[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test/mempool: Fix illegal pointer access in mempool test

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test/mempool: Fix illegal pointer access in mempool test

[Wenwu Ma]

The value of parameter private_data_size of function
rte_mempool_create() called in test_mempool() should not be 0,
Otherwise, the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() called in
rte_pktmbuf_init() will cause heap-buffer-overflow.

Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
---
 app/test/test_mempool.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_mempool.c b/app/test/test_mempool.c
index 084842fda..fc06a9c6f 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ test_mempool(void)
 	mp_stack_mempool_iter = rte_mempool_create("test_iter_obj",
 		MEMPOOL_SIZE,
 		MEMPOOL_ELT_SIZE,
-		RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, 0,
+		RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE,
+		sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private),
 		NULL, NULL,
 		my_obj_init, NULL,
 		SOCKET_ID_ANY, 0);
-- 
2.25.1

[dpdk-dev] [v2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Wenwu Ma]

Amount of allocated memory was not enough for mempool
which cause buffer overflow when access fields of mempool
private structure in the rte_pktmbuf_priv_size function.

Fixes: 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool: add unit test cases")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
---
v2:
- refine commit log. 
---
 app/test/test_mempool.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_mempool.c b/app/test/test_mempool.c
index 084842fda..fc06a9c6f 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ test_mempool(void)
 	mp_stack_mempool_iter = rte_mempool_create("test_iter_obj",
 		MEMPOOL_SIZE,
 		MEMPOOL_ELT_SIZE,
-		RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, 0,
+		RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE,
+		sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private),
 		NULL, NULL,
 		my_obj_init, NULL,
 		SOCKET_ID_ANY, 0);
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [v2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Thomas Monjalon]

13/04/2021 22:05, Wenwu Ma:
> Amount of allocated memory was not enough for mempool
> which cause buffer overflow when access fields of mempool
> private structure in the rte_pktmbuf_priv_size function.

Was it causing the test to fail?
How do you reproduce the overflow?

> Fixes: 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool: add unit test cases")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [v2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Olivier Matz]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 01:52:26PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 13/04/2021 22:05, Wenwu Ma:
> > Amount of allocated memory was not enough for mempool
> > which cause buffer overflow when access fields of mempool
> > private structure in the rte_pktmbuf_priv_size function.
>
> Was it causing the test to fail?
> How do you reproduce the overflow?

In the test, right after the rte_mempool_create(), the function
rte_mempool_obj_iter() is called too initialize the mempool objects with
the rte_pktmbuf_init() callback function. This callback expects that the
mempool is a packet pool, i.e. its private area is a struct
rte_pktmbuf_pool_private structure.

In the current test, the size of the private area is 0, which probably
causes the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() to return an unpredictable
value, and this value is used as a size in a memset.

This part of the test was added in commit 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool:
add unit test cases").

Instead of changing the size of the private area like done in the patch,
I suggest to use another callback than rte_pktmbuf_init(). After all,
this is a mempool test, so we should not rely on mbuf features. The
function my_obj_init() could be used like in other places of the test,
like this:

  @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ test_mempool(void)
  		 GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
  
  	 /* test to initialize mempool objects and memory */
  -        nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, rte_pktmbuf_init,
  +        nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, my_obj_init,
  			 NULL);
  	 if (nb_objs == 0)
  		 GOTO_ERR(ret, err);


Wenwu, does it solve your issue?


Regards,
Olivier

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [v2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Aaron Conole]

Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 01:52:26PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> 13/04/2021 22:05, Wenwu Ma:
>> > Amount of allocated memory was not enough for mempool
>> > which cause buffer overflow when access fields of mempool
>> > private structure in the rte_pktmbuf_priv_size function.
>>
>> Was it causing the test to fail?
>> How do you reproduce the overflow?
>
> In the test, right after the rte_mempool_create(), the function
> rte_mempool_obj_iter() is called too initialize the mempool objects with
> the rte_pktmbuf_init() callback function. This callback expects that the
> mempool is a packet pool, i.e. its private area is a struct
> rte_pktmbuf_pool_private structure.
>
> In the current test, the size of the private area is 0, which probably
> causes the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() to return an unpredictable
> value, and this value is used as a size in a memset.

