[PATCH] usb: gadget: ncm: validate the NDP chain before parsing

From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 00:14:07 EST


The next-NDP pointers form a chain supplied by the USB host. A cyclic
chain therefore makes the receive path loop indefinitely and repeatedly
allocate datagram skbs.

Prewalk the chain using only bounded header reads before parsing any
NDP. NDP offsets must be four-byte aligned, so following more than
block_len / 4 valid offsets proves that the chain contains a cycle.
This terminates cyclic chains without imposing an arbitrary limit on
valid NTBs or allocating skbs before the chain is known to terminate.

Fixes: 370af734dfaf ("usb: gadget: NCM: RX function support multiple NDPs")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
index 64eabda2f5..085aea142f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ static int ncm_unwrap_ntb(struct gether *port,
unsigned dg_len, dg_len2;
unsigned ndp_len;
unsigned block_len;
+ unsigned int ndp_count, next_ndp_index;
struct sk_buff *skb2;
int ret = -EINVAL;
unsigned ntb_max = le32_to_cpu(ntb_parameters.dwNtbOutMaxSize);
@@ -1224,6 +1225,30 @@ static int ncm_unwrap_ntb(struct gether *port,
}

ndp_index = get_ncm(&tmp, opts->ndp_index);
+ next_ndp_index = ndp_index;
+ ndp_count = 0;
+
+ /* Validate the NDP chain before allocating datagram skbs. */
+ while (next_ndp_index) {
+ if (next_ndp_index % 4 ||
+ next_ndp_index < opts->nth_size ||
+ next_ndp_index > block_len - opts->ndp_size) {
+ INFO(port->func.config->cdev, "Bad index: %#X\n",
+ next_ndp_index);
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ /* More aligned offsets than fit in the NTB imply a cycle. */
+ if (++ndp_count > block_len / 4) {
+ INFO(port->func.config->cdev, "NDP chain cycle\n");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ tmp = (__le16 *)(ntb_ptr + next_ndp_index);
+ tmp += 3; /* skip the signature and length */
+ tmp += opts->reserved1;
+ next_ndp_index = get_ncm(&tmp, opts->next_ndp_index);
+ }

/* Run through all the NDP's in the NTB */
do {
--
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