netdev - Re: [net] tipc: fix kernel WARNING in tipc_msg

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:48:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tuong.t.lien@...tech.com.au
Cc:     jmaloy@...hat.com, maloy@...jonn.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [net] tipc: fix kernel WARNING in tipc_msg_append()

From: Tuong Lien <tuong.t.lien@...tech.com.au>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:07:35 +0700

> syzbot found the following issue:
> 
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6808 at include/linux/thread_info.h:150 check_copy_size include/linux/thread_info.h:150 [inline]
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6808 at include/linux/thread_info.h:150 copy_from_iter include/linux/uio.h:144 [inline]
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6808 at include/linux/thread_info.h:150 tipc_msg_append+0x49a/0x5e0 net/tipc/msg.c:242
> Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
> 
> This happens after commit 5e9eeccc58f3 ("tipc: fix NULL pointer
> dereference in streaming") that tried to build at least one buffer even
> when the message data length is zero... However, it now exposes another
> bug that the 'mss' can be zero and the 'cpy' will be negative, thus the
> above kernel WARNING will appear!
> The zero value of 'mss' is never expected because it means Nagle is not
> enabled for the socket (actually the socket type was 'SOCK_SEQPACKET'),
> so the function 'tipc_msg_append()' must not be called at all. But that
> was in this particular case since the message data length was zero, and
> the 'send <= maxnagle' check became true.
> 
> We resolve the issue by explicitly checking if Nagle is enabled for the
> socket, i.e. 'maxnagle != 0' before calling the 'tipc_msg_append()'. We
> also reinforce the function to against such a negative values if any.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+75139a7d2605236b0b7f@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: c0bceb97db9e ("tipc: add smart nagle feature")
> Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien <tuong.t.lien@...tech.com.au>

Applied and queued up for v5.5+ -stable.