[PATCH net-next 01/11] can: dev: can_dropped_invalid_skb: drop CAN XL frames on non-CAN XL devices

From
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Date
2026-10-21 10:28:00
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Marc Kleine-Budde, 2026-10-21
From: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>

Sending a PF_PACKET bypasses the CAN framework logic and can directly
reach a CAN driver's xmit() function. The PF_PACKET framework only
checks that skb->len does not exceed the net_device MTU.

For a CAN device that is not CAN XL capable, anything above CANFD_MTU
(72 bytes) is therefore dropped before it reaches the driver. However,
CAN XL frames are variable length. can_is_canxl_skb() accepts lengths in
the range CANXL_HDR_SIZE + CANXL_MIN_DLEN up to CANXL_MTU, i.e. 13 to
2060 bytes.

As a result, an ETH_P_CANXL skb with a length between 13 and 72 bytes
can pass both the MTU and the can_dropped_invalid_skb() checks.

A driver that does not support CAN XL will interpret canxl_frame->flags
as a length because of the overlap with can_frame->len. And because
CANXL_XLF is set, the resulting length is between 128 and 255. For
drivers that do not check can_frame->len before copying can_frame->data,
as most drivers do, this results in a buffer overflow of up to 247
bytes.

Drop ETH_P_CANXL skbs if the device does not have the CAN_CAP_XL
capability. Keep can_is_canxl_skb() for the validation of CAN XL skbs.

Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260731-master-v5-0-5b27029dee20@qq.com?part=1
Fixes: fb08cba12b52 ("can: canxl: update CAN infrastructure for CAN XL frames")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731-drop_canxl_frames-v1-1-7387b70353b3@kernel.org (local)
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 14edec5afb57..bc0787535b52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
  */
 
+#include <linux/can/can-ml.h>
 #include <linux/can/dev.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <net/can.h>
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ bool can_dropped_invalid_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		break;
 
 	case ETH_P_CANXL:
-		if (!can_is_canxl_skb(skb))
+		if (!can_cap_enabled(dev, CAN_CAP_XL) || !can_is_canxl_skb(skb))
 			goto inval_skb;
 		break;
 
base-commit: 7dca8514c51ea5219daf7f28bc1a0536b907e611
-- 
2.53.0
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