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[PATCH] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()

Natalia Petrova posted 1 patch 2 years, 7 months ago
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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
[PATCH] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Natalia Petrova 2 years, 7 months ago 
The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
nla_for_each_nested, but it can take null value in 'nla_find' finction,
which will result in an error.

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

Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index b36bf9c3e1e4..ed4be4ffeb09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -13101,6 +13101,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
+	if (!br_spec)
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
 		__u16 mode;
-- 
2.34.1
Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Paul Menzel 2 years, 7 months ago 
Dear Natalia,


Thank you for your patch.

Am 25.01.23 um 15:13 schrieb Natalia Petrova:

In the commit message summary, you could use:

Check if nlmsg_find_attr() returns null

> The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> nla_for_each_nested, but it can take null value in 'nla_find' finction,

f*u*nction

> which will result in an error.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> index b36bf9c3e1e4..ed4be4ffeb09 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -13101,6 +13101,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
>   	}
>   
>   	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
> +	if (!br_spec)
> +		return -ENOENT;
>   
>   	nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
>   		__u16 mode;


Kind regards,

Paul
Re: [PATCH] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Deepak R Varma 2 years, 7 months ago 
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 05:13:28PM +0300, Natalia Petrova wrote:
> The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> nla_for_each_nested, but it can take null value in 'nla_find' finction,

s/finction/function

Regards,
./drv
Re: [PATCH] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Simon Horman 2 years, 7 months ago 
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 05:13:28PM +0300, Natalia Petrova wrote:
> The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> nla_for_each_nested, but it can take null value in 'nla_find' finction,
> which will result in an error.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> index b36bf9c3e1e4..ed4be4ffeb09 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -13101,6 +13101,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
>  	}
>  
>  	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
> +	if (!br_spec)
> +		return -ENOENT;

Seems fine to me, but I wonder if -EINVAL is more appropriate.
nlh is invalid in this case.

>  
>  	nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
>  		__u16 mode;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>
[PATCH v3] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Natalia Petrova 2 years, 7 months ago 
The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take NULL value in nla_find() function,
which will result in an error.

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

Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
---
v3: Fixed mailing list.
v2: The remark about the error code by Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> 
was taken into account; return value -ENOENT was changed to -EINVAL.
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 53d0083e35da..4626d2a1af91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -13167,6 +13167,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
+	if (!br_spec)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
 		__u16 mode;
-- 
2.34.1
RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by G, GurucharanX 2 years, 7 months ago 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf Of
> Natalia Petrova
> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 2:36 PM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> Cc: lvc-project@linuxtesting.org; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org; Natalia
> Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; Jakub Kicinski
> <kuba@kernel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>; David S. Miller
> <davem@davemloft.net>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3] i40e: Add checking for null for
> nlmsg_find_attr()
> 
> The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take NULL value in nla_find() function,
> which will result in an error.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
> Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> ---
> v3: Fixed mailing list.
> v2: The remark about the error code by Simon Horman
> <simon.horman@corigine.com> was taken into account; return value -
> ENOENT was changed to -EINVAL.
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 

Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Re: [PATCH v3] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Tony Nguyen 2 years, 7 months ago 
On 2/1/2023 1:06 AM, Natalia Petrova wrote:
> The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take NULL value in nla_find() function,
> which will result in an error.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
> Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> ---

Thanks for the patch. I've applied it, however, for the future if you 
could specify the target tree. Simon mentioned it in v2, but his example 
omitted the tree.

i.e.
[PATCH v3 net] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()

Thanks,
Tony

> v3: Fixed mailing list.
> v2: The remark about the error code by Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
> was taken into account; return value -ENOENT was changed to -EINVAL.
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> index 53d0083e35da..4626d2a1af91 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -13167,6 +13167,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
>   	}
>   
>   	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
> +	if (!br_spec)
> +		return -EINVAL;
>   
>   	nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
>   		__u16 mode;
[PATCH v2] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Natalia Petrova 2 years, 7 months ago 
The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take null value in nla_find() function,
which will result in an error.

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

Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
---
v2: The remark about the error code by Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> 
was taken into account; return value -ENOENT was changed to -EINVAL.
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 53d0083e35da..4626d2a1af91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -13167,6 +13167,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
+	if (!br_spec)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
 		__u16 mode;
-- 
2.34.1
Re: [PATCH v2] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Greg Kroah-Hartman 2 years, 7 months ago 
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 01:11:06AM +0300, Natalia Petrova wrote:
> The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take null value in nla_find() function,
> which will result in an error.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
> Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> ---
> v2: The remark about the error code by Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> 
> was taken into account; return value -ENOENT was changed to -EINVAL.
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>
Re: [PATCH v2] i40e: Add checking for null for nlmsg_find_attr()
Posted by Simon Horman 2 years, 7 months ago 
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 06:17:49AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 01:11:06AM +0300, Natalia Petrova wrote:
> > The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in
> > nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take null value in nla_find() function,
> > which will result in an error.
> > 
> > Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> > 
> > Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops")
> > Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
> > Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> > ---
> > v2: The remark about the error code by Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> 
> > was taken into account; return value -ENOENT was changed to -EINVAL.
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> 
> <formletter>
> 
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.
> 
> </formletter>

Hi Natalia,

offering some friendly guidance here.

It seems to me that the problem you have highlighted is present
in current upstream code, and thus should be addressed there.

If it is considered a bug fix, then it should be targeted at the 'net'
tree. If the patch is accepted, into the release currently being
worked on (v6.2), backporting to older kernels can follow from there.
Otherwise it can be targeted at 'net-next', for inclusion
in the following release (v6.3).

As I think might have been mentioned, elsewhere, for networking
changes, you should indicate the target tree in the subject.
E.g. for net

Subject: [PATCH v3] i40e: Check if nlmsg_find_attr() returns null

The above also incorporates a suggested enhancement to the subject text.

I believe there was also a typo spotted in the patch description:
finction -> function

In all, my suggestion would be to address these problems as a v3.
I do not believe that you need to include stable@vger.kernel.org
or Greg on the recipient list, as the patch would be for 'net'
or 'net-next', not stable.

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