batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment

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batadv_frag_skb_buffer() is called by batadv_batman_skb_recv() when a
BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet is received. Once all fragments are collected
and the packet is reassembled, batadv_recv_frag_packet() calls
batadv_batman_skb_recv() again to process the defragmented payload.

A malicious sender can craft a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet whose reassembled
payload is itself a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet (matryoshka-style nesting).
Each nesting level recurses through batadv_batman_skb_recv() without bound,
growing the kernel stack until it is exhausted.

Since refragmentation or fragments in fragments are not actually allowed,
discard all packets which are still BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packets after the
defragmentation process.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 610bfc6bc9 ("batman-adv: Receive fragmented packets and merge")
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Reviewed-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Sven Eckelmann 2026-05-13 09:01:36 +02:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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