeof_priv;

unsigned short version;


---
base-commit: e6b6078ea1731b05b3b552497b3bce4bf8b014ae
change-id: 20260913-b4-send-packet-private-49dbbd08a265

Best regards,
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Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@xxxxxxxxx>