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net: fix shift-out-of-bounds in nl802154_new_interface

Message ID 20210405195744.19386-1-paskripkin@gmail.com
State New
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Series net: fix shift-out-of-bounds in nl802154_new_interface | expand

Commit Message

Pavel Skripkin April 5, 2021, 7:57 p.m. UTC
syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in nl802154_new_interface.
The problem was in signed representation of enum nl802154_iftype

enum nl802154_iftype {
	/* for backwards compatibility TODO */
	NL802154_IFTYPE_UNSPEC = -1,
...

Since, enum has negative value in it, objects of this type
will be represented as signed integer.

	type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_IFTYPE]);

u32 will be casted to signed, which can cause negative value type.

Reported-by: syzbot+7bf7b22759195c9a21e9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
---
 net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Alexander Aring April 6, 2021, 12:21 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi,

On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 15:58, Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in nl802154_new_interface.

> The problem was in signed representation of enum nl802154_iftype

>

> enum nl802154_iftype {

>         /* for backwards compatibility TODO */

>         NL802154_IFTYPE_UNSPEC = -1,

> ...

>

> Since, enum has negative value in it, objects of this type

> will be represented as signed integer.

>

>         type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_IFTYPE]);

>

> u32 will be casted to signed, which can cause negative value type.

>

> Reported-by: syzbot+7bf7b22759195c9a21e9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>


Yes, this patch will fix the issue but we discussed that the problem
is deeper than such a fix. The real problem is that we are using a -1
value which doesn't fit into the u32 netlink value and it gets
converted back and forward which we should avoid.

- Alex
Pavel Skripkin April 6, 2021, 1:16 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 2021-04-06 at 08:21 -0400, Alexander Aring wrote:
> Hi,

> 

> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 15:58, Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>

> wrote:

> > 

> > syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in nl802154_new_interface.

> > The problem was in signed representation of enum nl802154_iftype

> > 

> > enum nl802154_iftype {

> >         /* for backwards compatibility TODO */

> >         NL802154_IFTYPE_UNSPEC = -1,

> > ...

> > 

> > Since, enum has negative value in it, objects of this type

> > will be represented as signed integer.

> > 

> >         type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_IFTYPE]);

> > 

> > u32 will be casted to signed, which can cause negative value type.

> > 

> > Reported-by: syzbot+7bf7b22759195c9a21e9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>

> 

> Yes, this patch will fix the issue but we discussed that the problem

> is deeper than such a fix. The real problem is that we are using a -1

> value which doesn't fit into the u32 netlink value and it gets

> converted back and forward which we should avoid.

> 


OK, thanks for feedback!

> 

> - Alex


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin
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Patch

diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
index 7c5a1aa5adb4..6cce045e3d40 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@  static int nl802154_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	if (info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_IFTYPE]) {
 		type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_IFTYPE]);
-		if (type > NL802154_IFTYPE_MAX ||
+		if (type > NL802154_IFTYPE_MAX || type < 0 ||
 		    !(rdev->wpan_phy.supported.iftypes & BIT(type)))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}