netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec-rc] xfrm: enforce validity of offload input flags

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Date:   Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:05:36 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
CC:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec-rc] xfrm: enforce validity of offload input flags

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 04:14:32PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> struct xfrm_user_offload has flags variable that received user input,
> but kernel didn't check if valid bits were provided. It caused a situation
> where not sanitized input was forwarded directly to the drivers.
> 
> For example, XFRM_OFFLOAD_IPV6 define that was exposed, was used by
> strongswan, but not implemented in the kernel at all.
> 
> As a solution, check and sanitize input flags to forward
> XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND to the drivers.
> 
> Fixes: d77e38e612a0 ("xfrm: Add an IPsec hardware offloading API")
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>

Applied, thanks Leon!