Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix out-of-bounds read of arp_ip_target

From: Jay Vosburgh

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 09:13:02 EST


Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>arp_ip_target is a module parameter array with BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS
>entries. In the loop parsing it in bond_check_params(), arp_ip_count is
>the number of accepted targets, while i is the index into
>arp_ip_target. Invalid and duplicate entries are skipped without
>bumping arp_ip_count, so bounding the loop with arp_ip_count lets i run
>past the end of arp_ip_target, e.g. 16 targets with one duplicate:
>
> BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in bond_check_params.constprop.0+0x1148/0x1440
> Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff96e9ee00 by task swapper/0/1
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xf0
> print_report+0xd1/0x630
> kasan_report+0xf3/0x130
> __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x30
> bond_check_params.constprop.0+0x1148/0x1440
> bonding_init+0x13/0xe0
> do_one_initcall+0xe7/0x5b0
> kernel_init_freeable+0xa91/0x1120
> kernel_init+0x24/0x220
> ret_from_fork+0x5b3/0x820
> ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> </TASK>
>
> The buggy address belongs to the variable:
> arp_ip_target+0x80/0xa0
>
>Bound the loop with i instead. arp_ip_count never exceeds i, so it
>stays within BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS too.
>
>Fixes: 5a5c5fd48e3b ("bonding: arp_ip_count and arp_targets can be wrong")
>Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>index 09aa45d71fab..7019e5d8fdc8 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>@@ -6273,7 +6273,7 @@ static int __init bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
> }
>
> for (arp_ip_count = 0, i = 0;
>- (arp_ip_count < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS) && arp_ip_target[i]; i++) {
>+ (i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS) && arp_ip_target[i]; i++) {
> __be32 ip;
>
> /* not a complete check, but good enough to catch mistakes */
>--
>2.43.0
>