[PATCH net] sctp: account for chunk padding in sctp_init_cause()

From: Masafumi Suzuki

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 04:32:37 EST


sctp_init_cause() accepts a chunk when skb_tailroom() can hold the
cause header and the payload. sctp_addto_chunk() then writes 0-3
bytes of padding before that header so the chunk stays 4-byte
aligned. The check does not include the padding, and the following
skb_put() calls skb_over_panic() from softirq.

Count the padding sctp_addto_chunk() is about to write. The cause
length on the wire stays the header plus the payload.

Fixes: 8914f4bace3f ("sctp: add sctp_make_op_error_limited and reuse inner functions")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Masafumi Suzuki <shengshilingmu97@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 84a4c97d0f75..8933caadcdb6 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -133,20 +133,27 @@ static const struct sctp_paramhdr prsctp_param = {
* cause codes will be embedded inside an abort chunk.
*/
int sctp_init_cause(struct sctp_chunk *chunk, __be16 cause_code,
size_t paylen)
{
struct sctp_errhdr err;
+ int chunklen, padlen;
__u16 len;

/* Cause code constants are now defined in network order. */
err.cause = cause_code;
len = sizeof(err) + paylen;
err.length = htons(len);

- if (skb_tailroom(chunk->skb) < len)
+ /* sctp_addto_chunk() pads the chunk up to a 4-byte boundary before
+ * appending the cause, so account for that padding here as well.
+ */
+ chunklen = ntohs(chunk->chunk_hdr->length);
+ padlen = SCTP_PAD4(chunklen) - chunklen;
+
+ if (skb_tailroom(chunk->skb) < padlen + len)
return -ENOSPC;

chunk->subh.err_hdr = sctp_addto_chunk(chunk, sizeof(err), &err);

return 0;
}
--
2.47.0