On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 14:34:37 +0000 Lee Jones wrote:
> Currently, due to the sequential use of min_t() and clamp_t() macros,
> in cdc_ncm_check_tx_max(), if dwNtbOutMaxSize is not set, the logic
> sets tx_max to 0. This is then used to allocate the data area of the
> SKB requested later in cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame().
>
> This does not cause an issue presently because when memory is
> allocated during initialisation phase of SKB creation, more memory
> (512b) is allocated than is required for the SKB headers alone (320b),
> leaving some space (512b - 320b = 192b) for CDC data (172b).
>
> However, if more elements (for example 3 x u64 = [24b]) were added to
> one of the SKB header structs, say 'struct skb_shared_info',
> increasing its original size (320b [320b aligned]) to something larger
> (344b [384b aligned]), then suddenly the CDC data (172b) no longer
> fits in the spare SKB data area (512b - 384b = 128b).
>
> Consequently the SKB bounds checking semantics fails and panics:
>
> skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff830a5b5f len:184 put:172 \
> head:ffff888119227c00 data:ffff888119227c00 tail:0xb8 end:0x80 dev:<NULL>
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:110!
> RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x14f/0x160 net/core/skbuff.c:106
> <snip>
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ>
> skb_over_panic+0x2c/0x30 net/core/skbuff.c:115
> skb_put+0x205/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:1877
> skb_put_zero include/linux/skbuff.h:2270 [inline]
> cdc_ncm_ndp16 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c:1116 [inline]
> cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame+0x127f/0x3d50 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c:1293
> cdc_ncm_tx_fixup+0x98/0xf0 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c:1514
>
> By overriding the max value with the default CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX
> when not offered through the system provided params, we ensure enough
> data space is allocated to handle the CDC data, meaning no crash will
> occur.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 289507d3364f9 ("net: cdc_ncm: use sysfs for rx/tx aggregation tuning")
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: bjorn@xxxxxxx
Please make sure you CC the authors of all blamed commits as they are
likely to have the most context.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
> index 24753a4da7e60..e303b522efb50 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
> @@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ static u32 cdc_ncm_check_tx_max(struct usbnet *dev, u32 new_tx)
> min = ctx->max_datagram_size + ctx->max_ndp_size + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_nth32);
>
> max = min_t(u32, CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX, le32_to_cpu(ctx->ncm_parm.dwNtbOutMaxSize));
> + if (max == 0)
> + max = CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX; /* dwNtbOutMaxSize not set */
>
> /* some devices set dwNtbOutMaxSize too low for the above default */
> min = min(min, max);
