[PATCH net 1/6] xsk: require at least 16 bytes of TX metadata

[Stanislav Fomichev]

AF_XDP accepts a TX metadata length as small as eight bytes, but every
supported request needs the flags plus at least one eight-byte request
field. Such short metadata also lets the kernel read beyond the registered
area.

Require 16 bytes rather than sizeof(struct xsk_tx_metadata) to preserve
compatibility with applications that do not use launch-time metadata.

Fixes: 341ac980eab9 ("xsk: Support tx_metadata_len")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity at microsoft.com
Reported-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy at gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260720155210.34229-1-blbllhy@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf at fomichev.me>
---
 net/xdp/xdp_umem.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index 58da2f4f4397..cd8643360eb3 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
 	if (mr->flags & XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN) {
 		if (mr->tx_metadata_len >= 256 || mr->tx_metadata_len % 8)
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (mr->tx_metadata_len < 16)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		umem->tx_metadata_len = mr->tx_metadata_len;
 	}
 
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