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

From: Stanislav Fomichev

Date: Tue May 19 2026 - 19:34:21 EST


On 05/19, David Carlier wrote:
> 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).

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!