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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:26:51 -0700
From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
To: <bspencer@...ckberry.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
<kuniyu@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: netlink getsockopt() sets only one byte?
From: Brad Spencer <bspencer@...ckberry.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:38:24 -0300
> Calling getsockopt() on a netlink socket with SOL_NETLINK options that
> use type int only sets the first byte of the int value but returns an
> optlen equal to sizeof(int), at least on x86_64.
>
>
> The detailed description:
>
> It looks like netlink_getsockopt() calls put_user() with a char*
> pointer, and I think that causes it to copy only one byte from the val
> result, despite len being sizeof(int).
Right, we need to use copy_to_user() like udp_lib_getsockopt()
or cast optval as done in NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS.
---8<---
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 1db4742e443d..780f3e6496be 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ static int netlink_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
{
struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
- int len, val, err;
+ int len, val, err = 0;
if (level != SOL_NETLINK)
return -ENOPROTOOPT;
@@ -1753,35 +1753,23 @@ static int netlink_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
return -EINVAL;
switch (optname) {
- case NETLINK_PKTINFO:
+ case NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS:
+ break;
+ default:
if (len < sizeof(int))
return -EINVAL;
len = sizeof(int);
+ }
+
+ switch (optname) {
+ case NETLINK_PKTINFO:
val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_RECV_PKTINFO ? 1 : 0;
- if (put_user(len, optlen) ||
- put_user(val, optval))
- return -EFAULT;
- err = 0;
break;
case NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR:
- if (len < sizeof(int))
- return -EINVAL;
- len = sizeof(int);
val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_BROADCAST_SEND_ERROR ? 1 : 0;
- if (put_user(len, optlen) ||
- put_user(val, optval))
- return -EFAULT;
- err = 0;
break;
case NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS:
- if (len < sizeof(int))
- return -EINVAL;
- len = sizeof(int);
val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS ? 1 : 0;
- if (put_user(len, optlen) ||
- put_user(val, optval))
- return -EFAULT;
- err = 0;
break;
case NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS: {
int pos, idx, shift;
@@ -1796,6 +1784,7 @@ static int netlink_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
shift = (pos % sizeof(unsigned long)) * 8;
if (put_user((u32)(nlk->groups[idx] >> shift),
(u32 __user *)(optval + pos))) {
+ netlink_unlock_table();
err = -EFAULT;
break;
}
@@ -1803,39 +1792,25 @@ static int netlink_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
if (put_user(ALIGN(nlk->ngroups / 8, sizeof(u32)), optlen))
err = -EFAULT;
netlink_unlock_table();
- break;
+ return err;
}
case NETLINK_CAP_ACK:
- if (len < sizeof(int))
- return -EINVAL;
- len = sizeof(int);
val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK ? 1 : 0;
- if (put_user(len, optlen) ||
- put_user(val, optval))
- return -EFAULT;
- err = 0;
break;
case NETLINK_EXT_ACK:
- if (len < sizeof(int))
- return -EINVAL;
- len = sizeof(int);
val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_EXT_ACK ? 1 : 0;
- if (put_user(len, optlen) || put_user(val, optval))
- return -EFAULT;
- err = 0;
break;
case NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK:
- if (len < sizeof(int))
- return -EINVAL;
- len = sizeof(int);
val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_STRICT_CHK ? 1 : 0;
- if (put_user(len, optlen) || put_user(val, optval))
- return -EFAULT;
- err = 0;
break;
default:
- err = -ENOPROTOOPT;
+ return -ENOPROTOOPT;
}
+
+ if (put_user(len, optlen) ||
+ copy_to_user(optval, &val, len))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
return err;
}
---8<---
>
> Is this the expected behaviour? The returned size is 4, after all,
> and other int-sized socket options (outside of netlink) like
> SO_REUSEADDR set all bytes of the int.
>
> Programs that do not expect this behaviour and do not initialize the
> value to some known bit pattern are likely to misinterpret the result,
> especially when checking to see if the value is or isn't zero.
>
> Attached is a short program that demonstrates the issue on Arch Linux
> with the 6.3.0-rc6 mainline kernel on x86_64, and also with the same
> Arch Linux userland on 6.2.10-arch1-1. I've seen the same behaviour
> on older Debian and Ubuntu kernels.
>
> gcc -Wall -o prog prog.c
>
> Show only the first byte being written to when the setting is `0`:
>
> $ ./progboot
> SOL_SOCKET SO_REUSEADDR:
> size=4 value=0x0
> SOL_NETLINK NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS:
> size=4 value=0xdeadbe00
> prog: prog.c:39: tryOption: Assertion `value == 0' failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> Workaround by initializing to zero:
>
> $ ./prog workaround
> SOL_SOCKET SO_REUSEADDR:
> size=4 value=0x0
> SOL_NETLINK NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS:
> size=4 value=0x0
>
> Show only the first byte being written to when the setting is `1`:
>
> $ SET_FIRST=yes ./prog
> SOL_SOCKET SO_REUSEADDR:
> size=4 value=0x1
> SOL_NETLINK NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS:
> size=4 value=0xdeadbe01
> prog: prog.c:35: tryOption: Assertion `value == 1' failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> Workaround by initializing to zero:
>
> $ SET_FIRST=yes ./prog workaround
> SOL_SOCKET SO_REUSEADDR:
> size=4 value=0x1
> SOL_NETLINK NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS:
> size=4 value=0x1
>
>
> Demonstration program:
>
> #include <asm/types.h>
> #include <assert.h>
> #include <linux/netlink.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> static void tryOption(const int fd,
> const int level,
> const int optname,
> const int workaround,
> const int setFirst)
> {
> assert(fd != -1);
>
> // Setting it to 1 gives similar results.
> if(setFirst)
> {
> int value = 1;
> assert(!setsockopt(fd, level, optname, &value, sizeof(value)));
> }
>
> // Get the option.
> {
> int value = workaround ? 0 : 0xdeadbeef;
> socklen_t size = sizeof(value);
>
> // Only the first byte of `value` is written to!
> assert(!getsockopt(fd, level, optname, &value, &size));
> printf("size=%u value=0x%x\n", size, value);
> if(setFirst)
> {
> assert(value == 1);
> }
> else
> {
> assert(value == 0);
> }
>
> // But it always reports a 4 byte option size.
> assert(size == sizeof(int));
> }
>
> close(fd);
> }
>
> int
> main(int argc, char** argv)
> {
> // If any argument is supplied, apply a workaround.
> const int workaround = argc > 1;
>
> // If $SET_FIRST is set to anything, set the option to 1 first.
> const int setFirst = getenv("SET_FIRST") != NULL;
>
> // Other int options set all bytes of the int.
> printf("SOL_SOCKET SO_REUSEADDR:\n");
> tryOption(
> socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0),
> SOL_SOCKET,
> SO_REUSEADDR,
> workaround,
> setFirst);
>
> // Netlink int socket options do not set all bytes of the int.
> printf("SOL_NETLINK NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS:\n");
> tryOption(
> socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE),
> SOL_NETLINK,
> NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS,
> workaround,
> setFirst);
> }
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