Re: [PATCH] ppp: Prevent out-of-bounds access in ppp_sync_txmunge

Purva Yeshi <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ppp,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.network
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 19/02/25 00:20, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> From: Purva Yeshi <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:58:17 +0530
>> On 18/02/25 02:46, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
>>> From: Purva Yeshi <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:34:46 +0530
>>>> Fix an issue detected by syzbot with KMSAN:
>>>>
>>>> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_sync_txmunge
>>>> drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c:516 [inline]
>>>> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_sync_send+0x21c/0xb00
>>>> drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c:568
>>>>
>>>> Ensure sk_buff is valid and has at least 3 bytes before accessing its
>>>> data field in ppp_sync_txmunge(). Without this check, the function may
>>>> attempt to read uninitialized or invalid memory, leading to undefined
>>>> behavior.
>>>>
>>>> To address this, add a validation check at the beginning of the function
>>>> to safely handle cases where skb is NULL or too small. If either condition
>>>> is met, free the skb and return NULL to prevent processing an invalid
>>>> packet.
>>>>
>>>> Reported-by: [email protected]
>>>> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=29fc8991b0ecb186cf40
>>>> Tested-by: [email protected]
>>>> Signed-off-by: Purva Yeshi <[email protected]>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c | 6 ++++++
>>>>    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
>>>> index 644e99fc3..e537ea3d9 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
>>>> @@ -506,6 +506,12 @@ ppp_sync_txmunge(struct syncppp *ap, struct sk_buff *skb)
>>>>    	unsigned char *data;
>>>>    	int islcp;
>>>>    
>>>> +	/* Ensure skb is not NULL and has at least 3 bytes */
>>>> +	if (!skb || skb->len < 3) {
>>>
>>> When is skb NULL ?
>>
>> skb pointer can be NULL in cases where memory allocation for the socket
>> buffer fails, or if an upstream function incorrectly passes a NULL
>> reference due to improper error handling.
> 
> Which caller passes NULL skb ?
> 
> If it's really possible, you'll see null-ptr-deref at
> 
>    data = skb->data;
> 
> below instead of KMSAN's uninit splat.

Understood. I’ll check where the skb pointer is receiving uninitialized 
data.

> 
> 
>>
>> Additionally, skb->len being less than 3 can occur if the received
>> packet is truncated or malformed, leading to out-of-bounds memory access
>> when attempting to read data[2].
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> +		kfree_skb(skb);
>>>> +		return NULL;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>>    	data  = skb->data;
>>>>    	proto = get_unaligned_be16(data);
>>>>    
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.34.1
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