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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 15:23:59 +0000 Message-Id: <20260409152400.2219716-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" ax25_rcv() calls skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp)) to strip the address header, then reads skb->data[0] (control byte) and skb->data[1] (PID byte) without verifying those bytes are in the linear sk_buff area. The original fix checked skb->len < 2, but as Eric Dumazet pointed out, skb->len counts bytes across the linear head and any non-linear fragments. If the two bytes needed sit in a fragment, the check passes but the direct skb->data access is still out of bounds. Use pskb_may_pull(skb, 2) instead, which ensures both bytes are present and pulls them into the linear area if needed before we read them. Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai --- net/ax25/ax25_in.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c index d75b3e9ed..6a71dea87 100644 --- a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c +++ b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c @@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_de= vice *dev, */ skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp)); =20 + if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 2)) { + kfree_skb(skb); + return 0; + } + /* For our port addresses ? */ if (ax25cmp(&dest, dev_addr) =3D=3D 0 && dp.lastrepeat + 1 =3D=3D dp.ndig= i) mine =3D 1; --=20 2.34.1