[PATCH 0/2] tun/tap: set sk_uid from current_fsuid()

[PATCH 0/2] tun/tap: set sk_uid from current_fsuid()

[Laszlo Ersek]

The original patches fixing CVE-2023-1076 are incorrect in my opinion.
This small series fixes them up; see the individual commit messages for
explanation.

I have a very elaborate test procedure demonstrating the problem for
both tun and tap; it involves libvirt, qemu, and "crash". I can share
that procedure if necessary, but it's indeed quite long (I wrote it
originally for our QE team).

The patches in this series are supposed to "re-fix" CVE-2023-1076; given
that said CVE is classified as Low Impact (CVSSv3=5.5), I'm posting this
publicly, and not suggesting any embargo. Red Hat Product Security may
assign a new CVE number later.

I've tested the patches on top of v6.5-rc4, with "crash" built at commit
c74f375e0ef7.

Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Pietro Borrello <borrello@diag.uniroma1.it>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

Laszlo Ersek (2):
  net: tun_chr_open(): set sk_uid from current_fsuid()
  net: tap_open(): set sk_uid from current_fsuid()

 drivers/net/tap.c | 2 +-
 drivers/net/tun.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


base-commit: 5d0c230f1de8c7515b6567d9afba1f196fb4e2f4

[PATCH 1/2] net: tun_chr_open(): set sk_uid from current_fsuid()

[Laszlo Ersek]

Commit a096ccca6e50 initializes the "sk_uid" field in the protocol socket
(struct sock) from the "/dev/net/tun" device node's owner UID. Per
original commit 86741ec25462 ("net: core: Add a UID field to struct
sock.", 2016-11-04), that's wrong: the idea is to cache the UID of the
userspace process that creates the socket. Commit 86741ec25462 mentions
socket() and accept(); with "tun", the action that creates the socket is
open("/dev/net/tun").

Therefore the device node's owner UID is irrelevant. In most cases,
"/dev/net/tun" will be owned by root, so in practice, commit a096ccca6e50
has no observable effect:

- before, "sk_uid" would be zero, due to undefined behavior
  (CVE-2023-1076),

- after, "sk_uid" would be zero, due to "/dev/net/tun" being owned by root.

What matters is the (fs)UID of the process performing the open(), so cache
that in "sk_uid".

Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Pietro Borrello <borrello@diag.uniroma1.it>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a096ccca6e50 ("tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid")
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173435
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/tun.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index d75456adc62a..25f0191df00b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3469,7 +3469,7 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 	tfile->socket.file = file;
 	tfile->socket.ops = &tun_socket_ops;
 
-	sock_init_data_uid(&tfile->socket, &tfile->sk, inode->i_uid);
+	sock_init_data_uid(&tfile->socket, &tfile->sk, current_fsuid());
 
 	tfile->sk.sk_write_space = tun_sock_write_space;
 	tfile->sk.sk_sndbuf = INT_MAX;

[PATCH 2/2] net: tap_open(): set sk_uid from current_fsuid()

[Laszlo Ersek]

Commit 66b2c338adce initializes the "sk_uid" field in the protocol socket
(struct sock) from the "/dev/tapX" device node's owner UID. Per original
commit 86741ec25462 ("net: core: Add a UID field to struct sock.",
2016-11-04), that's wrong: the idea is to cache the UID of the userspace
process that creates the socket. Commit 86741ec25462 mentions socket() and
accept(); with "tap", the action that creates the socket is
open("/dev/tapX").

Therefore the device node's owner UID is irrelevant. In most cases,
"/dev/tapX" will be owned by root, so in practice, commit 66b2c338adce has
no observable effect:

- before, "sk_uid" would be zero, due to undefined behavior
  (CVE-2023-1076),

- after, "sk_uid" would be zero, due to "/dev/tapX" being owned by root.

What matters is the (fs)UID of the process performing the open(), so cache
that in "sk_uid".

Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Pietro Borrello <borrello@diag.uniroma1.it>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 66b2c338adce ("tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid")
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173435
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/tap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index 9137fb8c1c42..49d1d6acf95e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int tap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	q->sock.state = SS_CONNECTED;
 	q->sock.file = file;
 	q->sock.ops = &tap_socket_ops;
-	sock_init_data_uid(&q->sock, &q->sk, inode->i_uid);
+	sock_init_data_uid(&q->sock, &q->sk, current_fsuid());
 	q->sk.sk_write_space = tap_sock_write_space;
 	q->sk.sk_destruct = tap_sock_destruct;
 	q->flags = IFF_VNET_HDR | IFF_NO_PI | IFF_TAP;

Re: [PATCH 0/2] tun/tap: set sk_uid from current_fsuid()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:42:35 +0200 Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> The original patches fixing CVE-2023-1076 are incorrect in my opinion.
> This small series fixes them up; see the individual commit messages for
> explanation.
> 
> I have a very elaborate test procedure demonstrating the problem for
> both tun and tap; it involves libvirt, qemu, and "crash". I can share
> that procedure if necessary, but it's indeed quite long (I wrote it
> originally for our QE team).
> 
> The patches in this series are supposed to "re-fix" CVE-2023-1076; given
> that said CVE is classified as Low Impact (CVSSv3=5.5), I'm posting this
> publicly, and not suggesting any embargo. Red Hat Product Security may
> assign a new CVE number later.
> 
> I've tested the patches on top of v6.5-rc4, with "crash" built at commit
> c74f375e0ef7.

FTR this was applied yesterday to net. Thanks!