netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] bpf: syzkaller found null ptr deref in unix

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 20:19:55 -0800
From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, jakub@...udflare.com, martin.lau@...nel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, amery.hung@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] bpf: syzkaller found null ptr deref in
 unix_bpf proto add

On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 01:40:40PM -0800, John Fastabend wrote:
> Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
> > Date: Fri,  1 Dec 2023 10:01:38 -0800
> > > I added logic to track the sock pair for stream_unix sockets so that we
> > > ensure lifetime of the sock matches the time a sockmap could reference
> > > the sock (see fixes tag). I forgot though that we allow af_unix unconnected
> > > sockets into a sock{map|hash} map.
> > > 
> > > This is problematic because previous fixed expected sk_pair() to exist
> > > and did not NULL check it. Because unconnected sockets have a NULL
> > > sk_pair this resulted in the NULL ptr dereference found by syzkaller.
> > > 
> > > BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0x72/0x430 net/unix/unix_bpf.c:171
> > > Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000080 by task syz-executor360/5073
> > > Call Trace:
> > >  <TASK>
> > >  ...
> > >  sock_hold include/net/sock.h:777 [inline]
> > >  unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0x72/0x430 net/unix/unix_bpf.c:171
> > >  sock_map_init_proto net/core/sock_map.c:190 [inline]
> > >  sock_map_link+0xb87/0x1100 net/core/sock_map.c:294
> > >  sock_map_update_common+0xf6/0x870 net/core/sock_map.c:483
> > >  sock_map_update_elem_sys+0x5b6/0x640 net/core/sock_map.c:577
> > >  bpf_map_update_value+0x3af/0x820 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:167
> > > 
> > > We considered just checking for the null ptr and skipping taking a ref
> > > on the NULL peer sock. But, if the socket is then connected() after
> > > being added to the sockmap we can cause the original issue again. So
> > > instead this patch blocks adding af_unix sockets that are not in the
> > > ESTABLISHED state.
> > 
> > I'm not sure if someone has the unconnected stream socket use case
> > though, can't we call additional sock_hold() in connect() by checking
> > sk_prot under sk_callback_lock ?
> 
> Could be done I guess yes. I'm not sure the utility of it though. I
> thought above patch was the simplest solution and didn't require touching
> main af_unix code. I don't actually use the sockmap with af_unix
> sockets anywhere so maybe someone who is using this can comment if
> unconnected is needed?
> 

Our use case is also connected unix stream socket, as demonstrated in
the selftest unix_redir_to_connected().

Thanks.