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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 11:11:34 -0400 From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> To: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com> Cc: network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-sctp @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>, Linux Security Module list <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, SElinux list <selinux@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sctp: use the correct skb for security_sctp_assoc_request On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 11:04 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 4:21 PM Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 9:34 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 1:58 PM Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:15 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Adding LSM and SELinux lists to CC for awareness; the original patch > > > > > is available at: > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/a77a584b3ce9761eb5dda5828192e1cab94571f0.1649037151.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com/T/ > > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/a77a584b3ce9761eb5dda5828192e1cab94571f0.1649037151.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com/ > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 3:53 AM Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yi Chen reported an unexpected sctp connection abort, and it occurred when > > > > > > COOKIE_ECHO is bundled with DATA Fragment by SCTP HW GSO. As the IP header > > > > > > is included in chunk->head_skb instead of chunk->skb, it failed to check > > > > > > IP header version in security_sctp_assoc_request(). > > > > > > > > > > > > According to Ondrej, SELinux only looks at IP header (address and IPsec > > > > > > options) and XFRM state data, and these are all included in head_skb for > > > > > > SCTP HW GSO packets. So fix it by using head_skb when calling > > > > > > security_sctp_assoc_request() in processing COOKIE_ECHO. > > > > > > > > > > The logic looks good to me, but I still have one unanswered concern. > > > > > The head_skb member of struct sctp_chunk is defined inside a union: > > > > > > > > > > struct sctp_chunk { > > > > > [...] > > > > > union { > > > > > /* In case of GSO packets, this will store the head one */ > > > > > struct sk_buff *head_skb; > > > > > /* In case of auth enabled, this will point to the shkey */ > > > > > struct sctp_shared_key *shkey; > > > > > }; > > > > > [...] > > > > > }; > > > > > > > > > > What guarantees that this chunk doesn't have "auth enabled" and the > > > > > head_skb pointer isn't actually a non-NULL shkey pointer? Maybe it's > > > > > obvious to a Linux SCTP expert, but at least for me as an outsider it > > > > > isn't - that's usually a good hint that there should be a code comment > > > > > explaining it. > > > > Hi Ondrej, > > > > > > > > shkey is for tx skbs only, while head_skb is for skbs on rx path. > > > > > > That makes sense, thanks. I would still be happier if this was > > > documented, but the comment would best fit in the struct sctp_chunk > > > definition and that wouldn't fit in this patch... > > > > > > Actually I have one more question - what about the > > > security_sctp_assoc_established() call in sctp_sf_do_5_1E_ca()? Is > > > COOKIE ACK guaranteed to be never bundled? > > COOKIE ACK could also be bundled with DATA. > > I didn't change it as it would not break SCTP. > > (security_inet_conn_established() returns void) > > But I don't mind changing it if you think it's necessary. > > security_inet_conn_established? Are you looking at an old version of > the code, perhaps? In mainline, sctp_sf_do_5_1E_ca() now calls the new > security_sctp_assoc_established() hook, which may return an error. But > even if it didn't, I believe we want to make sure that an skb with > valid inet headers and XFRM state is passed to the hooks as SELinux > relies on these to correctly process the SCTP association. Sorry, I was looking at the old one. OK, I will post v2 with the fix in sctp_sf_do_5_1E_ca(). Thanks for reviewing. > > -- > Ondrej Mosnacek > Software Engineer, Linux Security - SELinux kernel > Red Hat, Inc. >
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