[PATCH net-next 4/4] net: Fix UDP length overflow with PMTU discover and big MTU
Alice Mikityanska <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 23:59:57 +0300
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
From: Alice Mikityanska <[email protected]> This commit bounds cork->base.fragsize to IP(6)_MAX_MTU to avoid a possible overflow of UDP length that triggers a WARN in udp_set_len_short when setsockopt IP(V6)_MTU_DISCOVER is set to IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO or IP(V6)_PMTUDISC_PROBE, and a large packet is sent over a netdev with an unusually large MTU. Steps to reproduce (included in the new selftest): 1. Set device MTU bigger than IP6_MAX_MTU (or IP_MAX_MTU + 20). cork->base.fragsize will be set to that MTU in ip(6)_setup_cork. 2. Set IP(V6)_MTU_DISCOVER to IP(V6)_PMTUDISC_PROBE or IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO. It lets maxnonfragsize be set to device MTU (cork->fragsize) in __ip(6)_append_data, rather than to IP(6)_MAX_MTU. 3. Send 65528 bytes of payload (+8 bytes of UDP header, +20/40 bytes of IPv4/IPv6 header). Device MTU allows it (it's only one byte bigger than IP6_MAX_MTU or IP_MAX_MTU + IPv4 header, and the device MTU is bigger than that). 4. The UDP length in the built packet is 65536, which overflows the 16-bit length field and triggers the WARN in udp_set_len_short. Note: IP_PMTUDISC_DO with IPv4 is safe, because ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward always clamps at IP_MAX_MTU, unlike ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward. Reported-by: [email protected] Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/ Signed-off-by: Alice Mikityanska <[email protected]> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4.6 Cc: Willem de Bruijn <[email protected]> --- net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 2 + net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c index e6dd1e5b8c32..2bc997c4fa7b 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c @@ -1299,6 +1299,8 @@ static int ip_setup_cork(struct sock *sk, struct inet_cork *cork, cork->fragsize = ip_sk_use_pmtu(sk) ? dst4_mtu(&rt->dst) : READ_ONCE(rt->dst.dev->mtu); + if (cork->fragsize > IP_MAX_MTU) + cork->fragsize = IP_MAX_MTU; if (!inetdev_valid_mtu(cork->fragsize)) return -ENETUNREACH; diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c index 368e4fa3b43c..91c92cb8e529 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c @@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static int ip6_setup_cork(struct sock *sk, struct inet_cork_full *cork, if (frag_size && frag_size < mtu) mtu = frag_size; - cork->base.fragsize = mtu; + cork->base.fragsize = min(mtu, IP6_MAX_MTU); cork->base.gso_size = ipc6->gso_size; cork->base.tx_flags = 0; cork->base.mark = ipc6->sockc.mark; diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile index b43ddf192ecc..628203fda424 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := \ cmsg_so_mark.sh \ cmsg_so_priority.sh \ cmsg_time.sh \ + cork_fragsize.py \ double_udp_encap.sh \ drop_monitor_tests.sh \ ecmp_rehash.sh \ diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py new file mode 100755 index 000000000000..7a1bb069227a --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python3 +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +# Test possible UDP length overflow in udp_send_skb/udp_v6_send_skb. + +from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit, ksft_true +from lib.py import ip, NetNS, NetNSEnter +import errno +import socket +import subprocess + + +IP_MTU_DISCOVER = 10 +IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE = 3 +IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER = 23 +IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO = 2 + + +def check_dmesg_clean(func) -> bool: + dmesg = subprocess.Popen(['dmesg'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) + result = subprocess.run(['grep', '-q', f'WARNING:.*{func}'], stdin=dmesg.stdout) + dmesg.wait() + return result.returncode != 0 and dmesg.returncode == 0 + + +def test_ipv6() -> None: + with NetNS() as ns: + ip('link add dummy type dummy', ns=ns) + ip('link set dummy mtu 65576', ns=ns) + ip('link set dummy up', ns=ns) + ip('-6 addr add fd00::1/64 dev dummy nodad', ns=ns) + ip('-6 neigh add fd00::2 lladdr 02:00:00:00:00:02 dev dummy nud permanent', ns=ns) + + with NetNSEnter(ns): + with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) as fd: + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER, IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO) + try: + fd.sendto(b' ' * 65528, ('fd00::2', 1234)) + except OSError as e: + # Ignore EMSGSIZE: it happens on kernels with the fix. + if e.errno != errno.EMSGSIZE: + raise + + ip('link del dummy', ns=ns) + + ksft_true(check_dmesg_clean('udp_v6_send_skb'), 'WARNING detected in dmesg') + + +def test_ipv4() -> None: + with NetNS() as ns: + ip('link add dummy type dummy', ns=ns) + ip('link set dummy mtu 65556', ns=ns) + ip('link set dummy up', ns=ns) + ip('addr add 10.0.0.1/24 dev dummy', ns=ns) + ip('neigh add 10.0.0.2 lladdr 02:00:00:00:00:02 dev dummy nud permanent', ns=ns) + + with NetNSEnter(ns): + with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) as fd: + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, IP_MTU_DISCOVER, IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE) + try: + fd.sendto(b' ' * 65528, ('10.0.0.2', 1234)) + except OSError as e: + # Ignore EMSGSIZE: the check happens after the WARN is printed. + if e.errno != errno.EMSGSIZE: + raise + + ip('link del dummy', ns=ns) + + ksft_true(check_dmesg_clean('udp_send_skb'), 'WARNING detected in dmesg') + + +if __name__ == "__main__": + ksft_run([ + test_ipv6, + test_ipv4, + ]) + ksft_exit() -- 2.55.0