kernel/git/stable/linux.git/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c, branch master

pptp: drop packets received before connect

2026-08-13T00:17:53+00:00

pptp_bind() publishes the socket by its local call ID before it is connected, so GRE packets can reach pptp_rcv_core() while PPPOX_CONNECTED is clear. Such packets are queued on sk_receive_queue, but PPTP provides no recvmsg operation and never drains the queue after connect. The packets therefore remain there until socket destruction. Drop such packets immediately instead. Since PPTP no longer queues packets on sk_receive_queue, remove the corresponding destructor purge. Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260811074948.345834-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

pppox: remove sk_pppox() helper

2026-04-12T22:20:45+00:00

The sk member can be directly accessed from struct pppox_sock without relying on type casting. Remove the sk_pppox() helper and update all call sites to use po->sk directly. Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410054954.114031-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized

2025-11-05T03:10:32+00:00

Update all struct proto_ops connect() callback function prototypes from "struct sockaddr *" to "struct sockaddr_unsized *" to avoid lying to the compiler about object sizes. Calls into struct proto handlers gain casts that will be removed in the struct proto conversion patch. No binary changes expected. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-3-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Convert proto_ops bind() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized

2025-11-05T03:10:32+00:00

Update all struct proto_ops bind() callback function prototypes from "struct sockaddr *" to "struct sockaddr_unsized *" to avoid lying to the compiler about object sizes. Calls into struct proto handlers gain casts that will be removed in the struct proto conversion patch. No binary changes expected. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-2-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

pptp: fix pptp_xmit() error path

2025-08-07T14:47:04+00:00

I accidentally added a bug in pptp_xmit() that syzbot caught for us. Only call ip_rt_put() if a route has been allocated. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffdb PGD df3b067 P4D df3b067 PUD df3d067 PMD 0 Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6346 Comm: syz.0.336 Not tainted 6.16.0-next-20250804-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025 RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_add_return arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:85 [inline] RIP: 0010:raw_atomic_sub_return_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:846 [inline] RIP: 0010:atomic_sub_return_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:327 [inline] RIP: 0010:__rcuref_put include/linux/rcuref.h:109 [inline] RIP: 0010:rcuref_put+0x172/0x210 include/linux/rcuref.h:173 Call Trace: dst_release+0x24/0x1b0 net/core/dst.c:167 ip_rt_put include/net/route.h:285 [inline] pptp_xmit+0x14b/0x1a90 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:267 __ppp_channel_push+0xf2/0x1c0 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2166 ppp_channel_push+0x123/0x660 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2198 ppp_write+0x2b0/0x400 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:544 vfs_write+0x27b/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:684 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Fixes: de9c4861fb42 ("pptp: ensure minimal skb length in pptp_xmit()") Reported-by: syzbot+27d7cfbc93457e472e00@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/689095a5.050a0220.1fc43d.0009.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250807142146.2877060-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

pptp: ensure minimal skb length in pptp_xmit()

2025-07-31T02:11:16+00:00

Commit aabc6596ffb3 ("net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung") fixed ppp_sync_txmunge() We need a similar fix in pptp_xmit(), otherwise we might read uninit data as reported by syzbot. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193 pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193 ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2290 [inline] ppp_input+0x1d6/0xe60 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2314 pppoe_rcv_core+0x1e8/0x760 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379 sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148 __release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213 release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767 pppoe_sendmsg+0x15d/0xcb0 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:904 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727 ____sys_sendmsg+0x893/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566 ___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620 __sys_sendmmsg+0x2d9/0x7c0 net/socket.c:2709 Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: syzbot+afad90ffc8645324afe5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/68887d86.a00a0220.b12ec.00cd.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Dawid Osuchowski Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250729080207.1863408-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ppp: use IFF_NO_QUEUE in virtual interfaces

2025-03-05T01:11:17+00:00

For PPPoE, PPTP, and PPPoL2TP, the start_xmit() function directly forwards packets to the underlying network stack and never returns anything other than 1. So these interfaces do not require a qdisc, and the IFF_NO_QUEUE flag should be set. Introduces a direct_xmit flag in struct ppp_channel to indicate when IFF_NO_QUEUE should be applied. The flag is set in ppp_connect_channel() for relevant protocols. While at it, remove the usused latency member from struct ppp_channel. Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250301135517.695809-1-dqfext@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Normalise "name (ad@dr)" MODULE_AUTHORs to "name "

2024-03-06T21:07:39+00:00

Found with git grep 'MODULE_AUTHOR(".*([^)]*@' Fixed with sed -i '/MODULE_AUTHOR(".*([^)]*@/{s/ (/ "/;s/)and/> and/}' \ $(git grep -l 'MODULE_AUTHOR(".*([^)]*@') Also: in drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c normalise ", INC" to ", Inc"; this is what every other MODULE_AUTHOR for this company says, and it's what the header says in drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c normalise a double-spaced separator; this is clearly copied from the copyright header, where the names are aligned on consecutive lines thusly: * Linux/SPARC PROM Configuration Driver * Copyright (C) 1996 Thomas K. Dyas (tdyas@noc.rutgers.edu) * Copyright (C) 1996 Eddie C. Dost (ecd@skynet.be) but the authorship branding is single-line Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/mk3geln4azm5binjjlfsgjepow4o73domjv6ajybws3tz22vb3@tarta.nabijaczleweli.xyz Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska Cc: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

net: ppp: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

2023-07-19T02:00:47+00:00

No need cast (void*) to (struct sock *). Signed-off-by: Wu Yunchuan Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230717031115.54432-1-yunchuan@nfschina.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

pptp: Constify the po parameter of pptp_route_output().

2023-07-14T07:27:33+00:00

Make it explicit that this function doesn't modify the socket passed as parameter. Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: David S. Miller