Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] taprio: Add boundary check for sched-entry values

[Paolo Abeni]

On Wed, 2023-10-18 at 19:56 +0200, Gerhard Engleder wrote:
> On 18.10.23 05:28, Lai Peter Jun Ann wrote:
> > Adds boundary checks for the gatemask provided against the number of
> > traffic class defined for each sched-entry.
> > 
> > Without this check, the user would not know that the gatemask provided is
> > invalid and the driver has already truncated the gatemask provided to
> > match the number of traffic class defined.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Husaini Zulkifli <muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Lai Peter Jun Ann <jun.ann.lai@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 8 ++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
> > index 1cb5e41..44b9e21 100644
> > --- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
> > +++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
> > @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct taprio_sched {
> >   	u32 max_sdu[TC_MAX_QUEUE]; /* save info from the user */
> >   	u32 fp[TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE]; /* only for dump and offloading */
> >   	u32 txtime_delay;
> > +	u8 num_tc;
> >   };
> >   
> >   struct __tc_taprio_qopt_offload {
> > @@ -1063,6 +1064,11 @@ static int fill_sched_entry(struct taprio_sched *q, struct nlattr **tb,
> >   		return -EINVAL;
> >   	}
> >   
> > +	if (entry->gate_mask >= q->num_tc) {
> 
> As far as I know within gate_mask every bit represents a traffic class.
> So for 3 traffic classes at gate_mask of 0x7 is valid but this check
> fails with 0x7 >= 3.

Additionally whatever check we put in place previously just ignored by
the existing code, could break the existing user-space: we can't accept
such change. 

Cheers,

Paolo