[PATCH v2] nl80211: take RCU read lock when calling ieee80211_bss_get_ie()

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Sun Jan 14 2018 - 17:23:38 EST


As ieee80211_bss_get_ie() derefences an RCU, it needs to be called with
rcu_read_lock held.

Fixes: 44905265bc15 ("nl80211: don't expose wdev->ssid for most interfaces")
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

> This uses the ssid_ie, so that doesn't really seem right? The
> protection should extend beyond the usage.

Indeed -- I had misread the code and hadn't thought of ssid_ie also needing
the protection during its lifetime. So here's a new version 2 -- which I
will only be able to test tomorrow, though...

Thanks,
Dominik

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 2b3dbcd40e46..b53bd8db7974 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2618,12 +2618,15 @@ static int nl80211_send_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flag
const u8 *ssid_ie;
if (!wdev->current_bss)
break;
+ rcu_read_lock();
ssid_ie = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(&wdev->current_bss->pub,
WLAN_EID_SSID);
if (!ssid_ie)
- break;
+ goto nla_rcu_unlock;
if (nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SSID, ssid_ie[1], ssid_ie + 2))
- goto nla_put_failure_locked;
+ goto nla_put_failure_rcu_locked;
+ nla_rcu_unlock:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
break;
}
default:
@@ -2635,6 +2638,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flag
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
return 0;

+ nla_put_failure_rcu_locked:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
nla_put_failure_locked:
wdev_unlock(wdev);
nla_put_failure: