netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] ipv6: Prevent unexpected sk->sk

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:59:17 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, davejwatson@...com,
        aviadye@...lanox.com, Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] ipv6: Prevent unexpected sk->sk_prot
 changes

On Tue, 2017-08-15 at 14:08 +0300, Ilya Lesokhin wrote:
> With this patch IPV6 code ensure that only sockets with the
> expected sk->sk_prot are converted to IPV4.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
> index 02d795f..318cd344 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
> @@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
>  		if (val == PF_INET) {
>  			struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
>  			struct sk_buff *pktopt;
> +			struct proto *expected_prot;
>  
>  			if (sk->sk_type == SOCK_RAW)
>  				break;
> @@ -199,6 +200,17 @@ static int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
>  				break;
>  			}
>  
> +			if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP &&
> +			    sk->sk_prot != &tcpv6_prot)
> +				break;
> +
> +			expected_prot = &udpv6_prot;
> +			if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_UDPLITE)
> +				expected_prot = &udplitev6_prot;
> +
> +			if (sk->sk_prot != expected_prot)
> +				break;
> +
>  			fl6_free_socklist(sk);
>  			__ipv6_sock_mc_close(sk);
>  

I am afraid I do not understand this patch at all.

Direct references to tcpv6_prot, udpv6_prot, and udplitev6_prot in
net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c looks completely broken.

Please provide something cleaner, maybe by adding a new method
(implementation would then be provided in TCP / UDP code )