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| author | Kai Zen <kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com> | 2026-04-30 18:26:48 +0300 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2026-05-02 03:04:28 +0300 |
| commit | 4b9e327991815e128ad3af75c3a04630a63ce3e0 (patch) | |
| tree | 81c3fab2f9ed12adbdb4096a2b600b94e72aff46 | |
| parent | 4f34002e2e37639133693c13a2a9977fab86880d (diff) | |
| download | linux-4b9e327991815e128ad3af75c3a04630a63ce3e0.tar.xz | |
net: rtnetlink: zero ifla_vf_broadcast to avoid stack infoleak in rtnl_fill_vfinfo
rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack
without initialisation:
struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast;
The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field:
/* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */
struct ifla_vf_broadcast {
__u8 broadcast[32];
};
The function then copies dev->broadcast into it using dev->addr_len
as the length:
memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len);
On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs)
dev->addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are
written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on
the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via:
nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST,
sizeof(vf_broadcast), &vf_broadcast)
leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per
RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable.
The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed
for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi,
vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above.
vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added.
Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK /
NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an
IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks
each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per
VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return
addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack
instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced.
Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the
existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same
function.
Fixes: 75345f888f70 ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kai Zen <kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index b613bb6e07df..df042da422ef 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1572,6 +1572,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_vfinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, port_guid.vf = ivi.vf; memcpy(vf_mac.mac, ivi.mac, sizeof(ivi.mac)); + memset(&vf_broadcast, 0, sizeof(vf_broadcast)); memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len); vf_vlan.vlan = ivi.vlan; vf_vlan.qos = ivi.qos; |
