Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: ip_gre: Handle skb_pull() failure in ipgre_xmit()

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 04:57:33 EST


On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 2:51 AM Shigeru Yoshida <syoshida@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:55:01 -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Shigeru Yoshida wrote:
> >> In ipgre_xmit(), skb_pull() may fail even if pskb_inet_may_pull() returns
> >> true. For example, applications can create a malformed packet that causes
> >> this problem with PF_PACKET.
> >
> > It may fail because because pskb_inet_may_pull does not account for
> > tunnel->hlen.
> >
> > Is that what you are referring to with malformed packet? Can you
> > eloborate a bit on in which way the packet has to be malformed to
> > reach this?
>
> Thank you very much for your prompt feedback.
>
> Actually, I found this problem by running syzkaller. Syzkaller
> reported the following uninit-value issue (I think the root cause of
> this issue is the same as the one Eric mentioned):

Yes, I also have a similar syzbot report (but no repro yet) I am
releasing it right now.

>
> =====================================================
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ipgre_xmit+0xdf4/0xe70 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:662
> __gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]
>



> The simplified version of the repro is shown below:
>
> #include <linux/if_ether.h>
> #include <sys/ioctl.h>
> #include <netinet/ether.h>
> #include <net/if.h>
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> #include <netinet/in.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <linux/if_packet.h>
>
> int main(void)
> {
> int s, s1, s2, data = 0;
> struct ifreq ifr;
> struct sockaddr_ll addr = { 0 };
> unsigned char mac_addr[] = {0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6};
>
> s = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0x300);
> s1 = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, 0x300);
> s2 = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 0);
>
> strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, "gre0");
> ioctl(s2, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
>
> addr.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
> addr.sll_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
> addr.sll_protocol = htons(0);
> addr.sll_hatype = ARPHRD_ETHER;
> addr.sll_pkttype = PACKET_HOST;
> addr.sll_halen = ETH_ALEN;
> memcpy(addr.sll_addr, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>
> sendto(s1, &data, 1, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> The repro sends a 1-byte packet that doesn't have the correct IP
> header. I meant this as "malformed pachet", but that might be a bit
> confusing, sorry.
>
> I think the cause of the uninit-value access is that ipgre_xmit()
> reallocates the skb with skb_cow_head() and copies only the 1-byte
> data, so any IP header access through `tnl_params` can cause the
> problem.
>
> At first I tried to modify pskb_inet_may_pull() to detect this type of
> packet, but I ended up doing this patch.

Even after your patch, __skb_pull() could call BUG() and crash.

I would suggest using this fix instead.

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 22a26d1d29a09d234f18ce3b0f329e5047c0c046..5169c3c72cffe49cef613e69889d139db867ff74
100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -635,15 +635,18 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
}

if (dev->header_ops) {
+ int pull_len = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
+
if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0))
goto free_skb;

tnl_params = (const struct iphdr *)skb->data;

- /* Pull skb since ip_tunnel_xmit() needs skb->data pointing
- * to gre header.
- */
- skb_pull(skb, tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr));
+ if (!pskb_network_may_pull(skb, pull_len))
+ goto free_skb;
+
+ /* ip_tunnel_xmit() needs skb->data pointing to gre header. */
+ skb_pull(skb, pull_len);
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);

if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&