netdev - RE: [PATCH net] ethtool: Add indicator field for link_mode validity to link

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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:20:27 +0000
From:   Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "eric.dumazet@...il.com" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "mkubecek@...e.cz" <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "acardace@...hat.com" <acardace@...hat.com>,
        "irusskikh@...vell.com" <irusskikh@...vell.com>,
        "gustavo@...eddedor.com" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        "magnus.karlsson@...el.com" <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        "ecree@...arflare.com" <ecree@...arflare.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        mlxsw <mlxsw@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net] ethtool: Add indicator field for link_mode validity
 to link_ksettings



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:47 PM
> To: Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net; eric.dumazet@...il.com; andrew@...n.ch; mkubecek@...e.cz;
> f.fainelli@...il.com; acardace@...hat.com; irusskikh@...vell.com; gustavo@...eddedor.com; magnus.karlsson@...el.com;
> ecree@...arflare.com; Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>; Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>; mlxsw <mlxsw@...dia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: Add indicator field for link_mode validity to link_ksettings
> 
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 11:09:33 +0200 Danielle Ratson wrote:
> > Some drivers clear the 'ethtool_link_ksettings' struct in their
> > get_link_ksettings() callback, before populating it with actual values.
> > Such drivers will set the new 'link_mode' field to zero, resulting in
> > user space receiving wrong link mode information given that zero is a
> > valid value for the field.
> >
> > Fix this by introducing a new boolean field ('link_mode_valid'), which
> > indicates whether the 'link_mode' field is valid or not. Set it in
> > mlxsw which is currently the only driver supporting the new API.
> >
> > Another problem is that some drivers (notably tun) can report random
> > values in the 'link_mode' field. This can result in a general
> > protection fault when the field is used as an index to the
> > 'link_mode_params' array [1].
> >
> > This happens because such drivers implement their set_link_ksettings()
> > callback by simply overwriting their private copy of
> > 'ethtool_link_ksettings' struct with the one they get from the stack,
> > which is not always properly initialized.
> >
> > Fix this by making sure that the new 'link_mode_valid' field is always
> > initialized to 'false' before invoking the set_link_ksettings()
> > callback.
> >
> > [1]
> > general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> > 0xdffffc00f14cc32c: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
> > KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range
> > [0x000000078a661960-0x000000078a661967]
> > CPU: 0 PID: 8452 Comm: syz-executor360 Not tainted 5.11.0-syzkaller #0
> > Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine,
> > BIOS Google 01/01/2011
> > RIP: 0010:__ethtool_get_link_ksettings+0x1a3/0x3a0
> > net/ethtool/ioctl.c:446
> > Code: b7 3e fa 83 fd ff 0f 84 30 01 00 00 e8 16 b0 3e fa 48 8d 3c ed
> > 60 d5 69 8a 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6
> > 14 02 48 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03
> > +38 d0 7c 08 84 d2 0f 85 b9
> > RSP: 0018:ffffc900019df7a0 EFLAGS: 00010202
> > RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888026136008 RCX: 0000000000000000
> > RDX: 00000000f14cc32c RSI: ffffffff873439ca RDI: 000000078a661960
> > RBP: 00000000ffff8880 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: ffff88802613606f
> > R10: ffffffff873439bc R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
> > R13: ffff88802613606c R14: ffff888011d0c210 R15: ffff888011d0c210
> > FS:  0000000000749300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000)
> > knlGS:0000000000000000
> > CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > CR2: 00000000004b60f0 CR3: 00000000185c2000 CR4: 00000000001506f0
> > DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> > DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call
> > Trace:
> >  linkinfo_prepare_data+0xfd/0x280 net/ethtool/linkinfo.c:37
> >  ethnl_default_notify+0x1dc/0x630 net/ethtool/netlink.c:586
> >  ethtool_notify+0xbd/0x1f0 net/ethtool/netlink.c:656
> >  ethtool_set_link_ksettings+0x277/0x330 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:620
> >  dev_ethtool+0x2b35/0x45d0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:2842
> >  dev_ioctl+0x463/0xb70 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:440
> >  sock_do_ioctl+0x148/0x2d0 net/socket.c:1060
> >  sock_ioctl+0x477/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1177  vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48
> > [inline]  __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]  __se_sys_ioctl
> > fs/ioctl.c:739 [inline]
> >  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:739
> >  do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
> >  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
> >
> > Fixes: c8907043c6ac9 ("ethtool: Get link mode in use instead of speed
> > and duplex parameters")
> > Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
> > Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> 
> BTW shouldn't __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() be moved to common.c?

I'll send a patch for net-next, thanks.