linux/net/openvswitch
Cen Zhang (Microsoft) 81f9b09f0e net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract()
[ Upstream commit cf6f8b29be ]

When a packet arrives on an ARPHRD_NONE device (e.g. TUN),
ovs_flow_key_extract() trusts the user-provided skb->protocol field: if
it is ETH_P_TEB, the packet is classified as MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET and
key_extract() is called without ensuring the skb has ETH_HLEN (14) bytes
of linear data. key_extract() unconditionally pulls 2 * ETH_ALEN bytes
for MAC addresses and parse_ethertype() pulls 2 more, either of which
triggers a kernel BUG in __skb_pull() when the linear area is too small.

  kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2848!
  RIP: 0010:key_extract+0xa7e/0xd90 net/openvswitch/flow.c:933
  ovs_flow_key_extract+0x419/0xa70
  ovs_vport_receive+0x222/0x390
  netdev_frame_hook+0x3e0/0x630
  tun_get_user+0x2d0c/0x38e0

Fixed by calling check_header() in key_extract() before accessing the
Ethernet header.

Fixes: 217ac77a3c ("openvswitch: allow L3 netdev ports")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Reviewed-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260730222006.118652-1-blbllhy@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-08-19 17:14:13 +02:00
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actions.c net: openvswitch: fix skb leak on flow key update failure during recirculation 2026-08-19 17:14:12 +02:00
conntrack.c netfilter: nf_conncount: callers must hold rcu read lock 2026-07-24 15:51:36 +02:00
conntrack.h net/sched: act_api: fix miss set post_ct for ovs after do conntrack in act_ct 2021-03-16 15:22:18 -07:00
datapath.c openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow 2026-08-19 17:14:05 +02:00
datapath.h openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow 2026-08-19 17:14:05 +02:00
dp_notify.c net: openvswitch: use netif_ovs_is_port() instead of opencode 2019-07-08 15:53:25 -07:00
flow.c net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() 2026-08-19 17:14:13 +02:00
flow.h treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
flow_netlink.c net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs 2026-07-24 15:51:55 +02:00
flow_netlink.h net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields 2025-12-07 06:09:31 +09:00
flow_table.c openvswitch: Optimize operation for key comparison 2021-07-01 11:13:10 -07:00
flow_table.h net: openvswitch: fix to make sure flow_lookup() is not preempted 2020-10-18 12:29:36 -07:00
Kconfig treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
Makefile openvswitch: add trace points 2021-06-22 10:47:32 -07:00
meter.c net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure 2026-08-19 17:14:11 +02:00
meter.h net: openvswitch: use u64 for meter bucket 2020-04-23 18:26:11 -07:00
openvswitch_trace.c openvswitch: add trace points 2021-06-22 10:47:32 -07:00
openvswitch_trace.h openvswitch: add trace points 2021-06-22 10:47:32 -07:00
vport-geneve.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
vport-gre.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport-internal_dev.c net: openvswitch: use core API to update/provide stats 2020-11-14 16:59:32 -08:00
vport-internal_dev.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport-netdev.c net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes 2026-04-18 10:33:24 +02:00
vport-netdev.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport-vxlan.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport.c openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow 2026-08-19 17:14:05 +02:00
vport.h openvswitch: Fix a typo 2021-03-22 12:59:46 -07:00