From: Denis Sergeev <denserg.edu@gmail.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: shepard.siegel@atomicrules.com, ed.czeck@atomicrules.com,
john.miller@atomicrules.com, stable@dpdk.org,
sdl.dpdk@linuxtesting.org, Denis Sergeev <denserg.edu@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net/ark: fix unsafe env variable in extension loading
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 08:26:00 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603052604.118850-1-denserg.edu@gmail.com> (raw)
The ARK_EXT_PATH environment variable is passed to dlopen without
verifying process privileges. In a setuid/setgid scenario, this
could allow loading an arbitrary shared library with elevated
privileges.
Add a check that effective user/group IDs match real IDs before
trusting the environment variable, consistent with the same
protection already present in the mlx5 driver.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Fixes: 727b3fe292 ("net/ark: integrate PMD")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Denis Sergeev <denserg.edu@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c
index 8b25ed948f..e25478103b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c
@@ -211,9 +211,19 @@ static int
check_for_ext(struct ark_adapter *ark)
{
int found = 0;
+ const char *dllpath;
+
+ /*
+ * A basic security check is necessary before trusting
+ * ARK_EXT_PATH environment variable.
+ */
+ if (geteuid() != getuid() || getegid() != getgid()) {
+ ARK_PMD_LOG(DEBUG, "EXT ignoring ARK_EXT_PATH under setuid/setgid\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
/* Get the env */
- const char *dllpath = getenv("ARK_EXT_PATH");
+ dllpath = getenv("ARK_EXT_PATH");
if (dllpath == NULL) {
ARK_PMD_LOG(DEBUG, "EXT NO dll path specified\n");
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-03 5:26 UTC|newest]
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2026-06-03 5:26 Denis Sergeev [this message]
2026-06-03 5:32 ` [PATCH v2] net/ark: fix unsafe env variable in extension loading Denis Sergeev
2026-06-03 15:30 ` [PATCH] " Stephen Hemminger
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