In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
slip: make slhc_remember() more robust against malicious packets
syzbot found that slhc_remember() was missing checks against malicious packets [1].
slhc_remember() only checked the size of the packet was at least 20, which is not good enough.
We need to make sure the packet includes the IPv4 and TCP header that are supposed to be carried.
Add iph and th pointers to make the code more readable.
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in slhcremember+0x2e8/0x7b0 drivers/net/slip/slhc.c:666 slhcremember+0x2e8/0x7b0 drivers/net/slip/slhc.c:666 pppreceivenonmpframe+0xe45/0x35e0 drivers/net/ppp/pppgeneric.c:2455 pppreceiveframe drivers/net/ppp/pppgeneric.c:2372 [inline] pppdorecv+0x65f/0x40d0 drivers/net/ppp/pppgeneric.c:2212 pppinput+0x7dc/0xe60 drivers/net/ppp/pppgeneric.c:2327 pppoercvcore+0x1d3/0x720 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379 skbacklogrcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1113 releasesock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3072 releasesock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3626 pppoesendmsg+0x2b8/0xb90 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:903 socksendmsgnosec net/socket.c:729 [inline] _socksendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:744 _syssendmsg+0x903/0xb60 net/socket.c:2602 _syssendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2656 _syssendmmsg+0x3c1/0x960 net/socket.c:2742 _dosyssendmmsg net/socket.c:2771 [inline] _sesyssendmmsg net/socket.c:2768 [inline] _x64syssendmmsg+0xbc/0x120 net/socket.c:2768 x64syscall+0xb6e/0x3ba0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls64.h:308 dosyscallx64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] dosyscall64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x77/0x7f
Uninit was created at: slabpostallochook mm/slub.c:4091 [inline] slaballocnode mm/slub.c:4134 [inline] kmemcacheallocnodenoprof+0x6bf/0xb80 mm/slub.c:4186 kmallocreserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:587 allocskb+0x363/0x7b0 net/core/skbuff.c:678 allocskb include/linux/skbuff.h:1322 [inline] sockwmalloc+0xfe/0x1a0 net/core/sock.c:2732 pppoesendmsg+0x3a7/0xb90 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:867 socksendmsgnosec net/socket.c:729 [inline] _socksendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:744 syssendmsg+0x903/0xb60 net/socket.c:2602 _syssendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2656 _syssendmmsg+0x3c1/0x960 net/socket.c:2742 _dosyssendmmsg net/socket.c:2771 [inline] _sesyssendmmsg net/socket.c:2768 [inline] _x64syssendmmsg+0xbc/0x120 net/socket.c:2768 x64syscall+0xb6e/0x3ba0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls64.h:308 dosyscallx64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] dosyscall64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x77/0x7f
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5460 Comm: syz.2.33 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00006-g87d6aab2389e #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024