linux-kernel - [PATCH net v5] virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets

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Message-ID: <20251024150649.22906-1-minhquangbui99@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:06:49 +0700
From: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Gavin Li <gavinl@...dia.com>,
	Gavi Teitz <gavi@...dia.com>,
	Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v5] virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets

Since commit 4959aebba8c0 ("virtio-net: use mtu size as buffer length
for big packets"), when guest gso is off, the allocated size for big
packets is not MAX_SKB_FRAGS * PAGE_SIZE anymore but depends on
negotiated MTU. The number of allocated frags for big packets is stored
in vi->big_packets_num_skbfrags.

Because the host announced buffer length can be malicious (e.g. the host
vhost_net driver's get_rx_bufs is modified to announce incorrect
length), we need a check in virtio_net receive path. Currently, the
check is not adapted to the new change which can lead to NULL page
pointer dereference in the below while loop when receiving length that
is larger than the allocated one.

This commit fixes the received length check corresponding to the new
change.

Fixes: 4959aebba8c0 ("virtio-net: use mtu size as buffer length for big packets")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- Move the length check to receive_big
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20251022160623.51191-1-minhquangbui99@gmail.com/
Changes in v4:
- Remove unrelated changes, add more comments
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20251021154534.53045-1-minhquangbui99@gmail.com/
Changes in v3:
- Convert BUG_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250708144206.95091-1-minhquangbui99@gmail.com/
Changes in v2:
- Remove incorrect give_pages call
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250706141150.25344-1-minhquangbui99@gmail.com/
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index a757cbcab87f..2c3f544add5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -910,17 +910,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 		goto ok;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Verify that we can indeed put this data into a skb.
-	 * This is here to handle cases when the device erroneously
-	 * tries to receive more than is possible. This is usually
-	 * the case of a broken device.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(len > MAX_SKB_FRAGS * PAGE_SIZE)) {
-		net_dbg_ratelimited("%s: too much data\n", skb->dev->name);
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 	BUG_ON(offset >= PAGE_SIZE);
 	while (len) {
 		unsigned int frag_size = min((unsigned)PAGE_SIZE - offset, len);
@@ -2107,9 +2096,19 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_big(struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct virtnet_rq_stats *stats)
 {
 	struct page *page = buf;
-	struct sk_buff *skb =
-		page_to_skb(vi, rq, page, 0, len, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	/* Make sure that len does not exceed the allocated size in
+	 * add_recvbuf_big.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(len > vi->big_packets_num_skbfrags * PAGE_SIZE)) {
+		pr_debug("%s: rx error: len %u exceeds allocate size %lu\n",
+			 dev->name, len,
+			 vi->big_packets_num_skbfrags * PAGE_SIZE);
+		goto err;
+	}
 
+	skb = page_to_skb(vi, rq, page, 0, len, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 	u64_stats_add(&stats->bytes, len - vi->hdr_len);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		goto err;
-- 
2.43.0