From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
To: ms@dev.tdt.de, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: linux-x25@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: lapb: fix uninitialized stack frame fields in lapb_decode()
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:36:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919213639.3314894-1-benquike@gmail.com> (raw)
`lapb_decode()` populates a caller-allocated `struct lapb_frame frame`
on the stack of `lapb_data_input()`, but does not zero-initialize
`*frame`.
1. When `skb->data[0]` is not a valid LAPB address byte (`LAPB_ADDR_A`,
`LAPB_ADDR_B`, `LAPB_ADDR_C`, or `LAPB_ADDR_D`), `frame->cr` is left
uninitialized on the stack while `lapb_decode()` continues parsing
and copies `frame->cr` into `lapb->frmr_data.cr` via
`lapb_transmit_frmr()`, leaking 1 bit of kernel stack memory over the
network.
2. When decoding an unnumbered (`LAPB_U`) or illegal frame in
`LAPB_EXTENDED` mode, `frame->control[1]` is left uninitialized on
the stack and copied into the outgoing `FRMR` frame by
`lapb_transmit_frmr()`.
Zero-initialize `*frame` at the start of `lapb_decode()` and return `-1`
when `skb->data[0]` is not a valid LAPB address byte.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
net/lapb/lapb_subr.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/lapb/lapb_subr.c b/net/lapb/lapb_subr.c
index 592a22d86a97..8150f3583f15 100644
--- a/net/lapb/lapb_subr.c
+++ b/net/lapb/lapb_subr.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ int lapb_validate_nr(struct lapb_cb *lapb, unsigned short nr)
int lapb_decode(struct lapb_cb *lapb, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct lapb_frame *frame)
{
+ memset(frame, 0, sizeof(*frame));
frame->type = LAPB_ILLEGAL;
lapb_dbg(2, "(%p) S%d RX %3ph\n", lapb->dev, lapb->state, skb->data);
@@ -120,25 +121,33 @@ int lapb_decode(struct lapb_cb *lapb, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (lapb->mode & LAPB_DCE) {
if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_D)
frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
- if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_C)
+ else if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_C)
frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+ else
+ return -1;
} else {
if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_C)
frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
- if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_D)
+ else if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_D)
frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+ else
+ return -1;
}
} else {
if (lapb->mode & LAPB_DCE) {
if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_B)
frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
- if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_A)
+ else if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_A)
frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+ else
+ return -1;
} else {
if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_A)
frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
- if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_B)
+ else if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_B)
frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+ else
+ return -1;
}
}
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
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