rust: net: netlink: validate attribute length before casting to c_int

`put()` trusted an unchecked `as` cast from `usize` to `c_int`.
When the length exceeds `i32::MAX` that cast wraps around to a
negative value.

This ultimately resulted in a kernel panic when the reinterpreted
value via `__nla_reserve()` and `skb_put()` became enormous.

Validate payload and header both fit together in a `u16`, rejecting
any payload that wouldn't leave room for `NLA_HDRLEN`.

Fixes: 5eaa5fbb6e ("rust: netlink: add raw netlink abstraction")
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Sagar Taunk <sagartaunk@proton.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260925085449.22553-1-sagartaunk@proton.me
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Sagar Taunk 2026-09-25 08:55:04 +00:00 committed by Paolo Abeni
parent f8932b2c0c
commit 0923198be4

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@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
use kernel::{
alloc::{self, AllocError},
error::to_result,
num::casts::u16_as_usize,
prelude::*,
transmute::AsBytes,
types::Opaque,
@ -86,9 +87,17 @@ fn put<T>(&mut self, attrtype: c_int, value: &T) -> Result
where
T: ?Sized + AsBytes,
{
// `nla_len` is a 16-bit field that encodes the total attribute length
// (header + payload). Subtracting the header size from `u16::MAX` gives
// the largest payload that still fits within that field.
const MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN: usize = u16_as_usize(u16::MAX) - size_of::<bindings::nlattr>();
let skb = self.skb.skb.as_ptr();
let len = size_of_val(value);
let ptr = core::ptr::from_ref(value).cast::<c_void>();
if len > MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN {
return Err(EMSGSIZE);
}
// SAFETY: `skb` is valid by `NetlinkSkBuff` type invariants, and the provided value is
// readable and initialized for its `size_of` bytes.
to_result(unsafe { bindings::nla_put(skb, attrtype, len as c_int, ptr) })