netdev - [PATCH net] tun: revert fix group permission check

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Message-ID: <20250203150615.96810-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon,  3 Feb 2025 10:05:23 -0500
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>,
	Stas Sergeev <stsp2@...dex.ru>
Subject: [PATCH net] tun: revert fix group permission check

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

This reverts commit 3ca459eaba1bf96a8c7878de84fa8872259a01e3.

The blamed commit caused a regression when neither tun->owner nor
tun->group is set. This is intended to be allowed, but now requires
CAP_NET_ADMIN.

Discussion in the referenced thread pointed out that the original
issue that prompted this patch can be resolved in userspace.

The relaxed access control may now make a device accessible when it
previously wasn't, while existing users may depend on it to not be.

Since the fix is not critical and introduces security risk, revert,
rather than only addressing the narrow regression.

This is a clean pure git revert, except for fixing the indentation on
the gid_valid line that checkpatch correctly flagged.

Fixes: 3ca459eaba1b ("tun: fix group permission check")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAFqZXNtkCBT4f+PwyVRmQGoT3p1eVa01fCG_aNtpt6dakXncUg@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Cc: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>
Cc: Stas Sergeev <stsp2@...dex.ru>
---
 drivers/net/tun.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 28624cca91f8..acf96f262488 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -574,18 +574,14 @@ static u16 tun_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline bool tun_capable(struct tun_struct *tun)
+static inline bool tun_not_capable(struct tun_struct *tun)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	struct net *net = dev_net(tun->dev);
 
-	if (ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-		return 1;
-	if (uid_valid(tun->owner) && uid_eq(cred->euid, tun->owner))
-		return 1;
-	if (gid_valid(tun->group) && in_egroup_p(tun->group))
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
+	return ((uid_valid(tun->owner) && !uid_eq(cred->euid, tun->owner)) ||
+		(gid_valid(tun->group) && !in_egroup_p(tun->group))) &&
+		!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
 }
 
 static void tun_set_real_num_queues(struct tun_struct *tun)
@@ -2782,7 +2778,7 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 		    !!(tun->flags & IFF_MULTI_QUEUE))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (!tun_capable(tun))
+		if (tun_not_capable(tun))
 			return -EPERM;
 		err = security_tun_dev_open(tun->security);
 		if (err < 0)
-- 
2.48.1.362.g079036d154-goog