netdev - [PATCH net 1/2] psample: Require 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' when joining "packets" group

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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 23:31:01 +0200
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, <nhorman@...driver.com>, <yotam.gi@...il.com>,
	<jiri@...nulli.us>, <johannes@...solutions.net>, <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	<horms@...nel.org>, <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] psample: Require 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' when joining "packets" group

The "psample" generic netlink family notifies sampled packets over the
"packets" multicast group. This is problematic since by default generic
netlink allows non-root users to listen to these notifications.

Fix by marking the group with the 'GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM' flag. This will
prevent non-root users or root without the 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' capability
(in the user namespace owning the network namespace) from joining the
group.

Tested using [1].

Before:

 # capsh -- -c ./psample_repo
 # capsh --drop=cap_net_admin -- -c ./psample_repo

After:

 # capsh -- -c ./psample_repo
 # capsh --drop=cap_net_admin -- -c ./psample_repo
 Failed to join "packets" multicast group

[1]
 $ cat psample.c
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <netlink/genl/ctrl.h>
 #include <netlink/genl/genl.h>
 #include <netlink/socket.h>

 int join_grp(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *grp_name)
 {
 	int grp, err;

 	grp = genl_ctrl_resolve_grp(sk, "psample", grp_name);
 	if (grp < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to resolve \"%s\" multicast group\n",
 			grp_name);
 		return grp;
 	}

 	err = nl_socket_add_memberships(sk, grp, NFNLGRP_NONE);
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to join \"%s\" multicast group\n",
 			grp_name);
 		return err;
 	}

 	return 0;
 }

 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct nl_sock *sk;
 	int err;

 	sk = nl_socket_alloc();
 	if (!sk) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate socket\n");
 		return -1;
 	}

 	err = genl_connect(sk);
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect socket\n");
 		return err;
 	}

 	err = join_grp(sk, "config");
 	if (err)
 		return err;

 	err = join_grp(sk, "packets");
 	if (err)
 		return err;

 	return 0;
 }
 $ gcc -I/usr/include/libnl3 -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3 -o psample_repo psample.c

Fixes: 6ae0a6286171 ("net: Introduce psample, a new genetlink channel for packet sampling")
Reported-by: "The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)" <security@...c.gov.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
---
 net/psample/psample.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/psample/psample.c b/net/psample/psample.c
index 81a794e36f53..c34e902855db 100644
--- a/net/psample/psample.c
+++ b/net/psample/psample.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ enum psample_nl_multicast_groups {
 
 static const struct genl_multicast_group psample_nl_mcgrps[] = {
 	[PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_CONFIG] = { .name = PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_CONFIG_NAME },
-	[PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE] = { .name = PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE_NAME },
+	[PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE] = { .name = PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE_NAME,
+				      .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM },
 };
 
 static struct genl_family psample_nl_family __ro_after_init;
-- 
2.40.1