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Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from TDC4045031631.e0cglfehwr0e5gttmepj3hi3hf.ux.internal.cloudapp.net ([20.63.37.123]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id af79cd13be357-8e7d9abce59sm1151715585a.46.2026.04.20.22.49.19 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:49:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Ashutosh Desai To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Cc: jreuter@yaina.de, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Ashutosh Desai Subject: [PATCH v5 net] ax25: fix OOB read after address header strip in ax25_rcv() Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:48:58 +0000 Message-Id: <20260421054858.732939-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 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" A crafted AX.25 frame with a valid address header but no control byte causes skb->len to reach zero after skb_pull() strips the header. The subsequent reads of skb->data[0] (control) and skb->data[1] (PID) are then out of bounds. Linearize the skb after confirming the device is an AX.25 interface. Guard with skb->len < 1 after the pull - one byte suffices for LAPB control frames which have no PID byte. Add a separate skb->len < 2 check inside the UI branch before accessing the PID byte. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai --- v5: - Move skb_linearize() to after ax25_dev_ax25dev() check; avoids unnecessary allocation for frames on non-AX.25 interfaces - Lower general guard from skb->len < 2 to skb->len < 1; the stricter limit incorrectly dropped valid 1-byte LAPB control frames (SABM, DISC, UA, DM, RR) which carry no PID byte - Add explicit skb->len < 2 check inside UI branch before the PID byte (skb->data[1]) access v4: - Linearize skb at entry to ax25_rcv(); replace pskb_may_pull() with skb->len < 2 check (per David Laight review) v3: - Remove incorrect Suggested-by; add Fixes:, Cc: stable@ v2: - Replace skb->len check with pskb_may_pull(skb, 2) Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260417065407.206499-1-ashutosh= desai993@gmail.com/ Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260415063654.3831353-1-ashutos= hdesai993@gmail.com/ Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260409152400.2219716-1-ashutos= hdesai993@gmail.com/ Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260409012235.2049389-1-ashutos= hdesai993@gmail.com/ net/ax25/ax25_in.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c index d75b3e9ed93d..c81d6830af48 100644 --- a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c +++ b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c @@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_dev= ice *dev, if ((ax25_dev =3D ax25_dev_ax25dev(dev)) =3D=3D NULL) goto free; =20 + if (skb_linearize(skb)) + goto free; + /* * Parse the address header. */ @@ -217,6 +220,9 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_dev= ice *dev, */ skb_pull(skb, ax25_addr_size(&dp)); =20 + if (skb->len < 1) + goto free; + /* For our port addresses ? */ if (ax25cmp(&dest, dev_addr) =3D=3D 0 && dp.lastrepeat + 1 =3D=3D dp.ndig= i) mine =3D 1; @@ -227,6 +233,9 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_dev= ice *dev, =20 /* UI frame - bypass LAPB processing */ if ((*skb->data & ~0x10) =3D=3D AX25_UI && dp.lastrepeat + 1 =3D=3D dp.nd= igi) { + if (skb->len < 2) + goto free; + skb_set_transport_header(skb, 2); /* skip control and pid */ =20 ax25_send_to_raw(&dest, skb, skb->data[1]); --=20 2.34.1