* [PATCH net] net/packet: avoid truncating TPACKET_V3 private size
@ 2026-09-13 10:31 Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay
2026-09-13 22:16 ` Willem de Bruijn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay @ 2026-09-13 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Willem de Bruijn, netdev
Cc: linux-kernel, Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet, Simon Horman,
Chetan Loke, Jakub Kicinski, David S. Miller
From: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@gmail.com>
tpacket_req3.tp_sizeof_priv is an unsigned int, and packet_set_ring()
validates the full value against the block size. init_prb_bdqc() then
stores it in the unsigned short blk_sizeof_priv field.
Commit 2b6867c2ce76 ("net/packet: fix overflow in check for priv area
size") fixed the validation arithmetic, but an accepted value above
USHRT_MAX still narrows when it is stored.
For a 131072-byte block, tp_sizeof_priv=65536 is valid. The narrowing
makes offset_to_first_pkt 48 instead of 65584, so packet records can be
placed in the private area that userspace asked the kernel to preserve.
blk_sizeof_priv is internal state, so widen it to hold the validated
UAPI value.
Fixes: f6fb8f100b80 ("af-packet: TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer implementation.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Symbolic
Signed-off-by: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@gmail.com>
---
net/packet/internal.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
index b76e645cd7..f5c8cd0eed 100644
--- a/net/packet/internal.h
+++ b/net/packet/internal.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct tpacket_kbdq_core {
unsigned int hdrlen;
unsigned char reset_pending_on_curr_blk;
unsigned short kactive_blk_num;
- unsigned short blk_sizeof_priv;
+ unsigned int blk_sizeof_priv;
unsigned short version;
---
base-commit: e6b6078ea1731b05b3b552497b3bce4bf8b014ae
change-id: 20260913-b4-send-packet-private-49dbbd08a265
Best regards,
--
Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@gmail.com>
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* Re: [PATCH net] net/packet: avoid truncating TPACKET_V3 private size
2026-09-13 10:31 [PATCH net] net/packet: avoid truncating TPACKET_V3 private size Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay
@ 2026-09-13 22:16 ` Willem de Bruijn
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Willem de Bruijn @ 2026-09-13 22:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay, Willem de Bruijn, netdev
Cc: linux-kernel, Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet, Simon Horman,
Chetan Loke, Jakub Kicinski, David S. Miller
Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@gmail.com>
>
> tpacket_req3.tp_sizeof_priv is an unsigned int, and packet_set_ring()
> validates the full value against the block size. init_prb_bdqc() then
> stores it in the unsigned short blk_sizeof_priv field.
>
> Commit 2b6867c2ce76 ("net/packet: fix overflow in check for priv area
> size") fixed the validation arithmetic, but an accepted value above
> USHRT_MAX still narrows when it is stored.
>
> For a 131072-byte block, tp_sizeof_priv=65536 is valid. The narrowing
> makes offset_to_first_pkt 48 instead of 65584, so packet records can be
> placed in the private area that userspace asked the kernel to preserve.
>
> blk_sizeof_priv is internal state, so widen it to hold the validated
> UAPI value.
>
> Fixes: f6fb8f100b80 ("af-packet: TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer implementation.")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: Symbolic
> Signed-off-by: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> ---
> net/packet/internal.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
> index b76e645cd7..f5c8cd0eed 100644
> --- a/net/packet/internal.h
> +++ b/net/packet/internal.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct tpacket_kbdq_core {
> unsigned int hdrlen;
> unsigned char reset_pending_on_curr_blk;
> unsigned short kactive_blk_num;
> - unsigned short blk_sizeof_priv;
> + unsigned int blk_sizeof_priv;
This could be moved to avoid growing the struct. There is a 4B hole
further down. But it's no big deal for this struct.
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