[PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: fix NULL pointer dereference in pause_prepare_data()

[PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: fix NULL pointer dereference in pause_prepare_data()

[Vladimir Oltean]

In the following call path:

ethnl_default_dumpit
-> ethnl_default_dump_one
   -> ctx->ops->prepare_data
      -> pause_prepare_data

struct genl_info *info will be passed as NULL, and pause_prepare_data()
dereferences it while getting the extended ack pointer.

To avoid that, just set the extack to NULL if "info" is NULL, since the
netlink extack handling messages know how to deal with that.

The pattern "info ? info->extack : NULL" is present in quite a few other
"prepare_data" implementations, so it's clear that it's a more general
problem to be dealt with at a higher level, but the code should have at
least adhered to the current conventions to avoid the NULL dereference.

Fixes: 04692c9020b7 ("net: ethtool: netlink: retrieve stats from multiple sources (eMAC, pMAC)")
Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
---
 net/ethtool/pause.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/pause.c b/net/ethtool/pause.c
index e2be9e89c9d9..dcd34b9a849f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/pause.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/pause.c
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ static int pause_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 			      struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	const struct pause_req_info *req_info = PAUSE_REQINFO(req_base);
+	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack = info ? info->extack : NULL;
 	struct pause_reply_data *data = PAUSE_REPDATA(reply_base);
 	enum ethtool_mac_stats_src src = req_info->src;
-	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack = info->extack;
 	struct net_device *dev = reply_base->dev;
 	int ret;
 
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2.34.1

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: fix NULL pointer dereference in pause_prepare_data()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:13:28 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> In the following call path:
> 
> ethnl_default_dumpit
> -> ethnl_default_dump_one
>    -> ctx->ops->prepare_data
>       -> pause_prepare_data  
> 
> struct genl_info *info will be passed as NULL, and pause_prepare_data()
> dereferences it while getting the extended ack pointer.
> 
> To avoid that, just set the extack to NULL if "info" is NULL, since the
> netlink extack handling messages know how to deal with that.
> 
> The pattern "info ? info->extack : NULL" is present in quite a few other
> "prepare_data" implementations, so it's clear that it's a more general
> problem to be dealt with at a higher level, but the code should have at
> least adhered to the current conventions to avoid the NULL dereference.
> 
> Fixes: 04692c9020b7 ("net: ethtool: netlink: retrieve stats from multiple sources (eMAC, pMAC)")
> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>

Reported-by: syzbot+9d44aae2720fc40b8474@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: fix NULL pointer dereference in pause_prepare_data()

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:13:28 +0200 you wrote:
> In the following call path:
> 
> ethnl_default_dumpit
> -> ethnl_default_dump_one
>    -> ctx->ops->prepare_data
>       -> pause_prepare_data
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: ethtool: fix NULL pointer dereference in pause_prepare_data()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f5be9caf7bf0

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