[PATCH net] atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature

[PATCH net] atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature

[Ben Hutchings]

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atl2 includes NETIF_F_SG in hw_features even though it has no support
for non-linear skbs.  This bug was originally harmless since the
driver does not claim to implement checksum offload and that used to
be a requirement for SG.

Now that SG and checksum offload are independent features, if you
explicitly enable SG *and* use one of the rare protocols that can use
SG without checkusm offload, this potentially leaks sensitive
information (before you notice that it just isn't working).  Therefore
this obscure bug has been designated CVE-2016-2117.

Reported-by: Justin Yackoski <jyackoski@crypto-nite.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fixes: ec5f06156423 ("net: Kill link between CSUM and SG features.")
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
index 8f76f4558a88..2ff465848b65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ static int atl2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	err = -EIO;
 
-	netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
+	netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
 	netdev->features |= (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX);
 
 	/* Init PHY as early as possible due to power saving issue  */

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Re: [PATCH net] atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature

[David Miller]

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 23:23:08 +0100

> atl2 includes NETIF_F_SG in hw_features even though it has no support
> for non-linear skbs.  This bug was originally harmless since the
> driver does not claim to implement checksum offload and that used to
> be a requirement for SG.
> 
> Now that SG and checksum offload are independent features, if you
> explicitly enable SG *and* use one of the rare protocols that can use
> SG without checkusm offload, this potentially leaks sensitive
> information (before you notice that it just isn't working).  Therefore
> this obscure bug has been designated CVE-2016-2117.
> 
> Reported-by: Justin Yackoski <jyackoski@crypto-nite.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> Fixes: ec5f06156423 ("net: Kill link between CSUM and SG features.")

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.