[PATCH] ppp: pptp: fix out-of-bounds read on short payload_len in pptp_rcv_core()
From: Hui Peng <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-19 21:28:57
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Subsystem:
networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
In `pptp_rcv_core()`, `pskb_may_pull(skb, headersize + payload_len)`
only verifies that `skb->len >= headersize + payload_len` without
checking that `payload_len` itself is large enough for the subsequent
PPP header accesses.
When a GRE packet arrives with `payload_len == 0` (or `1`) and `skb->len
== headersize + payload_len`, `pskb_may_pull()` succeeds and `payload
= skb->data + headersize` points to `skb->tail`. Immediately
afterwards:
1. If `seq` is out-of-window, `pptp_rcv_core()` reads `payload[0]`,
`payload[1]`, `PPP_PROTOCOL(payload)` (`payload[2..3]`), and
`payload[4]` (up to 5 bytes past `skb->tail`) to check for an LCP
Echo packet.
2. If `seq` is in-window, `pptp_rcv_core()` reads `payload[0]` and
`payload[1]` (up to 2 bytes past `skb->tail`) to check for the PPP
address and control bytes.
Require `payload_len >= 2` before pulling the payload, and require
`payload_len >= 5` before inspecting `payload[0..4]` for LCP Echo
frames.
Fixes: 00959ade36ac ("PPTP: PPP over IPv4 (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
index a797a0606f6b..2f979294490d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ static int pptp_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) payload_len = ntohs(header->payload_len); seq = ntohl(header->seq); + if (payload_len < 2) + goto drop; /* check for incomplete packet (length smaller than expected) */ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, headersize + payload_len)) goto drop;
@@ -317,9 +319,11 @@ static int pptp_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) payload = skb->data + headersize; /* check for expected sequence number */ if (seq < opt->seq_recv + 1 || WRAPPED(opt->seq_recv, seq)) { - if ((payload[0] == PPP_ALLSTATIONS) && (payload[1] == PPP_UI) && - (PPP_PROTOCOL(payload) == PPP_LCP) && - ((payload[4] == PPP_LCP_ECHOREQ) || (payload[4] == PPP_LCP_ECHOREP))) + if (payload_len >= 5 && + payload[0] == PPP_ALLSTATIONS && payload[1] == PPP_UI && + PPP_PROTOCOL(payload) == PPP_LCP && + (payload[4] == PPP_LCP_ECHOREQ || + payload[4] == PPP_LCP_ECHOREP)) goto allow_packet; } else { opt->seq_recv = seq;