From: Liu Chao <liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: horms@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, ilane@ti.com, david@ixit.cz,
linville@tuxdriver.com, oe-linux-nfc@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Liu Chao <liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: avoid unbounded skb allocation when max_pkt_payload_len is zero
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:54:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918185458.2711284-1-liuc63@xiaopeng.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260913101309.891633-1-liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
nci_queue_tx_data_frags() uses conn_info->max_pkt_payload_len as the
fragment size. When that value is zero, frag_len is always zero and
total_len never decreases. The loop then allocates skbs without
bound: none of them are freed inside the loop, they accumulate on
frags_q, and there is no cond_resched() in the loop body. A single
sendmsg() can therefore consume all allocatable memory, and on
CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE it occupies the CPU long enough to trip the
softlockup watchdog:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 26s! [kworker/3:1:57]
Workqueue: events rawsock_tx_work [nfc]
Call Trace:
nci_send_data+0x1ca/0x6b0 [nci]
nci_transceive+0xbb/0x170 [nci]
rawsock_tx_work+0xb5/0x1a0 [nfc]
max_pkt_payload_len comes straight from controller-supplied fields,
with no check for zero:
ntf.c: conn_info->max_pkt_payload_len = ntf.max_data_pkt_payload_size;
rsp.c: conn_info->max_pkt_payload_len = rsp->max_ctrl_pkt_payload_len;
Reject the zero value in the fragmentation path rather than at the
assignment sites. nci_queue_tx_data_frags() is the only place that
loops over the RF data path's conn_info, and nci_send_data() takes
the non-fragmenting branch only for skb->len <= max_pkt_payload_len,
which for a zero limit means empty skbs alone. Validating on
assignment would not be sufficient either, because
nci_rf_disc_rsp_packet() allocates ndev->rf_conn_info with
devm_kzalloc(), so max_pkt_payload_len is already zero before any
notification arrives.
No legitimate configuration is affected: where the NCI spec does
mandate a zero Max Data Packet Payload Size -- the NFCEE Direct RF
Interface -- nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf_packet() takes the "goto
listen" shortcut, bypassing the assignment entirely.
Snapshot the field once with READ_ONCE() and use the snapshot for
both the check and the min_t() bound: the rx workqueue updates the
field without any lock held against this path, so without the
snapshot the check could validate a value the loop no longer
consumes.
nci_hci_send_data() also loops over the same field, but on a
different conn_info instance (ndev->hci_dev->conn_info) created by
nci_core_conn_create_rsp_packet(); a zero or one there underflows
the loop arithmetic and will be addressed in a separate patch. This
guards the path carrying the reported bug.
Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Liu Chao <liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
---
v1 claimed that nci_queue_tx_data_frags() is "the only place that
loops" over max_pkt_payload_len. That holds for the RF data path
(ndev->rf_conn_info) but was overstated as a blanket claim: the
Sashiko review of v1 pointed out that nci_hci_send_data() loops over
the same field as well, albeit on a separate conn_info instance
(ndev->hci_dev->conn_info) -- pre-existing and unchanged here; it
will be fixed separately.
The READ_ONCE() snapshot follows the same review: with the check and
the loop reading the field independently, a store from the rx
workqueue in between would let the loop spin on a value the check
had just rejected.
---
net/nfc/nci/data.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/data.c b/net/nfc/nci/data.c
index 4253edea5..eeb5260c5 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/data.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/data.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static int nci_queue_tx_data_frags(struct nci_dev *ndev,
struct sk_buff_head frags_q;
struct sk_buff *skb_frag;
int frag_len;
+ u8 max_len;
int rc = 0;
pr_debug("conn_id 0x%x, total_len %d\n", conn_id, total_len);
@@ -114,11 +115,18 @@ static int nci_queue_tx_data_frags(struct nci_dev *ndev,
goto exit;
}
+ /* the rx workqueue may update the field concurrently */
+ max_len = READ_ONCE(conn_info->max_pkt_payload_len);
+
+ if (!max_len) {
+ rc = -EPROTO;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
__skb_queue_head_init(&frags_q);
while (total_len) {
- frag_len =
- min_t(int, total_len, conn_info->max_pkt_payload_len);
+ frag_len = min_t(int, total_len, max_len);
skb_frag = nci_skb_alloc(ndev,
(NCI_DATA_HDR_SIZE + frag_len),
--
2.50.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 18:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-13 10:13 [PATCH net] " Liu Chao
2026-09-14 11:08 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-17 13:24 ` Simon Horman
2026-09-18 18:49 ` Liu Chao
2026-09-18 18:54 ` Liu Chao [this message]
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