netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: devlink: fix UAF in devlink_compat_running

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Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2022 12:05:38 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...dia.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: devlink: fix UAF in
 devlink_compat_running_version()

On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 09:40:00AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:20:34PM CET, leon@...nel.org wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 09:20:42AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >> On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:00:05 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >> > Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 05:46:59PM CET, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
> >> > >On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:42:39 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:  
> >> > >> **)
> >> > >> I see. With the change I suggest, meaning doing
> >> > >> devlink_port_register/unregister() and netdev_register/unregister only
> >> > >> for registered devlink instance, you don't need this at all. When you
> >> > >> hit this compat callback, the netdevice is there and therefore devlink
> >> > >> instance is registered for sure.  
> >> > >
> >> > >If you move devlink registration up it has to be under the instance
> >> > >lock, otherwise we're back to reload problems. That implies unregister
> >> > >should be under the lock too. But then we can't wait for refs in
> >> > >unregister. Perhaps I don't understand the suggestion.  
> >> > 
> >> > I unlock for register and for the rest of the init I lock again.
> >> 
> >> The moment you register that instance callbacks can start coming.
> >> Leon move the register call last for a good reason - all drivers
> >> we looked at had bugs in handling init.
> >
> >Plus we had very cozy lock->unlock->lock sequences during devlink
> >command execution, which caused to races between devlink calls
> >and driver initialization.
> 
> So? Why do you think it is a problem?

We need to see the actual implementation. In general, once you unlock
you can get other threads to change the state of your device.

> 
> >
> >So I'm also interested to see what Jiri meant by saying "I unlock for
> >register and for the rest of the init I lock again".
> >
> >Thanks