netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: check for dev pointer being NULL in dev_hard

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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2022 04:21:31 +0100
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     George Kennedy <george.kennedy@...cle.com>
Cc:     Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: check for dev pointer being NULL in
 dev_hard_header() to avoid GPF

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 2:11 AM George Kennedy <george.kennedy@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> More info...
>
> On 12/1/2022 11:11 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 9:44 PM George Kennedy <george.kennedy@...cle.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/1/2022 2:25 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 2:16 PM Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 7:43 PM George Kennedy
> >>>> <george.kennedy@...cle.com> wrote:
> >>>>> The dev pointer can be NULL in dev_hard_header(). Add check for dev being
> >>>>> NULL in dev_hard_header() to avoid GPF.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> >>>>>       0xdffffc0000000046: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
> >>>>> KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000230-0x0000000000000237]
> >>>>> CPU: 1 PID: 45 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7+ #2
> >>>>> Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.15.0-2.module+el8.6.0+20659+3dcf7c70
> >>>>> Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
> >>>>> RIP: 0010:macvlan_hard_header (./include/linux/netdevice.h:3057
> >>>>>       (discriminator 4) drivers/net/macvlan.c:594 (discriminator 4))
> >>>>> RSP: 0018:ffff888103d377d0 EFLAGS: 00010212
> >>>>> RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88801cf1a000 RCX: 0000000000000000
> >>>>> RDX: 0000000000000046 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000230
> >>>>> RBP: ffff88801e8ef328 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000060
> >>>>> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88801f0497c0
> >>>>> R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff888045187c98 R15: 0000000000000060
> >>>>> FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888106c80000(0000)
> >>>>>       knlGS:0000000000000000
> >>>>> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> >>>>> CR2: 00007fbf3f1c1840 CR3: 0000000014e36000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
> >>>>> Call Trace:
> >>>>>    <TASK>
> >>>>> neigh_connected_output (./include/linux/netdevice.h:3060
> >>>>>       net/core/neighbour.c:1595)
> >>>>> ip6_finish_output2 (./include/net/neighbour.h:546
> >>>>>       net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:134)
> >>>>> ip6_finish_output (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:195 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:206)
> >>>>> ip6_output (./include/linux/netfilter.h:291 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:227)
> >>>>> NF_HOOK.constprop.0 (./include/net/dst.h:445
> >>>>>       ./include/linux/netfilter.h:302)
> >>>>> mld_sendpack (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1824)
> >>>>> mld_send_cr (net/ipv6/mcast.c:2122)
> >>>>> mld_ifc_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:2655)
> >>>>> process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:2294)
> >>>>> worker_thread (./include/linux/list.h:292 kernel/workqueue.c:2437)
> >>>>> kthread (kernel/kthread.c:376)
> >>>>> ret_from_fork (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:312)
> >>>>>    </TASK>
> >>>>> Modules linked in:
> >>>>> Dumping ftrace buffer:
> >>>>>      (ftrace buffer empty)
> >>>>> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Fixes: 0c4e85813d0a ("[NET]: Wrap netdevice hardware header creation.")
> >>>>> Reported-by: syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: George Kennedy <george.kennedy@...cle.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>    include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 +-
> >>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> >>>>> index eddf8ee270e7..9b25a6301fa5 100644
> >>>>> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> >>>>> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> >>>>> @@ -3054,7 +3054,7 @@ static inline int dev_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> >>>>>                                     const void *daddr, const void *saddr,
> >>>>>                                     unsigned int len)
> >>>>>    {
> >>>>> -       if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->create)
> >>>>> +       if (!dev || !dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->create)
> >>> Do  you have a repro ?
> >> See syzkaller repros attached.
> >>
> >>> This patch will not prevent a crash later I think.
> >> The repro ran overnight without failure with the patch applied.
> > Yes, but the patch is hiding a potential bug that might show up with
> > other 'repros'
> The repro fails when these devices are configured (seem like small mtu):
>
> 20: vxcan0@...an1: <NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 72 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
>      link/can
>      inet 172.20.20.38/24 scope global vxcan0
>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> 21: vxcan1@...an0: <NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 72 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
>      link/can
>      inet 172.20.20.39/24 scope global vxcan1
>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
>
> # diff ../config.fail .config
> 3325c3325
> < CONFIG_CAN_VXCAN=y
> ---
> > # CONFIG_CAN_VXCAN is not set
>
> Thanks,
> George

Small MTU has caused numerous issues in the past.

I am pretty sure we miss some READ_ONCE(dev->mtu) and other safety checks.