[PATCH 3/8] SUNRPC: reject a TLS alert record that is not two octets
Chuck Lever <[email protected]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:30:54 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.nfs |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
tls_alert_recv() reads two octets from the kvec it is handed and does
not check the length (net/handshake/alert.c). svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg()
calls it for any positive receive, and the alert[] buffer it supplies
carries no initializer. A one-octet alert body leaves the description
read from uninitialized stack and reported through
trace_tls_alert_recv().
The peer controls that length. Neither tls_rx_msg_size() nor
tls_rx_one_record() enforces the two-octet Alert payload. A TLS 1.3
record carrying only the inner content-type octet decrypts to a
zero-length payload. RFC 8446 Section 5.1 requires a record with an
Alert type to carry exactly one message, so any other length is
malformed.
Require exactly two octets before parsing and return -EBADMSG
otherwise. That closes the transport rather than acting on a partly
uninitialized alert. Gate the path on a control message rather than a
positive count so that a zero-length record reaches the check.
Fixes: bee47cb026e7 ("sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
---
net/sunrpc/svcsock.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 26780600f6c9..756db84e4aec 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -299,13 +299,23 @@ svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(struct socket *sock, unsigned int *msg_flags)
iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &alert_kvec, 1,
alert_kvec.iov_len);
ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
- if (ret > 0) {
+ /* put_cmsg() shrinks msg_controllen, so a short one means
+ * kTLS filled in u.cmsg.
+ */
+ if (ret >= 0 && msg.msg_controllen < sizeof(u)) {
/* Returning the count would credit the RPC stream with
* octets that never reached the caller's buffer.
*/
if (tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, &u.cmsg) !=
TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT)
return -EAGAIN;
+ /* An Alert record carries exactly one two-octet message
+ * (RFC 8446 Section 5.1). alert_kvec caps the receive at two,
+ * so a longer record produces the same count. MSG_EOR appears
+ * only once kTLS has drained the whole record.
+ */
+ if (ret != sizeof(alert) || !(msg.msg_flags & MSG_EOR))
+ return -EBADMSG;
iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, ret);
ret = svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &msg, &u.cmsg, -EAGAIN);
}
--
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