From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] bpf: reject unset network_header for SKF_NET_OFF in cBPF load helper
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:35:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919203517.2581484-1-benquike@gmail.com> (raw)
In bpf_skb_load_helper_convert_offset(), SKF_LL_OFF checks
skb_mac_header_was_set(skb), whereas SKF_NET_OFF unconditionally returns:
offset - SKF_NET_OFF + skb_network_offset(skb);
Unlike skb->mac_header (which __alloc_skb() initializes to ~0U),
skb->network_header is zero-initialized to 0. On sockets that reserve
headroom via skb_reserve() without setting a network header (such as
AF_UNIX sockets), skb->network_header remains 0, so
skb_network_offset(skb) evaluates to (skb->head - skb->data) = -headroom.
When bpf_skb_load_helper_(8, 16, 32)() then checks:
if (headlen - offset >= len)
return *(u8 *)(data + offset);
a negative converted offset (-headroom) satisfies `headlen - offset >= len`
and reads uninitialized skb->head headroom before skb->data (or before
skb_mac_header(skb) if mac_header was set without setting network_header).
Validate that skb->network_header is >= skb->mac_header when the MAC
header is set, or that skb_network_offset(skb) >= 0 and a network
protocol/header is present otherwise, returning INT_MIN (-EFAULT) when
the network header is unset.
Fixes: d4bac0288a2b ("bpf: support SKF_NET_OFF and SKF_LL_OFF on skb frags")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -231,8 +231,14 @@ static int bpf_skb_load_helper_convert_offset(const struct sk_buff *skb, int off
if (likely(offset >= 0))
return offset;
- if (offset >= SKF_NET_OFF)
+ if (offset >= SKF_NET_OFF) {
+ if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb) ?
+ skb->network_header < skb->mac_header :
+ (skb_network_offset(skb) < 0 ||
+ (!skb->protocol && !skb->network_header)))
+ return INT_MIN;
return offset - SKF_NET_OFF + skb_network_offset(skb);
+ }
if (offset >= SKF_LL_OFF && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))
return offset - SKF_LL_OFF + skb_mac_offset(skb);
--
2.43.0
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