netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/smc: check for missing nlattrs in SMC

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 16:41:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ebiggers3@...il.com
Cc:     ubraun@...ux.ibm.com, tmricht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ebiggers@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/smc: check for missing nlattrs in SMC_PNETID
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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 17:01:30 -0700

> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> It's possible to crash the kernel in several different ways by sending
> messages to the SMC_PNETID generic netlink family that are missing the
> expected attributes:
> 
> - Missing SMC_PNETID_NAME => null pointer dereference when comparing
>   names.
> - Missing SMC_PNETID_ETHNAME => null pointer dereference accessing
>   smc_pnetentry::ndev.
> - Missing SMC_PNETID_IBNAME => null pointer dereference accessing
>   smc_pnetentry::smcibdev.
> - Missing SMC_PNETID_IBPORT => out of bounds array access to
>   smc_ib_device::pattr[-1].
> 
> Fix it by validating that all expected attributes are present and that
> SMC_PNETID_IBPORT is nonzero.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+5cd61039dc9b8bfa6e47@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 6812baabf24d ("smc: establish pnet table management")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.11+
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.