netdev - [PATCH net] mptcp: fix NULL ptr dereference on bad MPJ

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Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:17:53 +0100
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, mptcp@...ts.01.org
Subject: [PATCH net] mptcp: fix NULL ptr dereference on bad MPJ

If an msk listener receives an MPJ carrying an invalid token, it
will zero the request socket msk entry. That should later
cause fallback and subflow reset - as per RFC - at
subflow_syn_recv_sock() time due to failing hmac validation.

Since commit 4cf8b7e48a09 ("subflow: introduce and use
mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow()"), we unconditionally dereference
- in mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow - the subflow request msk
before performing hmac validation. In the above scenario we
hit a NULL ptr dereference.

Address the issue doing the hmac validation earlier.

Fixes: 4cf8b7e48a09 ("subflow: introduce and use mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow()")
Tested-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
---
 net/mptcp/subflow.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index ac4a1fe3550b..953906e40742 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -543,9 +543,8 @@ static struct sock *subflow_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 			fallback = true;
 	} else if (subflow_req->mp_join) {
 		mptcp_get_options(skb, &mp_opt);
-		if (!mp_opt.mp_join ||
-		    !mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow(subflow_req->msk) ||
-		    !subflow_hmac_valid(req, &mp_opt)) {
+		if (!mp_opt.mp_join || !subflow_hmac_valid(req, &mp_opt) ||
+		    !mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow(subflow_req->msk)) {
 			SUBFLOW_REQ_INC_STATS(req, MPTCP_MIB_JOINACKMAC);
 			fallback = true;
 		}
-- 
2.26.2