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[lvc-project] netfilter: nfnetlink: NULL-check skb->dev in __build_packet_message()

Message ID 20230327094116.1763201-1-Igor.A.Artemiev@mcst.ru (mailing list archive)
State Rejected
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [lvc-project] netfilter: nfnetlink: NULL-check skb->dev in __build_packet_message() | expand

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Commit Message

Igor Artemiev March 27, 2023, 9:41 a.m. UTC
After having been compared to NULL value at nfnetlink_log.c:560,
pointer 'skb->dev' is dereferenced at nfnetlink_log.c:576.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Signed-off-by: Igor Artemiev <Igor.A.Artemiev@mcst.ru>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Pablo Neira Ayuso March 27, 2023, 10:22 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 12:41:16PM +0300, Igor Artemiev wrote:
> After having been compared to NULL value at nfnetlink_log.c:560,
> pointer 'skb->dev' is dereferenced at nfnetlink_log.c:576.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Artemiev <Igor.A.Artemiev@mcst.ru>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> index d97eb280cb2e..2711509eb9a5 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (indev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
> +	if (indev && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {

This cannot ever happen, we assume skb->dev is always set on.

>  		if (nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
>  		    nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWLEN,
>  				 htons(skb->dev->hard_header_len)))
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>
Igor Artemiev March 27, 2023, 3:09 p.m. UTC | #2
On 3/27/23 13:22, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 12:41:16PM +0300, Igor Artemiev wrote:
>> After having been compared to NULL value at nfnetlink_log.c:560,
>> pointer 'skb->dev' is dereferenced at nfnetlink_log.c:576.
>>
>> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Igor Artemiev <Igor.A.Artemiev@mcst.ru>
>> ---
>>   net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
>> index d97eb280cb2e..2711509eb9a5 100644
>> --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
>> +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
>> @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
>>   		}
>>   	}
>>   
>> -	if (indev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
>> +	if (indev && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
> This cannot ever happen, we assume skb->dev is always set on.
>
>>   		if (nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
>>   		    nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWLEN,
>>   				 htons(skb->dev->hard_header_len)))
>> -- 
>> 2.30.2
>>

If skb->dev is always set on, should the check at nfnetlink_log.c:560 be removed?
|

if  (indev  &&  skb->dev  &&
	skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)  &&
	    	skb_mac_header_len(skb)  !=  0)  { |

||Thanks, Igor
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diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index d97eb280cb2e..2711509eb9a5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@  __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (indev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
+	if (indev && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
 		if (nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
 		    nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWLEN,
 				 htons(skb->dev->hard_header_len)))