From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753753AbaCXSeR (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:34:17 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48252 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753107AbaCXSeP (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:34:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:34:06 -0400 From: Richard Guy Briggs To: David Miller Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, eparis@redhat.com, sgrubb@redhat.com, hadi@mojatatu.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: have netlink per-protocol bind function return an error code. Message-ID: <20140324183406.GE28666@madcap2.tricolour.ca> References: <1239812af16a5c746772913ef68d3570383f2e50.1395419169.git.rgb@redhat.com> <20140323.005010.1898428719601246326.davem@davemloft.net> <20140324143843.GC28666@madcap2.tricolour.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140324143843.GC28666@madcap2.tricolour.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 14/03/24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 14/03/23, David Miller wrote: > > From: Richard Guy Briggs > > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:39:11 -0400 > > > > > @@ -1441,6 +1441,17 @@ static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, > > > if (!nladdr->nl_groups && (nlk->groups == NULL || !(u32)nlk->groups[0])) > > > return 0; > > > > > > + if (nlk->netlink_bind && nladdr->nl_groups) { > > > + int i; > > > + > > > + for (i = 0; i < nlk->ngroups; i++) > > > + if (test_bit(i, (long unsigned int *)&nladdr->nl_groups)) { > > > + err = nlk->netlink_bind(i); > > > + if (err) > > > + return err; > > > + } > > > + } > > > + > > > > You can't just leave a partially set of completed bindings in place. > > In the general case, I agree. > > > It's not valid to leave half-baked state like this. > > In the one existing case (netfilter), it adds a module that is never > unloaded. (refcounts are bumped up and down, but I don't see an > auto-reap based on cleared multicast group subscriptions.) For that > matter, netlink_realloc_groups() isn't reversed on error either. Ok, in netlink_bind(), netlink_insert()/netlink_autobind() also need to be undone with netlink_remove() if nlk->portid was not set. > In the proposed case (audit) it is only a permissions check, so there is > nothing to undo. > > So, I was being lazy looking at the existing situation. > > > If you return an error, all of the binding state changes must be > > completely undone. > > Is it time to add a ".unbind = netlink_unbind" to struct proto_ops > netlink_ops? (I am only half serious here...) At this stage, that function would be a no-op for netfilter and audit. Are there any out-of-tree users of this per-protocol bind function? > > If you can't find a way to do this cleanly, you'll need to find > > a way for the audit code to not return an error. > > Fair enough. I'll go back and look at updating subscriptions and > listeners first and undoing those actions if the bind fails. In the > case of netlink_setsockopt() it is just one to undo, which is easy. > netlink_bind() is a bit more complex, but doable. > > The whole purpose here was to add a way for each protocol to be able to > add its own permissions check and signal a way for netlink to refuse the > subscription if the userspace process doesn't have the required > permissions, so not returning an error defeats that whole purpose. > > - RGB - RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs Senior Software Engineer, Kernel Security, AMER ENG Base Operating Systems, Red Hat Remote, Ottawa, Canada Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635, Alt: +1.613.693.0684x3545