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authorDaniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>2022-03-08 23:47:46 +1100
committerJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2022-06-08 12:41:03 +0200
commit4ea64c827f8bc57180772fd5671ddd010cb7b2ed (patch)
tree52dcc9e17eb2c278759b10c4d3d0fb42183111ae
parent557370849b914110a9efbd7256dc3942a8af8b99 (diff)
net/netbuff: Block overly large netbuff allocs
A netbuff shouldn't be too huge. It's bounded by MTU and TCP segment reassembly. This helps avoid some bugs (and provides a spot to instrument to catch them at their source). Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r--grub-core/net/netbuff.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/grub-core/net/netbuff.c b/grub-core/net/netbuff.c
index dbeeefe47..d5e9e9a0d 100644
--- a/grub-core/net/netbuff.c
+++ b/grub-core/net/netbuff.c
@@ -79,10 +79,23 @@ grub_netbuff_alloc (grub_size_t len)
COMPILE_TIME_ASSERT (NETBUFF_ALIGN % sizeof (grub_properly_aligned_t) == 0);
+ /*
+ * The largest size of a TCP packet is 64 KiB, and everything else
+ * should be a lot smaller - most MTUs are 1500 or less. Cap data
+ * size at 64 KiB + a buffer.
+ */
+ if (len > 0xffffUL + 0x1000UL)
+ {
+ grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BUG,
+ "attempted to allocate a packet that is too big");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
if (len < NETBUFFMINLEN)
len = NETBUFFMINLEN;
len = ALIGN_UP (len, NETBUFF_ALIGN);
+
#ifdef GRUB_MACHINE_EMU
data = grub_malloc (len + sizeof (*nb));
#else