High · published November 12, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation
Turned out certain clearly invalid values passed in xdp_desc from
userspace can pass xp_{,un}aligned_validate_desc() and then lead
to UBs or just invalid frames to be queued for xmit.
desc->len close to ``U32_MAX`` with a non-zero pool->tx_metadata_len
can cause positive integer overflow and wraparound, the same way low
enough desc->addr with a non-zero pool->tx_metadata_len can cause
negative integer overflow. Both scenarios can then pass the
validation successfully.
This doesn't happen with valid XSk applications, but can be used
to perform attacks.
Always promote desc->len to ``u64`` first to exclude positive
overflows of it. Use explicit check_{add,sub}_overflow() when
validating desc->addr (which is ``u64`` already).
bloat-o-meter reports a little growth of the code size:
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/1 up/down: 60/-16 (44)
Function old new delta
xskq_cons_peek_desc 299 330 +31
xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch 973 1002 +29
xsk_generic_xmit 3148 3132 -16
but hopefully this doesn't hurt the performance much.