[PATCH net v2] net: devmem: reject dma-buf bind with non-page-aligned size or SG length

From: David Carlier

Date: Tue May 19 2026 - 16:35:46 EST


net_devmem_bind_dmabuf() trusts dmabuf->size and sg_dma_len() to be
PAGE_SIZE multiples without checking:

- tx_vec is sized dmabuf->size / PAGE_SIZE, and
net_devmem_get_niov_at() only bounds-checks virt_addr < dmabuf->size
before indexing tx_vec[virt_addr / PAGE_SIZE]. With size =
N*PAGE_SIZE + r (1 <= r < PAGE_SIZE), sendmsg() at iov_base =
N*PAGE_SIZE passes the bound check and reads tx_vec[N] -- one past.

- owner->area.num_niovs = len / PAGE_SIZE while gen_pool_add_owner()
covers the full byte len, so a non-page-multiple non-final sg
desyncs num_niovs from the gen_pool region for every later sg, on
both RX and TX.

dma-buf does not require page-aligned sizes, so the bind path has to
enforce what its own indexing assumes. Reject both with -EINVAL.

The size check is TX-only (only tx_vec is sized off dmabuf->size); the
SG-length check covers both directions.

Fixes: bd61848900bf ("net: devmem: Implement TX path")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Reframe commit message around the kernel-side OOB instead of
"real exporters already page-align", which read as the OOB being
unreachable and undercut Cc: stable (Stanislav Fomichev).
- Hoist the SG-length check out of the if (TX) branch so it covers
RX too; RX has the same num_niovs / gen_pool desync on a
contract-violating exporter, just without an OOB. Keep the
size-multiple check TX-only (Stanislav Fomichev).
- Drop bool todevice; compare direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE inline to
match the existing call site at the tx_vec[] assignment
(Bobby Eshleman).

net/core/devmem.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
index 468344739db2..4f71de44c0fb 100644
--- a/net/core/devmem.c
+++ b/net/core/devmem.c
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev,
}

if (direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
+ if (!IS_ALIGNED(dmabuf->size, PAGE_SIZE)) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "TX dma-buf size must be a multiple of PAGE_SIZE");
+ goto err_unmap;
+ }
binding->tx_vec = kvmalloc_objs(struct net_iov *,
dmabuf->size / PAGE_SIZE);
if (!binding->tx_vec) {
@@ -267,6 +272,12 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev,
size_t len = sg_dma_len(sg);
struct net_iov *niov;

+ if (!IS_ALIGNED(len, PAGE_SIZE)) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "dma-buf SG length must be PAGE_SIZE aligned");
+ goto err_free_chunks;
+ }
+
owner = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*owner), GFP_KERNEL,
dev_to_node(&dev->dev));
if (!owner) {
--
2.53.0