netdev - [PATCH net v2] rtnetlink: fix error logic of IFLA_BRIDGE

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Message-Id: <20240227121128.608110-1-linma@zju.edu.cn>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:11:28 +0800
From: Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>
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Subject: [PATCH net v2] rtnetlink: fix error logic of IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS writing back

In the commit d73ef2d69c0d ("rtnetlink: let rtnl_bridge_setlink checks
IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE length"), an adjustment was made to the old loop logic
in the function `rtnl_bridge_setlink` to enable the loop to also check
the length of the IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE attribute. However, this adjustment
removed the `break` statement and led to an error logic of the flags
writing back at the end of this function.

if (have_flags)
    memcpy(nla_data(attr), &flags, sizeof(flags));
    // attr should point to IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS NLA !!!

Before the mentioned commit, the `attr` is granted to be IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS.
However, this is not necessarily true fow now as the updated loop will let
the attr point to the last NLA, even an invalid NLA which could cause
overflow writes.

This patch introduces a new variable `br_flag` to save the NLA pointer
that points to IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS and uses it to resolve the mentioned
error logic.

Fixes: d73ef2d69c0d ("rtnetlink: let rtnl_bridge_setlink checks IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE length")
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>
---
v1 -> v2: rename the br_flag to br_flags_attr which offers better
          description suggested by Nikolay.

 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9c4f427f3a50..ae86f751efc3 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -5169,10 +5169,9 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	struct nlattr *br_spec, *attr = NULL;
+	struct nlattr *br_spec, *attr, *br_flags_attr = NULL;
 	int rem, err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	u16 flags = 0;
-	bool have_flags = false;
 
 	if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*ifm))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -5190,11 +5189,11 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
 	if (br_spec) {
 		nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
-			if (nla_type(attr) == IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS && !have_flags) {
+			if (nla_type(attr) == IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS && !br_flags_attr) {
 				if (nla_len(attr) < sizeof(flags))
 					return -EINVAL;
 
-				have_flags = true;
+				br_flags_attr = attr;
 				flags = nla_get_u16(attr);
 			}
 
@@ -5238,8 +5237,8 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (have_flags)
-		memcpy(nla_data(attr), &flags, sizeof(flags));
+	if (br_flags_attr)
+		memcpy(nla_data(br_flags_attr), &flags, sizeof(flags));
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.17.1