[PATCH v3 1/9] vhost/vsock: Avoid allocating arbitrarily-sized SKBs

Will Deacon posted 9 patches 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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[PATCH v3 1/9] vhost/vsock: Avoid allocating arbitrarily-sized SKBs
Posted by Will Deacon 2 months, 3 weeks ago
vhost_vsock_alloc_skb() returns NULL for packets advertising a length
larger than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE in the packet header. However,
this is only checked once the SKB has been allocated and, if the length
in the packet header is zero, the SKB may not be freed immediately.

Hoist the size check before the SKB allocation so that an iovec larger
than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE + the header size is rejected
outright. The subsequent check on the length field in the header can
then simply check that the allocated SKB is indeed large enough to hold
the packet.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 71dc9ec9ac7d ("virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff")
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 802153e23073..66a0f060770e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	len = iov_length(vq->iov, out);
 
+	if (len > VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE + VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM)
+		return NULL;
+
 	/* len contains both payload and hdr */
 	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
@@ -367,8 +370,7 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return skb;
 
 	/* The pkt is too big or the length in the header is invalid */
-	if (payload_len > VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE ||
-	    payload_len + sizeof(*hdr) > len) {
+	if (payload_len + sizeof(*hdr) > len) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-- 
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog
Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] vhost/vsock: Avoid allocating arbitrarily-sized SKBs
Posted by Stefano Garzarella 2 months, 3 weeks ago
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 04:20:55PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
>vhost_vsock_alloc_skb() returns NULL for packets advertising a length
>larger than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE in the packet header. However,
>this is only checked once the SKB has been allocated and, if the length
>in the packet header is zero, the SKB may not be freed immediately.
>
>Hoist the size check before the SKB allocation so that an iovec larger
>than VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE + the header size is rejected
>outright. The subsequent check on the length field in the header can
>then simply check that the allocated SKB is indeed large enough to hold
>the packet.
>
>Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
>Fixes: 71dc9ec9ac7d ("virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff")
>Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
>---
> drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>

>
>diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
>index 802153e23073..66a0f060770e 100644
>--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
>+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
>@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
>
> 	len = iov_length(vq->iov, out);
>
>+	if (len > VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE + VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM)
>+		return NULL;
>+
> 	/* len contains both payload and hdr */
> 	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	if (!skb)
>@@ -367,8 +370,7 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
> 		return skb;
>
> 	/* The pkt is too big or the length in the header is invalid */
>-	if (payload_len > VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE ||
>-	    payload_len + sizeof(*hdr) > len) {
>+	if (payload_len + sizeof(*hdr) > len) {
> 		kfree_skb(skb);
> 		return NULL;
> 	}
>-- 
>2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog
>