From 6cfc1b90cb86f4aabc69fb8e30128e07e2cdfa3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Vosburgh Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:32:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] sctp: validate chunk length in the inqueue parser SCTP chunks always include a four-byte generic header, but sctp_inq_pop() currently accepts shorter declared lengths. A zero-length chunk leaves chunk_end at the current header. When ASCONF is covered by the association's SCTP-AUTH policy, sctp_assoc_bh_rcv() can continue before the state machine performs its normal chunk-length check. sctp_inq_pop() then returns the same malformed chunk repeatedly and the receive softirq can lock up. A remote SCTP peer can trigger this after establishing an association on a kernel built with CONFIG_IP_SCTP and configured with net.sctp.addip_enable=1 and net.sctp.auth_enable=1. The reproducer did not require application credentials, a shared SCTP AUTH key, or net.sctp.addip_noauth_enable=1. On commit f967455fb2a5 ("seg6: reset IP6CB after IPv6 decapsulation"), one zero-length ASCONF caused repeated watchdog soft-lockup reports in a two-vCPU KVM guest. All 3 pre-trigger health probes succeeded, while 36 of 37 post-trigger probes failed. With this change, all 37 post-trigger probes succeeded and no equivalent soft-lockup signature appeared. Reject chunks shorter than the generic SCTP header at the shared inqueue parser boundary. Mark the packet for discard before either caller can continue processing it, while preserving the four-byte generic minimum. Declared-length 1 through 4 controls and kernel-generated ASCONF traffic remained healthy. The patched sctp_hello selftest passed for IPv4 and IPv6. The complete private reproducer and validation evidence are available directly to maintainers on request. Fixes: bbd0d59809f9 ("[SCTP]: Implement the receive and verification of AUTH chunk") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Charles Vosburgh Acked-by: Xin Long Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260827-sctp-zero-chunk-inqueue-v2-1-2e7669c6a6cb@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/sctp/inqueue.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/inqueue.c b/net/sctp/inqueue.c index 5f988b3a8814..d666cec6b194 100644 --- a/net/sctp/inqueue.c +++ b/net/sctp/inqueue.c @@ -212,8 +212,10 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_inq_pop(struct sctp_inq *queue) chunk->chunk_end = ((__u8 *)ch) + SCTP_PAD4(ntohs(ch->length)); skb_pull(chunk->skb, sizeof(*ch)); chunk->subh.v = NULL; /* Subheader is no longer valid. */ - - if (chunk->chunk_end + sizeof(*ch) <= skb_tail_pointer(chunk->skb)) { + if (unlikely(ntohs(ch->length) < sizeof(*ch))) { + chunk->pdiscard = 1; + } else if (chunk->chunk_end + sizeof(*ch) <= + skb_tail_pointer(chunk->skb)) { /* This is not a singleton */ chunk->singleton = 0; } else if (chunk->chunk_end > skb_tail_pointer(chunk->skb)) {