linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 bpf 1/2] bpf: fix skb_do

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Message-ID: <87ila6yi3l.fsf@cloudflare.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:25:38 +0200
From:   Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
To:     Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Mykola Lysenko <mykolal@...com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...udflare.com,
        Jordan Griege <jgriege@...udflare.com>,
        Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 bpf 1/2] bpf: fix skb_do_redirect return values

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 06:08 PM -07, Yan Zhai wrote:
> skb_do_redirect returns various of values: error code (negative),
> 0 (success), and some positive status code, e.g. NET_XMIT_CN,
> NET_RX_DROP. Commit 3a0af8fd61f9 ("bpf: BPF for lightweight tunnel
> infrastructure") didn't check the return code correctly, so positive
> values are propagated back along call chain:
>
>   ip_finish_output2
>     -> bpf_xmit
>       -> run_lwt_bpf
>         -> skb_do_redirect
>
> Inside ip_finish_output2, redirected skb will continue to neighbor
> subsystem as if LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE is returned, despite that this
> skb could have been freed. The bug can trigger use-after-free warning
> and crashes kernel afterwards:
>
> https://gist.github.com/zhaiyan920/8fbac245b261fe316a7ef04c9b1eba48
>
> Convert positive statuses from skb_do_redirect eliminates this issue.
>
> Fixes: 3a0af8fd61f9 ("bpf: BPF for lightweight tunnel infrastructure")
> Tested-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
> Suggested-by: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
> Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Jordan Griege <jgriege@...udflare.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>