Re: [PATCH ver.2] gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_genl_dump_pdp()

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 07:27:33PM +0300, kovalev@altlinux.org wrote:
> From: Vasiliy Kovalev <kovalev@altlinux.org>
> 
> The gtp_net_ops pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be
> registered before registering the generic netlink family.

Thanks for finding a remedy for this.

If your fix is correct, (I didn't test your patch yet) then maybe this
needs to be fixed in a few more spots in the tree?

net/devlink/core.c-static int __init devlink_init(void)
net/devlink/core.c-{
net/devlink/core.c-     int err;
net/devlink/core.c-
net/devlink/core.c-     err = genl_register_family(&devlink_nl_family);
net/devlink/core.c-     if (err)
net/devlink/core.c-             goto out;
net/devlink/core.c:     err = register_pernet_subsys(&devlink_pernet_ops);
net/devlink/core.c-     if (err)

net/handshake/netlink.c-        ret = genl_register_family(&handshake_nl_family);
net/handshake/netlink.c-        if (ret) {
net/handshake/netlink.c-                pr_warn("handshake: netlink registration failed (%d)\n", ret);
net/handshake/netlink.c-                handshake_req_hash_destroy();
net/handshake/netlink.c-                return ret;
net/handshake/netlink.c-        }
net/handshake/netlink.c-
net/handshake/netlink.c-        /*
net/handshake/netlink.c-         * ORDER: register_pernet_subsys must be done last.
net/handshake/netlink.c-         *
net/handshake/netlink.c-         *      If initialization does not make it past pernet_subsys
net/handshake/netlink.c-         *      registration, then handshake_net_id will remain 0. That
net/handshake/netlink.c-         *      shunts the handshake consumer API to return ENOTSUPP
net/handshake/netlink.c-         *      to prevent it from dereferencing something that hasn't
net/handshake/netlink.c-         *      been allocated.
net/handshake/netlink.c-         */
net/handshake/netlink.c:        ret = register_pernet_subsys(&handshake_genl_net_ops);

net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c: ret = register_pernet_subsys(&tcp_net_metrics_ops);
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c- if (ret < 0)
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c-         panic("Could not register tcp_net_metrics_ops\n");
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c-
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c- ret = genl_register_family(&tcp_metrics_nl_family);
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c- if (ret < 0)
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c-         panic("Could not register tcp_metrics generic netlink\n");
net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c-}

net/ipv6/ioam6.c-int __init ioam6_init(void)
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-{
net/ipv6/ioam6.c:       int err = register_pernet_subsys(&ioam6_net_ops);
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-       if (err)
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-               goto out;
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-       err = genl_register_family(&ioam6_genl_family);
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-       if (err)
net/ipv6/ioam6.c-               goto out_unregister_pernet_subsys;

net/ipv6/seg6.c-        err = genl_register_family(&seg6_genl_family);
net/ipv6/seg6.c-        if (err)
net/ipv6/seg6.c-                goto out;
net/ipv6/seg6.c-
net/ipv6/seg6.c:        err = register_pernet_subsys(&ip6_segments_ops);
net/ipv6/seg6.c-        if (err)
net/ipv6/seg6.c-                goto out_unregister_genl;

net/netlink/genetlink.c-        err = genl_register_family(&genl_ctrl);
net/netlink/genetlink.c-        if (err < 0)
net/netlink/genetlink.c-                goto problem;
net/netlink/genetlink.c-
net/netlink/genetlink.c:        err = register_pernet_subsys(&genl_pernet_ops);
net/netlink/genetlink.c-        if (err)
net/netlink/genetlink.c-                goto problem;

> Syzkaller hit 'general protection fault in gtp_genl_dump_pdp' bug:
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
> index b1919278e931f4..2129ae42c70304 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
> @@ -1907,20 +1907,20 @@ static int __init gtp_init(void)
>  	if (err < 0)
>  		goto error_out;
>  
> -	err = genl_register_family(&gtp_genl_family);
> +	err = register_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
>  	if (err < 0)
>  		goto unreg_rtnl_link;
>  
> -	err = register_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
> +	err = genl_register_family(&gtp_genl_family);
>  	if (err < 0)
> -		goto unreg_genl_family;
> +		goto unreg_pernet_subsys;
>  
>  	pr_info("GTP module loaded (pdp ctx size %zd bytes)\n",
>  		sizeof(struct pdp_ctx));
>  	return 0;
>  
> -unreg_genl_family:
> -	genl_unregister_family(&gtp_genl_family);
> +unreg_pernet_subsys:
> +	unregister_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
>  unreg_rtnl_link:
>  	rtnl_link_unregister(&gtp_link_ops);
>  error_out:
> -- 
> 2.33.8
>