Is it possible to have rte_mempool_get_priv() detect that the private
area isn't valid and return a ref to a const static member for this that
will have the correct mbuf_priv_size?  There isn't really documentation
that I can find that describes this corner case with the mempool private
data section.  Actually, it doesn't really say what happens if private
data size is 0, so maybe a documentation update should go with this test
case fix, too?

> This part of the test was added in commit 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool:
> add unit test cases").
>
> Instead of changing the size of the private area like done in the patch,
> I suggest to use another callback than rte_pktmbuf_init(). After all,
> this is a mempool test, so we should not rely on mbuf features. The
> function my_obj_init() could be used like in other places of the test,
> like this:
>
>   @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ test_mempool(void)
>   		 GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
>   
>   	 /* test to initialize mempool objects and memory */
>   -        nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, rte_pktmbuf_init,
>   +        nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, my_obj_init,
>   			 NULL);
>   	 if (nb_objs == 0)
>   		 GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
>
>
> Wenwu, does it solve your issue?
>
>
> Regards,
> Olivier

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [v2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Olivier Matz]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 08:51:27AM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote:
> Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 01:52:26PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >> 13/04/2021 22:05, Wenwu Ma:
> >> > Amount of allocated memory was not enough for mempool
> >> > which cause buffer overflow when access fields of mempool
> >> > private structure in the rte_pktmbuf_priv_size function.
> >>
> >> Was it causing the test to fail?
> >> How do you reproduce the overflow?
> >
> > In the test, right after the rte_mempool_create(), the function
> > rte_mempool_obj_iter() is called too initialize the mempool objects with
> > the rte_pktmbuf_init() callback function. This callback expects that the
> > mempool is a packet pool, i.e. its private area is a struct
> > rte_pktmbuf_pool_private structure.
> >
> > In the current test, the size of the private area is 0, which probably
> > causes the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() to return an unpredictable
> > value, and this value is used as a size in a memset.
> 
> Is it possible to have rte_mempool_get_priv() detect that the private
> area isn't valid and return a ref to a const static member for this that
> will have the correct mbuf_priv_size?  There isn't really documentation
> that I can find that describes this corner case with the mempool private
> data section.  Actually, it doesn't really say what happens if private
> data size is 0, so maybe a documentation update should go with this test
> case fix, too?

Good point, we can indeed add something in the API documentation. To
detect that the private area is not big enough in rte_pktmbuf_init(),
unfortunatly the function has no return code, but for now we can add at
least an RTE_ASSERT() (only active when -DRTE_ENABLE_ASSERT is passed),
as it's already done for other checks.

I can do a new version of the patch. Wenwu, is it ok for you?

In a second step, we can think about changing the API of all mempool
callbacks and their wrappers to add a return code.


> > This part of the test was added in commit 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool:
> > add unit test cases").
> >
> > Instead of changing the size of the private area like done in the patch,
> > I suggest to use another callback than rte_pktmbuf_init(). After all,
> > this is a mempool test, so we should not rely on mbuf features. The
> > function my_obj_init() could be used like in other places of the test,
> > like this:
> >
> >   @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ test_mempool(void)
> >   		 GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
> >   
> >   	 /* test to initialize mempool objects and memory */
> >   -        nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, rte_pktmbuf_init,
> >   +        nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, my_obj_init,
> >   			 NULL);
> >   	 if (nb_objs == 0)
> >   		 GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
> >
> >
> > Wenwu, does it solve your issue?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Olivier
> 

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Olivier Matz]

The function rte_pktmbuf_init() expects that the mempool private area is
large enough and was previously initialized by rte_pktmbuf_pool_init(),
which is not the case.

This causes the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() to return an
unpredictable value, and this value is used as a size in a memset.

Replace the mempool object initializer by my_obj_init(), which does not
have this constraint, and fits the needs for this test.

Fixes: 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool: add unit test cases")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
---
 app/test/test_mempool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_mempool.c b/app/test/test_mempool.c
index 084842fdaa..3adadd6731 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ test_mempool(void)
 		GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
 
 	/* test to initialize mempool objects and memory */
-	nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, rte_pktmbuf_init,
+	nb_objs = rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp_stack_mempool_iter, my_obj_init,
 			NULL);
 	if (nb_objs == 0)
 		GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
-- 
2.29.2

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] mbuf: better document usage of packet pool initializers

[Olivier Matz]

Clarify that the mempool private initializer and object initializer used
for packet pools require that the mempool private size is large enough.

