netdev - Re: [PATCH] ppp: Prevent out-of-bounds access in ppp_sync

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Message-ID: <1e906059-83c7-4f29-a026-76cd73d8b6fa@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:58:17 +0530
From: Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@...il.com>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
Cc: andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
 syzbot+29fc8991b0ecb186cf40@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppp: Prevent out-of-bounds access in ppp_sync_txmunge

On 18/02/25 02:46, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> From: Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@...il.com>
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:34:46 +0530
>> Fix an issue detected by syzbot with KMSAN:
>>
>> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_sync_txmunge
>> drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c:516 [inline]
>> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_sync_send+0x21c/0xb00
>> drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c:568
>>
>> Ensure sk_buff is valid and has at least 3 bytes before accessing its
>> data field in ppp_sync_txmunge(). Without this check, the function may
>> attempt to read uninitialized or invalid memory, leading to undefined
>> behavior.
>>
>> To address this, add a validation check at the beginning of the function
>> to safely handle cases where skb is NULL or too small. If either condition
>> is met, free the skb and return NULL to prevent processing an invalid
>> packet.
>>
>> Reported-by: syzbot+29fc8991b0ecb186cf40@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=29fc8991b0ecb186cf40
>> Tested-by: syzbot+29fc8991b0ecb186cf40@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>> Signed-off-by: Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c | 6 ++++++
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
>> index 644e99fc3..e537ea3d9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
>> @@ -506,6 +506,12 @@ ppp_sync_txmunge(struct syncppp *ap, struct sk_buff *skb)
>>   	unsigned char *data;
>>   	int islcp;
>>   
>> +	/* Ensure skb is not NULL and has at least 3 bytes */
>> +	if (!skb || skb->len < 3) {
> 
> When is skb NULL ?

skb pointer can be NULL in cases where memory allocation for the socket 
buffer fails, or if an upstream function incorrectly passes a NULL 
reference due to improper error handling.

Additionally, skb->len being less than 3 can occur if the received 
packet is truncated or malformed, leading to out-of-bounds memory access 
when attempting to read data[2].

> 
> 
>> +		kfree_skb(skb);
>> +		return NULL;
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	data  = skb->data;
>>   	proto = get_unaligned_be16(data);
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1