[PATCH 1/3] net: netrom: fix integer overflow in nr_queue_rx_frame()

Mashiro Chen <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Apr 2026 01:15:58 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hams,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
nr_sock.fraglen is declared as unsigned short, so accumulating
received fragment lengths via

    nr->fraglen += skb->len;

can silently wrap around to a small value once the total exceeds
65535 bytes. When the final fragment arrives (NR_MORE_FLAG clear),
the wrapped fraglen is passed to alloc_skb(), which allocates an
undersized buffer. The subsequent skb_put() and skb_copy_from_linear_data()
loop then writes the actual full data into it, resulting in a heap
buffer overflow.

An attacker with NR_STATE_3 access (i.e. after completing a NET/ROM
connection handshake, which open BBS/node services allow to any
callsign) can trigger this by sending a stream of NR_INFO frames
with the MORE flag set until fraglen wraps, followed by a final
NR_INFO frame.

Fix by checking whether adding the incoming skb's length to the
accumulated fraglen would exceed USHRT_MAX before each accumulation.
If so, purge the fragment queue, reset fraglen, and return an error
to signal receive-busy to the caller.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <[email protected]>
---
 net/netrom/nr_in.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_in.c b/net/netrom/nr_in.c
index 97944db6b5ac6..0b7cdb99ae501 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_in.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_in.c
@@ -36,12 +36,22 @@ static int nr_queue_rx_frame(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int more)
 	nr_start_idletimer(sk);
 
 	if (more) {
+		if ((unsigned int)nr->fraglen + skb->len > USHRT_MAX) {
+			skb_queue_purge(&nr->frag_queue);
+			nr->fraglen = 0;
+			return 1;
+		}
 		nr->fraglen += skb->len;
 		skb_queue_tail(&nr->frag_queue, skb);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (!more && nr->fraglen > 0) {	/* End of fragment */
+		if ((unsigned int)nr->fraglen + skb->len > USHRT_MAX) {
+			skb_queue_purge(&nr->frag_queue);
+			nr->fraglen = 0;
+			return 1;
+		}
 		nr->fraglen += skb->len;
 		skb_queue_tail(&nr->frag_queue, skb);
 
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2.53.0