netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: Prevent out of bounds read in mvneta_config

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Message-ID: <Y42z8kv8ehkk6YKf@kadam>
Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2022 12:03:46 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: Prevent out of bounds read in
 mvneta_config_rss()

On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 02:47:13PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 12:58:26PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > The pp->indir[0] value comes from the user.  It is passed to:
> > 
> > 	if (cpu_online(pp->rxq_def))
> > 
> > inside the mvneta_percpu_elect() function.  It needs bounds checkeding
> > to ensure that it is not beyond the end of the cpu bitmap.
> > 
> > Fixes: cad5d847a093 ("net: mvneta: Fix the CPU choice in mvneta_percpu_elect")
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> I would expect that ethtool_copy_validate_indir() will prevent this.
> 

Huh...  Sort of, but in the strictest sense, no.  mvneta_ethtool_get_rxnfc()
sets the cap at 8 by default or an unvalidated module parameter.

regards,
dan carpenter