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[net] net: dcb: Validate netlink message in DCB handler

Message ID a2a9b88418f3a58ef211b718f2970128ef9e3793.1608673640.git.me@pmachata.org
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Series [net] net: dcb: Validate netlink message in DCB handler | expand

Commit Message

Petr Machata Dec. 22, 2020, 9:49 p.m. UTC
DCB uses the same handler function for both RTM_GETDCB and RTM_SETDCB
messages. dcb_doit() bounces RTM_SETDCB mesasges if the user does not have
the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

However, the operation to be performed is not decided from the DCB message
type, but from the DCB command. Thus DCB_CMD_*_GET commands are used for
reading DCB objects, the corresponding SET and DEL commands are used for
manipulation.

The assumption is that set-like commands will be sent via an RTM_SETDCB
message, and get-like ones via RTM_GETDCB. However, this assumption is not
enforced.

It is therefore possible to manipulate DCB objects without CAP_NET_ADMIN
capability by sending the corresponding command in an RTM_GETDCB message.
That is a bug. Fix it by validating the type of the request message against
the type used for the response.

Fixes: 2f90b8657ec9 ("ixgbe: this patch adds support for DCB to the kernel and ixgbe driver")
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <me@pmachata.org>
---
 net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Jakub Kicinski Dec. 23, 2020, 8:22 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:49:44 +0100 Petr Machata wrote:
> DCB uses the same handler function for both RTM_GETDCB and RTM_SETDCB

> messages. dcb_doit() bounces RTM_SETDCB mesasges if the user does not have

> the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

> 

> However, the operation to be performed is not decided from the DCB message

> type, but from the DCB command. Thus DCB_CMD_*_GET commands are used for

> reading DCB objects, the corresponding SET and DEL commands are used for

> manipulation.

> 

> The assumption is that set-like commands will be sent via an RTM_SETDCB

> message, and get-like ones via RTM_GETDCB. However, this assumption is not

> enforced.

> 

> It is therefore possible to manipulate DCB objects without CAP_NET_ADMIN

> capability by sending the corresponding command in an RTM_GETDCB message.

> That is a bug. Fix it by validating the type of the request message against

> the type used for the response.

> 

> Fixes: 2f90b8657ec9 ("ixgbe: this patch adds support for DCB to the kernel and ixgbe driver")

> Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <me@pmachata.org>


Applied, thanks!
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diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 084e159a12ba..7d49b6fd6cef 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,8 @@  static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	fn = &reply_funcs[dcb->cmd];
 	if (!fn->cb)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (fn->type != nlh->nlmsg_type)
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME])
 		return -EINVAL;