rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack
without initialisation:
struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast;
The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field:
/* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */
struct ifla_vf_broadcast {
__u8 broadcast[32];
};
The function then copies dev->broadcast into it using dev->addr_len
as the length:
memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len);
On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs)
dev->addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are
written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on
the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via:
nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST,
sizeof(vf_broadcast), &vf_broadcast)
leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per
RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable.
The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed
for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi,
vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above.
vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added.
Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK /
NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an
IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks
each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per
VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return
addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack
instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced.
Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the
existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same
function.
Fixes: 75345f888f ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kai Zen <kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Add ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback that drivers can implement instead
of the legacy ndo_set_rx_mode. The legacy callback runs under the
netif_addr_lock spinlock with BHs disabled, preventing drivers from
sleeping. The async variant runs from a work queue with rtnl_lock and
netdev_lock_ops held, in fully sleepable context.
When __dev_set_rx_mode() sees ndo_set_rx_mode_async, it schedules
netdev_rx_mode_work instead of calling the driver inline. The work
function takes two snapshots of each address list (uc/mc) under
the addr_lock, then drops the lock and calls the driver with the
work copies. After the driver returns, it reconciles the snapshots
back to the real lists under the lock.
Add netif_rx_mode_sync() to opportunistically execute the pending
workqueue update inline, so that rx mode changes are committed
before returning to userspace:
- dev_change_flags (SIOCSIFFLAGS / RTM_NEWLINK)
- dev_set_promiscuity
- dev_set_allmulti
- dev_ifsioc SIOCADDMULTI / SIOCDELMULTI
- do_setlink (RTM_SETLINK)
Note that some deep hierarchies still do skip the lower updates via:
- dev_uc_sync
- dev_mc_sync
If we do end up hitting user-visible issues, we can add more calls to
netif_rx_mode_sync in specific places. But hopefully we should not,
the actual user-visible lists are still synced, it's that just HW state
that might be lagging.
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416185712.2155425-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer
network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan,
netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace
to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including
init_net.
Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer
namespace before allowing device creation to proceed.
Fixes: 81adee47df ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.")
Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis <nickgarlis@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402181432.4126920-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using
git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'
to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.
Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.
For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:
Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)
Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)
Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)
(where TYPE may also be *VAR)
The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Creating FDB entries is possible from a non-initial user namespace when
having CAP_NET_ADMIN, yet, when deleting FDB entries, processes receive
an EPERM because the capability is always checked against the initial
user namespace. This restricts the FDB management from unprivileged
containers.
Drop the netlink_capable check in rtnl_fdb_del as it was originally
dropped in c5c351088a and reintroduced in 1690be63a2 without
intention.
This patch was tested using a container on GyroidOS, where it was
possible to delete FDB entries from an unprivileged user namespace and
private network namespace.
Fixes: 1690be63a2 ("bridge: Add vlan support to static neighbors")
Reviewed-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
Tested-by: Harshal Gohel <hg@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251015201548.319871-1-johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Various network interface types make use of needed_{head,tail}room values
to efficiently reserve buffer space for additional encapsulation headers,
such as VXLAN, Geneve, IPSec, etc. However, it is not currently possible
to query these values in a generic way.
Introduce ability to query the needed_{head,tail}room values of a network
device via rtnetlink, such that applications that may wish to use these
values can do so.
For example, Cilium agent iterates over present devices based on user config
(direct routing, vxlan, geneve, wireguard etc.) and in future will configure
netkit in order to expose the needed_{head,tail}room into K8s pods. See
b9ed315d3c ("netkit: Allow for configuring needed_{head,tail}room").
Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair McWilliam <alasdair@mcwilliam.dev>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917095543.14039-1-alasdair@mcwilliam.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Commit cc34acd577 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Commit cc34acd577 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
At the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev->netdev_ops is NULL,
we must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if
CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.
Use netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().
RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]
RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82
Call Trace:
<TASK>
rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674
rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813
__rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]
rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944
netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
Reported-by: syzbot+9fc858ba0312b42b577e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6840265f.a00a0220.d4325.0009.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Fixes: 7e4d784f58 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during rtnetlink operations")
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250604105815.1516973-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Instead of a heap allocating a variably sized struct sockaddr and lying
about the type in the call to netif_set_mac_address(), use a stack
allocated struct sockaddr_storage. This lets us drop the cast and avoid
the allocation.
Putting "ss" on the stack means it will get a reused stack slot since
it is the same size (128B) as other existing single-scope stack variables,
like the vfinfo array (128B), so no additional stack space is used by
this function.
Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250521204619.2301870-7-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
In order to avoid passing around struct sockaddr that has a size the
compiler cannot reason about (nor track at runtime), convert
netif_set_mac_address() to take struct sockaddr_storage. This is just a
cast conversion, so there is are no binary changes. Following patches
will make actual allocation changes.
Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250521204619.2301870-2-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
We need to be careful when operating on dev while in rtnl_create_link().
Some devices (vxlan) initialize netdev_ops in ->newlink, so later on.
Avoid using netdev_lock_ops(), the device isn't registered so we
cannot legally call its ops or generate any notifications for it.
netdev_ops_assert_locked_or_invisible() is safe to use, it checks
registration status first.
Reported-by: syzbot+de1c7d68a10e3f123bdd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 04efcee6ef ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE")
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250415151552.768373-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
netdevice reg_state was split into two 16 bit enums back in 2010
in commit a2835763e1 ("rtnetlink: handle rtnl_link netlink
notifications manually"). Since the split the fields have been
moved apart, and last year we converted reg_state to a normal
u8 in commit 4d42b37def ("net: convert dev->reg_state to u8").
rtnl_link_state being a 16 bitfield makes no sense. Convert it
to a single bool, it seems very unlikely after 15 years that
we'll need more values in it.
We could drop dev->rtnl_link_ops from the conditions but feels
like having it there more clearly points at the reason for this
hack.
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250410014246.780885-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
