linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 12/13] nl80211: sanitize array index in parse_txq

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Message-ID: <151727419584.33451.7700736761686184303.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:03:15 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
        alan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 12/13] nl80211: sanitize array index in parse_txq_params

Wireless drivers rely on parse_txq_params to validate that
txq_params->ac is less than NL80211_NUM_ACS by the time the low-level
driver's ->conf_tx() handler is called. Use a new helper,
array_index_nospec(), to sanitize txq_params->ac with respect to
speculation. I.e. ensure that any speculation into ->conf_tx() handlers
is done with a value of txq_params->ac that is within the bounds of [0,
NL80211_NUM_ACS).

Reported-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com>
Reported-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 net/wireless/nl80211.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d396cb61a280..81bef0676e1d 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/nl80211.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/genetlink.h>
@@ -2056,20 +2057,22 @@ static const struct nla_policy txq_params_policy[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 static int parse_txq_params(struct nlattr *tb[],
 			    struct ieee80211_txq_params *txq_params)
 {
+	u8 ac;
+
 	if (!tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_AC] || !tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_TXOP] ||
 	    !tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_CWMIN] || !tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_CWMAX] ||
 	    !tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_AIFS])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	txq_params->ac = nla_get_u8(tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_AC]);
+	ac = nla_get_u8(tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_AC]);
 	txq_params->txop = nla_get_u16(tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_TXOP]);
 	txq_params->cwmin = nla_get_u16(tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_CWMIN]);
 	txq_params->cwmax = nla_get_u16(tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_CWMAX]);
 	txq_params->aifs = nla_get_u8(tb[NL80211_TXQ_ATTR_AIFS]);
 
-	if (txq_params->ac >= NL80211_NUM_ACS)
+	if (ac >= NL80211_NUM_ACS)
 		return -EINVAL;
-
+	txq_params->ac = array_index_nospec(ac, NL80211_NUM_ACS);
 	return 0;
 }