From: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
To: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org,
Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
LePremierHomme <kwqcheii@proton.me>,
Junvy Yang <zhuque@tencent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:41:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7ttsy6cffk.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251204105334.900379-1-i.maximets@ovn.org> (Ilya Maximets's message of "Thu, 4 Dec 2025 11:53:32 +0100")
Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> writes:
> The push_nsh() action structure looks like this:
>
> OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH(OVS_KEY_ATTR_NSH(OVS_NSH_KEY_ATTR_BASE,...))
>
> The outermost OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH attribute is OK'ed by the
> nla_for_each_nested() inside __ovs_nla_copy_actions(). The innermost
> OVS_NSH_KEY_ATTR_BASE/MD1/MD2 are OK'ed by the nla_for_each_nested()
> inside nsh_key_put_from_nlattr(). But nothing checks if the attribute
> in the middle is OK. We don't even check that this attribute is the
> OVS_KEY_ATTR_NSH. We just do a double unwrap with a pair of nla_data()
> calls - first time directly while calling validate_push_nsh() and the
> second time as part of the nla_for_each_nested() macro, which isn't
> safe, potentially causing invalid memory access if the size of this
> attribute is incorrect. The failure may not be noticed during
> validation due to larger netlink buffer, but cause trouble later during
> action execution where the buffer is allocated exactly to the size:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nsh_hdr_from_nlattr+0x1dd/0x6a0 [openvswitch]
> Read of size 184 at addr ffff88816459a634 by task a.out/22624
>
> CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 22624 6.18.0-rc7+ #115 PREEMPT(voluntary)
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x70
> print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x390
> kasan_report+0xdd/0x110
> kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1b0
> __asan_memcpy+0x20/0x60
> nsh_hdr_from_nlattr+0x1dd/0x6a0 [openvswitch]
> push_nsh+0x82/0x120 [openvswitch]
> do_execute_actions+0x1405/0x2840 [openvswitch]
> ovs_execute_actions+0xd5/0x3b0 [openvswitch]
> ovs_packet_cmd_execute+0x949/0xdb0 [openvswitch]
> genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1d6/0x2b0
> genl_family_rcv_msg+0x336/0x580
> genl_rcv_msg+0x9f/0x130
> netlink_rcv_skb+0x11f/0x370
> genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
> netlink_unicast+0x73e/0xaa0
> netlink_sendmsg+0x744/0xbf0
> __sys_sendto+0x3d6/0x450
> do_syscall_64+0x79/0x2c0
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
> </TASK>
>
> Let's add some checks that the attribute is properly sized and it's
> the only one attribute inside the action. Technically, there is no
> real reason for OVS_KEY_ATTR_NSH to be there, as we know that we're
> pushing an NSH header already, it just creates extra nesting, but
> that's how uAPI works today. So, keeping as it is.
>
> Fixes: b2d0f5d5dc53 ("openvswitch: enable NSH support")
> Reported-by: Junvy Yang <zhuque@tencent.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
> ---
Checked it out using also the userspace kmod test suite, and the
kernel selftest scripts. Change makes sense to me.
Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-04 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-04 10:53 [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action Ilya Maximets
2025-12-04 11:03 ` Eelco Chaudron
2025-12-04 11:36 ` Ilya Maximets
2025-12-04 13:22 ` Eelco Chaudron
2025-12-04 13:50 ` Ilya Maximets
2025-12-04 17:41 ` Aaron Conole [this message]
2025-12-10 8:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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