From: Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev,
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horms@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf v3 1/2] bpf: reject incompatible socket assignments
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 00:40:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930164020.41006-1-shlomojune6@gmail.com> (raw)
bpf_sk_assign() permits TC ingress programs to associate an IPv6 packet
with an AF_INET socket. The receive path can then interpret IPv6 skb
control data as IPv4 metadata. When IP_RETOPTS is enabled, this can cause
__ip_options_echo() to copy beyond its stack buffer.
Reject incompatible packet and socket families before attaching the socket,
while preserving IPv4 assignments to dual-stack AF_INET6 sockets. Validate
request, mapped, and time-wait sockets using their effective family.
Use the packet's effective protocol for VLAN checks and share the same
predicate across bpf_sk_assign() and bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk().
Fixes: cf7fbe660f2d ("bpf: Add socket assign support")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
---
Changes since v2:
- Use the effective packet protocol for VLAN-aware family validation.
- Handle IPv4-mapped AF_INET6 sockets, TCP children, and TIME_WAIT sockets.
- Share the protocol-based check with bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk().
v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260911172313.64009-1-shlomojune6@gmail.com/
Changes since v1:
- Move family validation out of the IPv6 receive fast path and into
bpf_sk_assign() and bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk().
- Preserve IPv4 assignments to dual-stack AF_INET6 sockets.
- Check request sockets using rsk_ops->family.
- Split the fix into two patches and target the BPF fixes tree.
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260823101809.26802-1-shlomojune6@gmail.com/
---
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 4 +++
net/core/filter.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 4 +++
3 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 732b35cc08d1c..5d8f5e2c8db38 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -4568,6 +4568,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
* **-EOPNOTSUPP** if the operation is not supported, for example
* a call from outside of TC ingress.
*
+ * **-EAFNOSUPPORT** if the socket family is not compatible with
+ * the network layer of the packet, for example an **AF_INET**
+ * socket and an IPv6 packet.
+ *
* long bpf_sk_assign(struct bpf_sk_lookup *ctx, struct bpf_sock *sk, u64 flags)
* Description
* Helper is overloaded depending on BPF program type. This
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 61940e7535523..5f64065523584 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -3491,6 +3491,64 @@ static int bpf_skb_proto_xlat(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 to_proto)
return -ENOTSUPP;
}
+static bool bpf_sk_assign_family_ok_proto(const struct sock *sk, __be16 proto)
+{
+ const struct inet_connection_sock_af_ops *af_ops;
+ unsigned short family;
+
+ switch (proto) {
+ case htons(ETH_P_IP):
+ family = AF_INET;
+ break;
+ case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
+ family = AF_INET6;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /* Requests inherit the listener family, but have family-specific ops. */
+ if (sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV)
+ return inet_reqsk(sk)->rsk_ops->family == family;
+
+ /* A dual-stack listener accepts both packet families. */
+ if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN && sk->sk_family == AF_INET6)
+ return family == AF_INET6 || !ipv6_only_sock(sk);
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+ /* IPv4-mapped and pure IPv6 time-wait sockets retain AF_INET6. */
+ if (sk->sk_state == TCP_TIME_WAIT && sk->sk_family == AF_INET6) {
+ const struct inet_timewait_sock *tw = inet_twsk(sk);
+ bool mapped;
+
+ mapped = ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&tw->tw_v6_daddr) &&
+ ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&tw->tw_v6_rcv_saddr);
+ return family == (mapped ? AF_INET : AF_INET6);
+ }
+#endif
+
+ /* IPv4-mapped and pure IPv6 TCP children keep AF_INET6 in sk_family. */
+ if (sk_fullsock(sk) && sk->sk_family == AF_INET6 && sk_is_tcp(sk)) {
+ af_ops = READ_ONCE(inet_csk(sk)->icsk_af_ops);
+ if ((family == AF_INET6 &&
+ af_ops->net_header_len == sizeof(struct iphdr)) ||
+ (family == AF_INET &&
+ af_ops->net_header_len == sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)))
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return sk->sk_family == family ||
+ (family == AF_INET &&
+ sk->sk_family == AF_INET6 &&
+ !ipv6_only_sock(sk));
+}
+
+static bool bpf_sk_assign_family_ok(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ const struct sock *sk)
+{
+ return bpf_sk_assign_family_ok_proto(sk, skb_protocol(skb, true));
+}
+
BPF_CALL_3(bpf_skb_change_proto, struct sk_buff *, skb, __be16, proto,
u64, flags)
{
@@ -7989,6 +8047,8 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_sk_assign, struct sk_buff *, skb, struct sock *, sk, u64, flags)
return -ENETUNREACH;
if (sk_unhashed(sk))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (!bpf_sk_assign_family_ok(skb, sk))
+ return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
if (sk_is_refcounted(sk) &&
unlikely(!refcount_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt)))
return -ENOENT;
@@ -12526,6 +12586,9 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk(struct __sk_buff *s, struct sock *sk,
if (net != sock_net(sk))
return -ENETUNREACH;
+ if (!bpf_sk_assign_family_ok(skb, sk))
+ return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+
switch (skb->protocol) {
case htons(ETH_P_IP):
ops = &tcp_request_sock_ops;
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 732b35cc08d1c..5d8f5e2c8db38 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -4568,6 +4568,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
* **-EOPNOTSUPP** if the operation is not supported, for example
* a call from outside of TC ingress.
*
+ * **-EAFNOSUPPORT** if the socket family is not compatible with
+ * the network layer of the packet, for example an **AF_INET**
+ * socket and an IPv6 packet.
+ *
* long bpf_sk_assign(struct bpf_sk_lookup *ctx, struct bpf_sock *sk, u64 flags)
* Description
* Helper is overloaded depending on BPF program type. This
--
2.43.0
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