linux-kernel - Re: CVE-2021-47285: net/nfc/rawsock.c: fix a permission check bug

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 18:15:09 +0200
From: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To: cve@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CVE-2021-47285: net/nfc/rawsock.c: fix a permission check bug

Hello.

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 04:20:39PM GMT, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
> 
> net/nfc/rawsock.c: fix a permission check bug
> 
> The function rawsock_create() calls a privileged function sk_alloc(), which requires a ns-aware check to check net->user_ns, i.e., ns_capable(). However, the original code checks the init_user_ns using capable(). So we replace the capable() with ns_capable().
> 
> The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47285 to this issue.
> ...
> 	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ab78863e9eff11910e1ac8bcf478060c29b379e

Despite the patch changes guard related to EPERM bailout, it actually
swaps a "stronger" predicate capable() for a "weaker" ns_capable().

Without the patch, an unprivilged user is not allowed to create nfc
SOCK_RAW inside owned netns, with the patch, it's allowed.

That's a functional change but not security related. Or have I missed a
negation somewhere?

Thanks,
Michal

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