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net: fix a concurrency bug in l2tp_tunnel_register()

Message ID 1F82E994-8F0B-499F-BA1A-8F1B2EEF1BF2@purdue.edu
State New
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Series net: fix a concurrency bug in l2tp_tunnel_register() | expand

Commit Message

Gong, Sishuai April 27, 2021, 3:04 p.m. UTC
l2tp_tunnel_register() registers a tunnel without fully
initializing its attribute. This can allow another kernel thread
running l2tp_xmit_core() to access the uninitialized data and
then cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference error, as shown below.

Thread 1    Thread 2
//l2tp_tunnel_register()
list_add_rcu(&tunnel->list, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list);
           //pppol2tp_connect()
           tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(sock_net(sk), info.tunnel_id);
           // Fetch the new tunnel
           ...
           //l2tp_xmit_core()
           struct sock *sk = tunnel->sock;
           ...
           bh_lock_sock(sk);
           //Null pointer error happens
tunnel->sock = sk;

Fix this bug by initializing tunnel->sock before adding the
tunnel into l2tp_tunnel_list.

Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>
Reported-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>
---
net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Tom Parkin April 27, 2021, 4:50 p.m. UTC | #1
On  Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 15:04:24 +0000, Gong, Sishuai wrote:
> l2tp_tunnel_register() registers a tunnel without fully
> initializing its attribute. This can allow another kernel thread
> running l2tp_xmit_core() to access the uninitialized data and
> then cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference error, as shown below.
> 
> Thread 1    Thread 2
> //l2tp_tunnel_register()
> list_add_rcu(&tunnel->list, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list);
>            //pppol2tp_connect()
>            tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(sock_net(sk), info.tunnel_id);
>            // Fetch the new tunnel
>            ...
>            //l2tp_xmit_core()
>            struct sock *sk = tunnel->sock;
>            ...
>            bh_lock_sock(sk);
>            //Null pointer error happens
> tunnel->sock = sk;
> 
> Fix this bug by initializing tunnel->sock before adding the
> tunnel into l2tp_tunnel_list.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>
> Reported-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>
> ---

It came through this time.  Mysterious.

Anyway, thank you for reposting.  This looks good to me :-)
Jakub Kicinski April 28, 2021, 7:45 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:04:24 +0000 Gong, Sishuai wrote:
> l2tp_tunnel_register() registers a tunnel without fully

> initializing its attribute. This can allow another kernel thread

> running l2tp_xmit_core() to access the uninitialized data and

> then cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference error, as shown below.

> 

> Thread 1    Thread 2

> //l2tp_tunnel_register()

> list_add_rcu(&tunnel->list, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list);

>            //pppol2tp_connect()

>            tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(sock_net(sk), info.tunnel_id);

>            // Fetch the new tunnel

>            ...

>            //l2tp_xmit_core()

>            struct sock *sk = tunnel->sock;

>            ...

>            bh_lock_sock(sk);

>            //Null pointer error happens

> tunnel->sock = sk;

> 

> Fix this bug by initializing tunnel->sock before adding the

> tunnel into l2tp_tunnel_list.

> 

> Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>

> Signed-off-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>

> Reported-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>


Thanks for the patch! Unfortunately the patch in the email is
corrupted, looks like something removed spaces at the start of 
the lines which are expected in patches, e.g.:

»       pn·=·l2tp_pernet(net);$
$
+»      sk·=·sock->sk;$

Should have been:

 »      pn·=·l2tp_pernet(net);$
 $
+»      sk·=·sock->sk;$

Could you try to resend once more with git-send-email or via 
a different mail server?
Jakub Kicinski April 28, 2021, 10:23 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:45:34 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:04:24 +0000 Gong, Sishuai wrote:

> > l2tp_tunnel_register() registers a tunnel without fully

> > initializing its attribute. This can allow another kernel thread

> > running l2tp_xmit_core() to access the uninitialized data and

> > then cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference error, as shown below.

> > 

> > Thread 1    Thread 2

> > //l2tp_tunnel_register()

> > list_add_rcu(&tunnel->list, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list);

> >            //pppol2tp_connect()

> >            tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(sock_net(sk), info.tunnel_id);

> >            // Fetch the new tunnel

> >            ...

> >            //l2tp_xmit_core()

> >            struct sock *sk = tunnel->sock;

> >            ...

> >            bh_lock_sock(sk);

> >            //Null pointer error happens

> > tunnel->sock = sk;

> > 

> > Fix this bug by initializing tunnel->sock before adding the

> > tunnel into l2tp_tunnel_list.

> > 

> > Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>

> > Signed-off-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>

> > Reported-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@purdue.edu>  

> 

> Thanks for the patch! Unfortunately the patch in the email is

> corrupted, looks like something removed spaces at the start of 

> the lines which are expected in patches, e.g.:

> 

> »       pn·=·l2tp_pernet(net);$

> $

> +»      sk·=·sock->sk;$

> 

> Should have been:

> 

>  »      pn·=·l2tp_pernet(net);$

>  $

> +»      sk·=·sock->sk;$

> 

> Could you try to resend once more with git-send-email or via 

> a different mail server?


Ignore me, this patch has already been merged.
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diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 203890e378cb..8eb805ee18d4 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1478,11 +1478,15 @@  int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
	tunnel->l2tp_net = net;
	pn = l2tp_pernet(net);

+	sk = sock->sk;
+	sock_hold(sk);
+	tunnel->sock = sk;
+
	spin_lock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_list_lock);
	list_for_each_entry(tunnel_walk, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list, list) {
		if (tunnel_walk->tunnel_id == tunnel->tunnel_id) {
			spin_unlock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_list_lock);
-
+			sock_put(sk);
			ret = -EEXIST;
			goto err_sock;
		}
@@ -1490,10 +1494,6 @@  int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
	list_add_rcu(&tunnel->list, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list);
	spin_unlock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_list_lock);

-	sk = sock->sk;
-	sock_hold(sk);
-	tunnel->sock = sk;
-
	if (tunnel->encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP) {
		struct udp_tunnel_sock_cfg udp_cfg = {
			.sk_user_data = tunnel,