[PATCH] tls: rx: restore msg_iter before TLS 1.3 optimistic retry
Jérémy Jean <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 12:55:28 +0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel.stable |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
tls_decrypt_sg() advances msg->msg_iter when it maps user pages for
the optimistic TLS 1.3 zero-copy path. If the decrypted record turns
out not to be unpadded application data, tls_decrypt_sw() retries into
a kernel skb, but leaves the iterator advanced.
The subsequent copy from the skb then writes decrypted bytes again at
a later point in the caller iovecs while recvmsg() reports only the
post-retry length. A TLS peer can trigger this after the receiver
enables TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD.
Revert the iterator by the number of bytes consumed by the optimistic
mapping before retrying without zero-copy.
Add a selftest which sends a TLS 1.3 control record with
TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD enabled and verifies that recvmsg() does not
overwrite later iovecs beyond the returned length.
Fixes: ce61327ce989 ("tls: rx: support optimistic decrypt to user buffer with TLS 1.3")
Cc: [email protected]
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <[email protected]>
---
net/tls/tls_sw.c | 2 ++
tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index d4afc90fd796..fcf95978be38 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1442,6 +1442,8 @@ tls_decrypt_sw(struct sock *sk, struct tls_context *tls_ctx,
/* If opportunistic TLS 1.3 ZC failed retry without ZC */
if (unlikely(darg->zc && prot->version == TLS_1_3_VERSION &&
darg->tail != TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA)) {
+ iov_iter_revert(&msg->msg_iter, strp_msg(darg->skb)->full_len -
+ prot->overhead_size);
darg->zc = false;
if (!darg->tail)
TLS_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TLSRXNOPADVIOL);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
index cbdd3ea28b99..af5e3314c017 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
@@ -1802,6 +1802,63 @@ TEST_F(tls, recv_efault)
}
#define TLS_RECORD_TYPE_HANDSHAKE 0x16
+
+TEST_F(tls_basic, recvmsg_nopad_retry_iov)
+{
+ char payload[32];
+ char first_iov[sizeof(payload)];
+ char later_iov[sizeof(payload) * 2];
+ char expected_later_iov[sizeof(later_iov)];
+ char cbuf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(char))];
+ struct tls_crypto_info_keys tls13;
+ struct iovec iov[] = {
+ { .iov_base = first_iov, .iov_len = sizeof(first_iov) },
+ { .iov_base = later_iov, .iov_len = sizeof(later_iov) },
+ };
+ struct msghdr msg = {
+ .msg_iov = iov,
+ .msg_iovlen = ARRAY_SIZE(iov),
+ .msg_control = cbuf,
+ .msg_controllen = sizeof(cbuf),
+ };
+ int one = 1;
+ int ret;
+ int i;
+
+ if (self->notls)
+ SKIP(return, "no TLS support");
+
+ tls_crypto_info_init(TLS_1_3_VERSION, TLS_CIPHER_AES_GCM_128,
+ &tls13, 0);
+
+ ret = setsockopt(self->fd, SOL_TLS, TLS_TX, &tls13, tls13.len);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = setsockopt(self->cfd, SOL_TLS, TLS_RX, &tls13, tls13.len);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = setsockopt(self->cfd, SOL_TLS, TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD,
+ &one, sizeof(one));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < sizeof(payload); i++)
+ payload[i] = 0x40 + i;
+ memset(first_iov, 0xa5, sizeof(first_iov));
+ memset(later_iov, 0x5a, sizeof(later_iov));
+ memset(expected_later_iov, 0x5a, sizeof(expected_later_iov));
+
+ /* A control record forces optimistic TLS 1.3 RX to retry. */
+ ret = tls_send_cmsg(self->fd, TLS_RECORD_TYPE_HANDSHAKE,
+ payload, sizeof(payload), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, sizeof(payload));
+
+ ret = recvmsg(self->cfd, &msg, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, sizeof(payload));
+ EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(first_iov, payload, sizeof(payload)), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(later_iov, expected_later_iov,
+ sizeof(later_iov)), 0);
+}
+
/* key_update, length 1, update_not_requested */
static const char key_update_msg[] = "\x18\x00\x00\x01\x00";
static void tls_send_keyupdate(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, int fd)
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