linux/net/packet
Dairui Zhang 56d82862a0 af_packet: fix integer overflow in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo()
prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() computes in 32-bit int arithmetic:

        mbits = (blk_size_in_bytes * 8) / (1024 * 1024);

If I'm reading the validation right, tp_block_size is user
controlled and packet_set_ring() only rejects values that are <= 0
as int or not page aligned, so a 256MiB block goes right through
(and alloc_one_pg_vec_page() even has a vzalloc fallback for it).
0x10000000 * 8 wraps to INT_MIN, and on a NIC reporting 1 Gbps
(div == 1) the function ends up returning -2047.

The condition is actually (8 * size) mod 2^32 >= 2^31 && div == 1,
so the trigger set is [256,512), [768,1024), [1280,1536) and
[1792,2048) MiB. Other sizes wrap to non-negative values and faster
links divide the unsigned value back below 2^31, which is why this
doesn't blow up for everyone.

What makes it fatal is what happens next in init_prb_bdqc():

        p1->interval_ktime = ms_to_ktime(prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo(...));
        hrtimer_start(&p1->retire_blk_timer, p1->interval_ktime,
                      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);

A negative relative timeout expires immediately. The callback
unconditionally returns HRTIMER_RESTART, and hrtimer_forward() turns
the negative interval into hrtimer_resolution:

        if (interval < hrtimer_resolution)
                interval = hrtimer_resolution;

So the SOFT timer re-fires at the maximum rate forever, holding
sk_receive_queue.lock each pass. One CPU spins in softirq until the
socket is closed. Repeat with more rings and the machine is gone.

The overflow itself is ancient - it was introduced together with
TPACKET_V3 in f6fb8f100b ("af-packet: TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer
implementation."). Its effect prior to f7460d2989 ("net:
af_packet: Use hrtimer to do the retire operation", v6.18) was not
as clear-cut, though: the return value was stored into an unsigned
short retire_blk_tov, so a negative result was truncated, and a
0-jiffy delay loop could be programmed as well. Neither is nearly
as detrimental as the immediate maximum-rate spin the hrtimer
conversion turned it into.

(Unrelated to CVE-2019-20812 - that one was the ethtool failure path
returning 0, which now returns DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV.)

Reproducer, needs CAP_NET_RAW (a --network host container has it by
default) and a 1 Gbps NIC (QEMU e1000 works):

        int fd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
        bind(fd, ...);
        int v = TPACKET_V3;
        setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &v, sizeof(v));
        struct tpacket_req3 req = {
                .tp_block_size = 0x10000000,
                .tp_block_nr = 1,
                .tp_frame_size = 2048,
                .tp_frame_nr = 0x10000000 / 2048,
                .tp_retire_blk_tov = 0,
        };
        setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &req, sizeof(req));

Compute in 64 bits instead. The operands are already bounded by the
existing validation, so nothing else changes. If you'd prefer a
different fix, just say so and I'll respin.

Fixes: f6fb8f100b ("af-packet: TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer implementation.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dairui Zhang <zhangdairui@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923050101.1510064-1-zhangdairui@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-09-24 10:40:50 -07:00
..
af_packet.c af_packet: fix integer overflow in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() 2026-09-24 10:40:50 -07:00
diag.c net: change sock.sk_ino and sock_i_ino() to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:26 +01:00
internal.h net/packet: avoid truncating TPACKET_V3 private size 2026-09-16 17:29:11 -07:00
Kconfig treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
Makefile treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00