From 38c0abad45b190a30d8284a37264d2127a6ec303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Mailhol Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:00:24 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] can: etas_es58x: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET allows to bypass the CAN framework logic and to directly reach the xmit() function of a CAN driver. The only check which is performed by the PF_PACKET framework is to make sure that skb->len fits the interface's MTU. Unfortunately, because the etas_es58x driver does not populate its net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu(), it is possible for an attacker to configure an invalid MTU by doing, for example: $ ip link set can0 mtu 9999 After doing so, the attacker could open a PF_PACKET socket using the ETH_P_CANXL protocol: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_CANXL)); to inject a malicious CAN XL frames. For example: struct canxl_frame frame = { .flags = 0xff, .len = 2048, }; The CAN drivers' xmit() function are calling can_dev_dropped_skb() to check that the skb is valid, unfortunately under above conditions, the malicious packet is able to go through can_dev_dropped_skb() checks: 1. the skb->protocol is set to ETH_P_CANXL which is valid (the function does not check the actual device capabilities). 2. the length is a valid CAN XL length. And so, es58x_start_xmit() receives a CAN XL frame which it is not able to correctly handle and will thus misinterpret it as a CAN(FD) frame. This can result in a buffer overflow. For example, using the es581.4 variant, the frame will be dispatched to es581_4_tx_can_msg(), go through the last check at the beginning of this function: if (can_is_canfd_skb(skb)) return -EMSGSIZE; and reach this line: memcpy(tx_can_msg->data, cf->data, cf->len); Here, cf->len corresponds to the flags field of the CAN XL frame. In our previous example, we set canxl_frame->flags to 0xff. Because the maximum expected length is 8, a buffer overflow of 247 bytes occurs! Populate net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu() to ensure that the interface's MTU can not be set to anything bigger than CAN_MTU or CANFD_MTU (depending on the device capabilities). By fixing the root cause, this prevents the buffer overflow. Fixes: 8537257874e9 ("can: etas_es58x: add core support for ETAS ES58X CAN USB interfaces") Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-can-fix-mtu-v1-1-0d1cada9393b@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde --- drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c index db1acf6d504c..adc91873c083 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * * Copyright (c) 2019 Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions. All rights reserved. * Copyright (c) 2020 ETAS K.K.. All rights reserved. - * Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Vincent Mailhol + * Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Vincent Mailhol */ #include @@ -1977,6 +1977,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops es58x_netdev_ops = { .ndo_stop = es58x_stop, .ndo_start_xmit = es58x_start_xmit, .ndo_eth_ioctl = can_eth_ioctl_hwts, + .ndo_change_mtu = can_change_mtu, }; static const struct ethtool_ops es58x_ethtool_ops = { From ac1c7656fa717f29fac3ea073af63f0b9919ec9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Mailhol Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:00:25 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] can: hi311x: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET allows to bypass the CAN framework logic and to directly reach the xmit() function of a CAN driver. The only check which is performed by the PF_PACKET framework is to make sure that skb->len fits the interface's MTU. Unfortunately, because the sun4i_can driver does not populate its net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu(), it is possible for an attacker to configure an invalid MTU by doing, for example: $ ip link set can0 mtu 9999 After doing so, the attacker could open a PF_PACKET socket using the ETH_P_CANXL protocol: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_CANXL)) to inject a malicious CAN XL frames. For example: struct canxl_frame frame = { .flags = 0xff, .len = 2048, }; The CAN drivers' xmit() function are calling can_dev_dropped_skb() to check that the skb is valid, unfortunately under above conditions, the malicious packet is able to go through can_dev_dropped_skb() checks: 1. the skb->protocol is set to ETH_P_CANXL which is valid (the function does not check the actual device capabilities). 2. the length is a valid CAN XL length. And so, hi3110_hard_start_xmit() receives a CAN XL frame which it is not able to correctly handle and will thus misinterpret it as a CAN frame. The driver will consume frame->len as-is with no further checks. This can result in a buffer overflow later on in hi3110_hw_tx() on this line: memcpy(buf + HI3110_FIFO_EXT_DATA_OFF, frame->data, frame->len); Here, frame->len corresponds to the flags field of the CAN XL frame. In our previous example, we set canxl_frame->flags to 0xff. Because the maximum expected length is 8, a buffer overflow of 247 bytes occurs! Populate net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu() to ensure that the interface's MTU can not be set to anything bigger than CAN_MTU. By fixing the root cause, this prevents the buffer overflow. Fixes: 57e83fb9b746 ("can: hi311x: Add Holt HI-311x CAN driver") Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-can-fix-mtu-v1-2-0d1cada9393b@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde --- drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c index 96bef8f384c4..963ea8510dd9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c @@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops hi3110_netdev_ops = { .ndo_open = hi3110_open, .ndo_stop = hi3110_stop, .ndo_start_xmit = hi3110_hard_start_xmit, + .ndo_change_mtu = can_change_mtu, }; static const struct ethtool_ops hi3110_ethtool_ops = { From 61da0bd4102c459823fbe6b8b43b01fb6ace4a22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Mailhol Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:00:26 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] can: sun4i_can: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET allows to bypass the CAN framework logic and to directly reach the xmit() function of a CAN driver. The only check which is performed by the PF_PACKET framework is to make sure that skb->len fits the interface's MTU. Unfortunately, because the sun4i_can driver does not populate its net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu(), it is possible for an attacker to configure an invalid MTU by doing, for example: $ ip link set can0 mtu 9999 After doing so, the attacker could open a PF_PACKET socket using the ETH_P_CANXL protocol: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_CANXL)) to inject a malicious CAN XL frames. For example: struct canxl_frame frame = { .flags = 0xff, .len = 2048, }; The CAN drivers' xmit() function are calling can_dev_dropped_skb() to check that the skb is valid, unfortunately under above conditions, the malicious packet is able to go through can_dev_dropped_skb() checks: 1. the skb->protocol is set to ETH_P_CANXL which is valid (the function does not check the actual device capabilities). 2. the length is a valid CAN XL length. And so, sun4ican_start_xmit() receives a CAN XL frame which it is not able to correctly handle and will thus misinterpret it as a CAN frame. This can result in a buffer overflow. The driver will consume cf->len as-is with no further checks on this line: dlc = cf->len; Here, cf->len corresponds to the flags field of the CAN XL frame. In our previous example, we set canxl_frame->flags to 0xff. Because the maximum expected length is 8, a buffer overflow of 247 bytes occurs a couple line below when doing: for (i = 0; i < dlc; i++) writel(cf->data[i], priv->base + (dreg + i * 4)); Populate net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu() to ensure that the interface's MTU can not be set to anything bigger than CAN_MTU. By fixing the root cause, this prevents the buffer overflow. Fixes: 0738eff14d81 ("can: Allwinner A10/A20 CAN Controller support - Kernel module") Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-can-fix-mtu-v1-3-0d1cada9393b@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde --- drivers/net/can/sun4i_can.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/sun4i_can.c b/drivers/net/can/sun4i_can.c index 6fcb301ef611..53bfd873de9b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/sun4i_can.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/sun4i_can.c @@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops sun4ican_netdev_ops = { .ndo_open = sun4ican_open, .ndo_stop = sun4ican_close, .ndo_start_xmit = sun4ican_start_xmit, + .ndo_change_mtu = can_change_mtu, }; static const struct ethtool_ops sun4ican_ethtool_ops = { From 17c8d794527f01def0d1c8b7dc2d7b8d34fed0e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Mailhol Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:00:27 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] can: mcba_usb: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET allows to bypass the CAN framework logic and to directly reach the xmit() function of a CAN driver. The only check which is performed by the PF_PACKET framework is to make sure that skb->len fits the interface's MTU. Unfortunately, because the mcba_usb driver does not populate its net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu(), it is possible for an attacker to configure an invalid MTU by doing, for example: $ ip link set can0 mtu 9999 After doing so, the attacker could open a PF_PACKET socket using the ETH_P_CANXL protocol: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_CANXL)) to inject a malicious CAN XL frames. For example: struct canxl_frame frame = { .flags = 0xff, .len = 2048, }; The CAN drivers' xmit() function are calling can_dev_dropped_skb() to check that the skb is valid, unfortunately under above conditions, the malicious packet is able to go through can_dev_dropped_skb() checks: 1. the skb->protocol is set to ETH_P_CANXL which is valid (the function does not check the actual device capabilities). 2. the length is a valid CAN XL length. And so, mcba_usb_start_xmit() receives a CAN XL frame which it is not able to correctly handle and will thus misinterpret it as a CAN frame. This can result in a buffer overflow. The driver will consume cf->len as-is with no further checks on these lines: usb_msg.dlc = cf->len; memcpy(usb_msg.data, cf->data, usb_msg.dlc); Here, cf->len corresponds to the flags field of the CAN XL frame. In our previous example, we set canxl_frame->flags to 0xff. Because the maximum expected length is 8, a buffer overflow of 247 bytes occurs! Populate net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu() to ensure that the interface's MTU can not be set to anything bigger than CAN_MTU. By fixing the root cause, this prevents the buffer overflow. Fixes: 51f3baad7de9 ("can: mcba_usb: Add support for Microchip CAN BUS Analyzer") Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-can-fix-mtu-v1-4-0d1cada9393b@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde --- drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c index 41c0a1c399bf..1f9b915094e6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c @@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mcba_netdev_ops = { .ndo_open = mcba_usb_open, .ndo_stop = mcba_usb_close, .ndo_start_xmit = mcba_usb_start_xmit, + .ndo_change_mtu = can_change_mtu, }; static const struct ethtool_ops mcba_ethtool_ops = {