[PATCH] ax25: fix OOB read after address header strip in ax25_rcv().
Ashutosh Desai <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Apr 2026 01:22:35 +0000
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-hams,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
ax25_rcv() calls skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp)) to strip the address header, then immediately reads skb->data[0] and skb->data[1] without verifying the buffer still contains at least 2 bytes. A crafted 15-byte KISS frame (1 KISS byte + 14 address bytes with EBIT set in the source address, no control/PID bytes) passes ax25_addr_parse() which only requires len >= 14, and passes the KISS byte check (low nibble == 0). After skb_pull(1) in ax25_kiss_rcv() and skb_pull(14) in ax25_rcv(), skb->len is 0 and the subsequent reads of skb->data[0] (control byte) and skb->data[1] (PID byte) are out of bounds. Add a check that at least 2 bytes remain after stripping the address header, freeing the skb and returning on malformed input. Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai <[email protected]> --- net/ax25/ax25_in.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c index d75b3e9ed..92baac77f 100644 --- a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c +++ b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c @@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, */ skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp)); + if (skb->len < 2) { + kfree_skb(skb); + return 0; + } + /* For our port addresses ? */ if (ax25cmp(&dest, dev_addr) == 0 && dp.lastrepeat + 1 == dp.ndigi) mine = 1; -- 2.34.1