[PATCH net v7 1/4] net/smc: bound the wire-controlled producer cursor to the RMB

From: Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Oct 13 2026 - 18:05:11 EST


From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>

smcr_cdc_msg_to_host() and smcd_cdc_msg_to_host() import the peer's
producer cursor from the wire into conn->local_rx_ctrl.prod without
bounding it to the RMB. smc_cdc_handle_urg_data_arrival() then uses its
count as a raw index into the RMB, so a producer cursor past
rmb_desc->len makes the receive tasklet read past the RMB, and
recv(MSG_OOB) hands that byte to the application.

Bound the producer cursor count to rmb_desc->len when it comes off the
wire, for SMC-R and SMC-D. Leave the consumer cursor alone: it indexes
the peer's RMB, which can be larger than ours, so clamping it to our
RMB would under-credit peer_rmbe_space and could stall sending to that
peer. Conforming peers are unaffected.

Fixes: de8474eb9d50 ("net/smc: urgent data support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/smc/smc_cdc.h | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_cdc.h b/net/smc/smc_cdc.h
index 696cc11f2303..4d630a305118 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_cdc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_cdc.h
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ static inline void smc_host_msg_to_cdc(struct smc_cdc_msg *peer,

static inline void smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(union smc_host_cursor *local,
union smc_cdc_cursor *peer,
- struct smc_connection *conn)
+ struct smc_connection *conn,
+ int max_count)
{
union smc_host_cursor temp, old;
union smc_cdc_cursor net;
@@ -235,6 +236,12 @@ static inline void smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(union smc_host_cursor *local,
if ((old.wrap == temp.wrap) &&
(old.count > temp.count))
return;
+ /* The urgent path uses the producer count as a raw index into our
+ * RMB, so bound it. max_count == 0 leaves the consumer cursor alone:
+ * it indexes the peer's RMB, which can be larger than ours.
+ */
+ if (max_count && temp.count > max_count)
+ temp.count = max_count;
smc_curs_copy(local, &temp, conn);
}

@@ -246,8 +253,9 @@ static inline void smcr_cdc_msg_to_host(struct smc_host_cdc_msg *local,
local->len = peer->len;
local->seqno = ntohs(peer->seqno);
local->token = ntohl(peer->token);
- smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(&local->prod, &peer->prod, conn);
- smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(&local->cons, &peer->cons, conn);
+ smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(&local->prod, &peer->prod, conn,
+ conn->rmb_desc->len);
+ smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(&local->cons, &peer->cons, conn, 0);
local->prod_flags = peer->prod_flags;
local->conn_state_flags = peer->conn_state_flags;
}
@@ -260,6 +268,9 @@ static inline void smcd_cdc_msg_to_host(struct smc_host_cdc_msg *local,

temp.wrap = peer->prod.wrap;
temp.count = peer->prod.count;
+ /* as in smc_cdc_cursor_to_host(): bound prod, not cons */
+ if (temp.count > conn->rmb_desc->len)
+ temp.count = conn->rmb_desc->len;
smc_curs_copy(&local->prod, &temp, conn);

temp.wrap = peer->cons.wrap;

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2.56.0