linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in u32

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Message-ID: <CAM0EoMnwGW05yc50ZyoKE28F-jZHeEtX+X4H2Xx6+KBQn-v6DQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:24:22 -0500
From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: 김강민 <km.kim1503@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net, 
	jiri@...nulli.us, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, horms@...nel.org, syzkaller@...glegroups.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in u32_classify

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 7:26 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM 김강민 <km.kim1503@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I propose the following patch and would appreciate your review.
> > > >
> > > > hoff is used as an offset argument to skb_header_pointer() in
> > > > u32_classify(), and negative values can cause out-of-bounds read. As
> > > > shown in the code below, offoff follows the same pattern and requires
> > > > the same validation.
> > > > ```
> > > > TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int u32_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > > >    const struct tcf_proto *tp,
> > > >    struct tcf_result *res)
> > > > {
> > > > ...
> > > > if (n) {
> > > > ...
> > > > if (n->sel.flags & (TC_U32_OFFSET | TC_U32_VAROFFSET)) {
> > > > off2 = n->sel.off + 3;
> > > > if (n->sel.flags & TC_U32_VAROFFSET) {
> > > > __be16 *data, hdata;
> > > >
> > > > data = skb_header_pointer(skb,
> > > >   off + n->sel.offoff,
> > > >   2, &hdata);
> > > > if (!data)
> > > > goto out;
> > > > off2 += ntohs(n->sel.offmask & *data) >>
> > > > n->sel.offshift;
> > > > }
> > > > off2 &= ~3;
> > > > }
> > > > ...
> > > > }
> > > > ...
> > > > }
> > > > ```
> > > > Therefore, I propose a patch that rejects negative hoff and offoff
> > > > values during u32 classifier configuration.
> > > >
> > > > --- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
> > > > +++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
> > > > @@ -1104,6 +1104,11 @@ static int u32_change(struct net *net, struct
> > > > sk_buff *in_skb,
> > > >   err = -EINVAL;
> > > >   goto erridr;
> > > >   }
> > > > +
> > > > + if (s->hoff < 0 || s->offoff < 0) {
> > > > + err = -EINVAL;
> > > > + goto erridr;
> > > > + }
> > > >
> > >
> > > Negative values are valid, it is ok to access data between skb->head
> > > and skb->data.
> >
> > Right. We have to do this at runtime in classify().
> > Can you test with your POC with Eric's suggested fix?
> >
> > Eric, can we do something like pedit? See: offset_valid() usage
>
>
> Yes, it seems net/sched/act_pedit.c had a similar issue in the past :)
>  Amir fixed it with
>
> commit 95c2027bfeda21a28eb245121e6a249f38d0788e
> Author: Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>
> Date:   Mon Nov 28 12:56:40 2016 +0200
>
>     net/sched: pedit: make sure that offset is valid
>
>     Add a validation function to make sure offset is valid:
>     1. Not below skb head (could happen when offset is negative).
>     2. Validate both 'offset' and 'at'.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>
>     Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

김강민,
Are you able to send a similar patch? Otherwise one of us will.

cheers,
jamal