Also add an assert (only enabled when -DRTE_ENABLE_ASSERT is passed) to
check this constraint.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
---
 lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c | 5 +++++
 lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
index 3ff0a69187..f7e3c1a187 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ rte_pktmbuf_pool_init(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *opaque_arg)
 	struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private default_mbp_priv;
 	uint16_t roomsz;
 
+	RTE_ASSERT(mp->private_data_size >=
+		   sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private));
 	RTE_ASSERT(mp->elt_size >= sizeof(struct rte_mbuf));
 
 	/* if no structure is provided, assume no mbuf private area */
@@ -83,6 +85,9 @@ rte_pktmbuf_init(struct rte_mempool *mp,
 	struct rte_mbuf *m = _m;
 	uint32_t mbuf_size, buf_len, priv_size;
 
+	RTE_ASSERT(mp->private_data_size >=
+		   sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private));
+
 	priv_size = rte_pktmbuf_priv_size(mp);
 	mbuf_size = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) + priv_size;
 	buf_len = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp);
diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index c4c9ebfaa0..a555f216ae 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -624,6 +624,9 @@ rte_mbuf_raw_free(struct rte_mbuf *m)
  * address, and so on). This function is given as a callback function to
  * rte_mempool_obj_iter() or rte_mempool_create() at pool creation time.
  *
+ * This function expects that the mempool private area was previously
+ * initialized with rte_pktmbuf_pool_init().
+ *
  * @param mp
  *   The mempool from which mbufs originate.
  * @param opaque_arg
@@ -639,7 +642,7 @@ void rte_pktmbuf_init(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *opaque_arg,
 		      void *m, unsigned i);
 
 /**
- * A  packet mbuf pool constructor.
+ * A packet mbuf pool constructor.
  *
  * This function initializes the mempool private data in the case of a
  * pktmbuf pool. This private data is needed by the driver. The
@@ -648,6 +651,9 @@ void rte_pktmbuf_init(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *opaque_arg,
  * pool creation. It can be extended by the user, for example, to
  * provide another packet size.
  *
+ * The mempool private area size must be at least equal to
+ * sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private).
+ *
  * @param mp
  *   The mempool from which mbufs originate.
  * @param opaque_arg
-- 
2.29.2

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] mbuf: better document usage of packet pool initializers

[Aaron Conole]

Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com> writes:

> Clarify that the mempool private initializer and object initializer used
> for packet pools require that the mempool private size is large enough.
>
> Also add an assert (only enabled when -DRTE_ENABLE_ASSERT is passed) to
> check this constraint.
>
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 1/2] test/mempool: fix heap buffer overflow

[Thomas Monjalon]

27/04/2021 15:56, Olivier Matz:
> The function rte_pktmbuf_init() expects that the mempool private area is
> large enough and was previously initialized by rte_pktmbuf_pool_init(),
> which is not the case.
> 
> This causes the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() to return an
> unpredictable value, and this value is used as a size in a memset.
> 
> Replace the mempool object initializer by my_obj_init(), which does not
> have this constraint, and fits the needs for this test.
> 
> Fixes: 923ceaeac140 ("test/mempool: add unit test cases")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>

Replaced with Reported-by and added Olivier's signature
to match patch authorship.

Series applied, thanks.

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test/mempool: Fix illegal pointer access in mempool test

[Peng, ZhihongX]

-----Original Message-----
From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Wenwu Ma
Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:06 AM
To: olivier.matz@6wind.com; andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru; dev@dpdk.org
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test/mempool: Fix illegal pointer access in mempool test

The value of parameter private_data_size of function
rte_mempool_create() called in test_mempool() should not be 0, Otherwise, the function rte_pktmbuf_priv_size() called in
rte_pktmbuf_init() will cause heap-buffer-overflow.

Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
---
 app/test/test_mempool.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_mempool.c b/app/test/test_mempool.c index 084842fda..fc06a9c6f 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ test_mempool(void)
 	mp_stack_mempool_iter = rte_mempool_create("test_iter_obj",
 		MEMPOOL_SIZE,
 		MEMPOOL_ELT_SIZE,
-		RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, 0,
+		RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE,
+		sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private),
 		NULL, NULL,
 		my_obj_init, NULL,
 		SOCKET_ID_ANY, 0);
--
2.25.1

Tested-by: Peng Zhihong <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>