netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/netlink: fix NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS group array length check

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Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 20:33:01 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, kuniyu@...zon.com, dh.herrmann@...il.com,
 jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/netlink: fix NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS group
 array length check

On Thu, 25 May 2023 11:46:09 -0300 Pedro Tammela wrote:
> For the socket option 'NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS' the length is defined
> as the number of u32 required to represent the whole bitset.

I don't think it is, it's a getsockopt() len is in bytes.

> User space then usually queries the required size and issues a subsequent
> getsockopt call with the correct parameters[1].
> 
> The current code has an unit mismatch between 'len' and 'pos', where
> 'len' is the number of u32 in the passed array while 'pos' is the
> number of bytes iterated in the groups bitset.
> For netlink groups greater than 32, which from a quick glance
> is a rare occasion, the mismatch causes the misreport of groups e.g.
> if a rtnl socket is a member of group 34, it's reported as not a member
> (all 0s).

IDK... I haven't tried to repro but looking at the code the more
suspicious line of code is this one:

		if (put_user(ALIGN(nlk->ngroups / 8, sizeof(u32)), optlen))

It's going to round down bytes, and I don't think it's intending to.
It should be DIV_ROUND_UP(, 8) then ALIGN(, 4) right?
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