mainlining shenanigans
Go to file
Vladimir Oltean 0541a62932 net: bridge: validate the NUD_PERMANENT bit when adding an extern_learn FDB entry
Currently it is possible to add broken extern_learn FDB entries to the
bridge in two ways:

1. Entries pointing towards the bridge device that are not local/permanent:

ip link add br0 type bridge
bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn static

2. Entries pointing towards the bridge device or towards a port that
are marked as local/permanent, however the bridge does not process the
'permanent' bit in any way, therefore they are recorded as though they
aren't permanent:

ip link add br0 type bridge
bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn permanent

Since commit 52e4bec155 ("net: bridge: switchdev: treat local FDBs the
same as entries towards the bridge"), these incorrect FDB entries can
even trigger NULL pointer dereferences inside the kernel.

This is because that commit made the assumption that all FDB entries
that are not local/permanent have a valid destination port. For context,
local / permanent FDB entries either have fdb->dst == NULL, and these
point towards the bridge device and are therefore local and not to be
used for forwarding, or have fdb->dst == a net_bridge_port structure
(but are to be treated in the same way, i.e. not for forwarding).

That assumption _is_ correct as long as things are working correctly in
the bridge driver, i.e. we cannot logically have fdb->dst == NULL under
any circumstance for FDB entries that are not local. However, the
extern_learn code path where FDB entries are managed by a user space
controller show that it is possible for the bridge kernel driver to
misinterpret the NUD flags of an entry transmitted by user space, and
end up having fdb->dst == NULL while not being a local entry. This is
invalid and should be rejected.

Before, the two commands listed above both crashed the kernel in this
check from br_switchdev_fdb_notify:

	struct net_device *dev = info.is_local ? br->dev : dst->dev;

info.is_local == false, dst == NULL.

After this patch, the invalid entry added by the first command is
rejected:

ip link add br0 type bridge && bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn static; ip link del br0
Error: bridge: FDB entry towards bridge must be permanent.

and the valid entry added by the second command is properly treated as a
local address and does not crash br_switchdev_fdb_notify anymore:

ip link add br0 type bridge && bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn permanent; ip link del br0

Fixes: eb100e0e24 ("net: bridge: allow to add externally learned entries from user-space")
Reported-by: syzbot+9ba1174359adba5a5b7c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210801231730.7493-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2021-08-02 15:00:48 -07:00
arch Networking fixes for 5.14-rc4, including fixes from bpf, can, WiFi (mac80211) 2021-07-30 16:01:36 -07:00
block block-5.14-2021-07-30 2021-07-30 11:08:12 -07:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.13 (2nd) 2021-05-08 10:00:11 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-07-09 11:00:44 -07:00
Documentation docs: operstates: document IF_OPER_TESTING 2021-08-02 15:16:04 +01:00
drivers net: sparx5: fix compiletime_assert for GCC 4.9 2021-08-02 15:14:15 +01:00
fs pipe: make pipe writes always wake up readers 2021-07-30 15:42:34 -07:00
include Revert "mhi: Fix networking tree build." 2021-08-02 07:30:29 -07:00
init Revert "mm/slub: use stackdepot to save stack trace in objects" 2021-07-17 13:27:00 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-07-02 12:08:10 -07:00
kernel Networking fixes for 5.14-rc4, including fixes from bpf, can, WiFi (mac80211) 2021-07-30 16:01:36 -07:00
lib lib/test_string.c: move string selftest in the Runtime Testing menu 2021-07-30 10:14:39 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm mm/memcg: fix NULL pointer dereference in memcg_slab_free_hook() 2021-07-30 10:14:39 -07:00
net net: bridge: validate the NUD_PERMANENT bit when adding an extern_learn FDB entry 2021-08-02 15:00:48 -07:00
samples Networking fixes for 5.14-rc2, including fixes from bpf and netfilter. 2021-07-14 09:24:32 -07:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v5.14 2021-07-18 11:10:30 -07:00
security asm-generic/unaligned: Unify asm/unaligned.h around struct helper 2021-07-02 12:43:40 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.14-rc3 2021-07-23 09:58:23 -07:00
tools Networking fixes for 5.14-rc4, including fixes from bpf, can, WiFi (mac80211) 2021-07-30 16:01:36 -07:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt KVM: add missing compat KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG 2021-07-27 16:59:01 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap m68k updates for v5.14 2021-06-28 14:01:03 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Networking fixes for 5.14-rc4, including fixes from bpf, can, WiFi (mac80211) 2021-07-30 16:01:36 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.14-rc3 2021-07-25 15:35:14 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.