From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: joao@overdrivepizza.com
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kadlec@netfilter.org, fw@strlen.de, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
rkannoth@marvell.com, wojciech.drewek@intel.com,
steen.hegenlund@microhip.com, keescook@chromium.org,
Joao Moreira <joao.moreira@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Ensure num_actions is not a negative
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 10:58:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZPGnv40EYt/lnOVj@calendula> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230901010437.126631-3-joao@overdrivepizza.com>
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 06:04:37PM -0700, joao@overdrivepizza.com wrote:
> From: Joao Moreira <joao.moreira@intel.com>
>
> In nft_flow_rule_create function, num_actions is a signed integer. Yet,
> it is processed within a loop which increments its value. To prevent an
> overflow from occurring, check if num_actions is not only equal to 0,
> but also not negative.
>
> After checking with maintainers, it was mentioned that front-end will
> cap the num_actions vlaue and that it is not possible to reach such
> condition for an overflow. Yet, for correctness, it is still better to
> fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joao Moreira <joao.moreira@intel.com>
> ---
> net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
> index 12ab78fa5d84..20dbc95de895 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct nft_flow_rule *nft_flow_rule_create(struct net *net,
> expr = nft_expr_next(expr);
> }
>
> - if (num_actions == 0)
> + if (num_actions <= 0)
> return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
Better turn num_actions into unsigned int I'd suggest.
Next hypothetical problem would be an overflow in the number of
actions, you could check for UINT_MAX if you like here to report
ENOMEM.
Thanks.
> flow = nft_flow_rule_alloc(num_actions);
> --
> 2.41.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-01 8:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-01 1:04 [PATCH 0/2] Prevent potential write out of bounds joao
2023-09-01 1:04 ` [PATCH 1/2] Make loop indexes unsigned joao
2023-09-01 1:04 ` [PATCH 2/2] Ensure num_actions is not a negative joao
2023-09-01 8:58 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2023-09-01 1:28 ` [PATCH 0/2] Prevent potential write out of bounds Jakub Kicinski
2023-09-01 5:46 ` Joao Moreira
2023-09-01 8:15 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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