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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:38:23 +0200
From:   Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+1e9af9185d8850e2c2fa@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        steffen.klassert@...unet.com, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [v3 PATCH] af_key: Fix send_acquire race with pfkey_register

2022-10-25, 14:06:48 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 09:20:00AM +0200, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> > 2022-10-24, 14:06:12 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > > @@ -1697,11 +1699,11 @@ static int pfkey_register(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sad
> > >  		pfk->registered |= (1<<hdr->sadb_msg_satype);
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > -	mutex_lock(&pfkey_mutex);
> > > +	spin_lock_bh(&pfkey_alg_lock);
> > >  	xfrm_probe_algs();
> > 
> > I don't think we can do that:
> > 
> > void xfrm_probe_algs(void)
> > {
> > 	int i, status;
> > 
> > 	BUG_ON(in_softirq());
> 
> Indeed.  I was also wrong in stating that this bug was created by
> namespaces.  This race has always existed since this code was first
> added.
> 
> ---8<---
> The function pfkey_send_acquire may race with pfkey_register
> (which could even be in a different name space).  This may result
> in a buffer overrun.
> 
> Allocating the maximum amount of memory that could be used prevents
> this.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+1e9af9185d8850e2c2fa@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>

-- 
Sabrina