2023-07-23 08:23:21

by Lin Ma

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Subject: [PATCH v1] macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF

The previous commit 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for
broadcast cutoff") added one additional attribute named
IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF to allow broadcast cutfoff.

However, it forgot to describe the nla_policy at macvlan_policy
(drivers/net/macvlan.c). Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer
can be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads
to OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773.

To fix it, this commit just completes the nla_policy description for
IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. This enforces the length check and avoids the
potential OOB read.

Fixes: 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for broadcast cutoff")
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/macvlan.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 4a53debf9d7c..ed908165a8b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy macvlan_policy[IFLA_MACVLAN_MAX + 1] = {
[IFLA_MACVLAN_MACADDR_COUNT] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN_USED] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
+ [IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF] = { .type = NLA_S32 },
};

int macvlan_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
--
2.17.1



2023-07-25 11:45:42

by Simon Horman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF

+ Herbert Xu

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 04:02:05PM +0800, Lin Ma wrote:
> The previous commit 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for
> broadcast cutoff") added one additional attribute named
> IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF to allow broadcast cutfoff.
>
> However, it forgot to describe the nla_policy at macvlan_policy
> (drivers/net/macvlan.c). Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer
> can be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads
> to OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773.
>
> To fix it, this commit just completes the nla_policy description for
> IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. This enforces the length check and avoids the
> potential OOB read.
>
> Fixes: 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for broadcast cutoff")
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>

> ---
> drivers/net/macvlan.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> index 4a53debf9d7c..ed908165a8b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> @@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy macvlan_policy[IFLA_MACVLAN_MAX + 1] = {
> [IFLA_MACVLAN_MACADDR_COUNT] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
> [IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
> [IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN_USED] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
> + [IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF] = { .type = NLA_S32 },
> };
>
> int macvlan_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>

2023-07-26 03:51:18

by patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>:

On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:02:05 +0800 you wrote:
> The previous commit 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for
> broadcast cutoff") added one additional attribute named
> IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF to allow broadcast cutfoff.
>
> However, it forgot to describe the nla_policy at macvlan_policy
> (drivers/net/macvlan.c). Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer
> can be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads
> to OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [v1] macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/55cef78c244d

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