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[v2,1/1] vhost: Added pad cleanup if vnet_hdr is not present.

Message ID 20240327231826.1725488-1-andrew@daynix.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2,1/1] vhost: Added pad cleanup if vnet_hdr is not present. | expand

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Andrew Melnichenko March 27, 2024, 11:18 p.m. UTC
When the Qemu launched with vhost but without tap vnet_hdr,
vhost tries to copy vnet_hdr from socket iter with size 0
to the page that may contain some trash.
That trash can be interpreted as unpredictable values for
vnet_hdr.
That leads to dropping some packets and in some cases to
stalling vhost routine when the vhost_net tries to process
packets and fails in a loop.

Qemu options:
  -netdev tap,vhost=on,vnet_hdr=off,...

From security point of view, wrong values on field used later
tap's tap_get_user_xdp() and will affect skb gso and options.
Later the header(and data in headroom) should not be used by the stack.
Using custom socket as a backend to vhost_net can reveal some data
in the vnet_hdr, although it would require kernel access to implement.

The issue happens because the value of sock_len in virtqueue is 0.
That value is set at vhost_net_set_features() with
VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR, also it's set to zero at device open()
and reset() routine.
So, currently, to trigger the issue, we need to set up qemu with
vhost=on,vnet_hdr=off, or do not configure vhost in the custom program.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@daynix.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Comments

Jason Wang March 28, 2024, 4:02 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:44 AM Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@daynix.com> wrote:
>
> When the Qemu launched with vhost but without tap vnet_hdr,
> vhost tries to copy vnet_hdr from socket iter with size 0
> to the page that may contain some trash.
> That trash can be interpreted as unpredictable values for
> vnet_hdr.
> That leads to dropping some packets and in some cases to
> stalling vhost routine when the vhost_net tries to process
> packets and fails in a loop.
>
> Qemu options:
>   -netdev tap,vhost=on,vnet_hdr=off,...
>
> From security point of view, wrong values on field used later
> tap's tap_get_user_xdp() and will affect skb gso and options.
> Later the header(and data in headroom) should not be used by the stack.
> Using custom socket as a backend to vhost_net can reveal some data
> in the vnet_hdr, although it would require kernel access to implement.
>
> The issue happens because the value of sock_len in virtqueue is 0.
> That value is set at vhost_net_set_features() with
> VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR, also it's set to zero at device open()
> and reset() routine.
> So, currently, to trigger the issue, we need to set up qemu with
> vhost=on,vnet_hdr=off, or do not configure vhost in the custom program.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@daynix.com>

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>

It seems it has been merged by Michael.

Thanks

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/net.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> index f2ed7167c848..57411ac2d08b 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> @@ -735,6 +735,9 @@ static int vhost_net_build_xdp(struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq,
>         hdr = buf;
>         gso = &hdr->gso;
>
> +       if (!sock_hlen)
> +               memset(buf, 0, pad);
> +
>         if ((gso->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) &&
>             vhost16_to_cpu(vq, gso->csum_start) +
>             vhost16_to_cpu(vq, gso->csum_offset) + 2 >
> --
> 2.43.0
>
Andrew Melnichenko March 28, 2024, 7:46 a.m. UTC | #2
Thanks, I'll look into it.

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:44 AM Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@daynix.com> wrote:
> >
> > When the Qemu launched with vhost but without tap vnet_hdr,
> > vhost tries to copy vnet_hdr from socket iter with size 0
> > to the page that may contain some trash.
> > That trash can be interpreted as unpredictable values for
> > vnet_hdr.
> > That leads to dropping some packets and in some cases to
> > stalling vhost routine when the vhost_net tries to process
> > packets and fails in a loop.
> >
> > Qemu options:
> >   -netdev tap,vhost=on,vnet_hdr=off,...
> >
> > From security point of view, wrong values on field used later
> > tap's tap_get_user_xdp() and will affect skb gso and options.
> > Later the header(and data in headroom) should not be used by the stack.
> > Using custom socket as a backend to vhost_net can reveal some data
> > in the vnet_hdr, although it would require kernel access to implement.
> >
> > The issue happens because the value of sock_len in virtqueue is 0.
> > That value is set at vhost_net_set_features() with
> > VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR, also it's set to zero at device open()
> > and reset() routine.
> > So, currently, to trigger the issue, we need to set up qemu with
> > vhost=on,vnet_hdr=off, or do not configure vhost in the custom program.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@daynix.com>
>
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
>
> It seems it has been merged by Michael.
>
> Thanks
>
> > ---
> >  drivers/vhost/net.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > index f2ed7167c848..57411ac2d08b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > @@ -735,6 +735,9 @@ static int vhost_net_build_xdp(struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq,
> >         hdr = buf;
> >         gso = &hdr->gso;
> >
> > +       if (!sock_hlen)
> > +               memset(buf, 0, pad);
> > +
> >         if ((gso->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) &&
> >             vhost16_to_cpu(vq, gso->csum_start) +
> >             vhost16_to_cpu(vq, gso->csum_offset) + 2 >
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
>
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diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index f2ed7167c848..57411ac2d08b 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -735,6 +735,9 @@  static int vhost_net_build_xdp(struct vhost_net_virtqueue *nvq,
 	hdr = buf;
 	gso = &hdr->gso;
 
+	if (!sock_hlen)
+		memset(buf, 0, pad);
+
 	if ((gso->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) &&
 	    vhost16_to_cpu(vq, gso->csum_start) +
 	    vhost16_to_cpu(vq, gso->csum_offset) + 2 >