[PATCH] vhost_net: fix double fget()

From: Jason Wang
Date: Mon May 16 2022 - 04:42:45 EST


From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Here's another piece of code assuming that repeated fget() will yield the
same opened file: in vhost_net_set_backend() we have

sock = get_socket(fd);
if (IS_ERR(sock)) {
r = PTR_ERR(sock);
goto err_vq;
}

/* start polling new socket */
oldsock = vhost_vq_get_backend(vq);
if (sock != oldsock) {
...
vhost_vq_set_backend(vq, sock);
...
if (index == VHOST_NET_VQ_RX)
nvq->rx_ring = get_tap_ptr_ring(fd);

with
static struct socket *get_socket(int fd)
{
struct socket *sock;

/* special case to disable backend */
if (fd == -1)
return NULL;
sock = get_raw_socket(fd);
if (!IS_ERR(sock))
return sock;
sock = get_tap_socket(fd);
if (!IS_ERR(sock))
return sock;
return ERR_PTR(-ENOTSOCK);
}
and
static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(int fd)
{
struct ptr_ring *ring;
struct file *file = fget(fd);

if (!file)
return NULL;
ring = tun_get_tx_ring(file);
if (!IS_ERR(ring))
goto out;
ring = tap_get_ptr_ring(file);
if (!IS_ERR(ring))
goto out;
ring = NULL;
out:
fput(file);
return ring;
}

Again, there is no promise that fd will resolve to the same thing for
lookups in get_socket() and in get_tap_ptr_ring(). I'm not familiar
enough with the guts of drivers/vhost to tell how easy it is to turn
into attack, but it looks like trouble. If nothing else, the pointer
returned by tun_get_tx_ring() is not guaranteed to be pinned down by
anything - the reference to sock will _usually_ suffice, but that
doesn't help any if we get a different socket on that second fget().

One possible way to fix it would be the patch below; objections?

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vhost/net.c | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 28ef323882fb..0bd7d91de792 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -1449,13 +1449,9 @@ static struct socket *get_raw_socket(int fd)
return ERR_PTR(r);
}

-static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(int fd)
+static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(struct file *file)
{
struct ptr_ring *ring;
- struct file *file = fget(fd);
-
- if (!file)
- return NULL;
ring = tun_get_tx_ring(file);
if (!IS_ERR(ring))
goto out;
@@ -1464,7 +1460,6 @@ static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(int fd)
goto out;
ring = NULL;
out:
- fput(file);
return ring;
}

@@ -1551,8 +1546,12 @@ static long vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_net *n, unsigned index, int fd)
r = vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
if (r)
goto err_used;
- if (index == VHOST_NET_VQ_RX)
- nvq->rx_ring = get_tap_ptr_ring(fd);
+ if (index == VHOST_NET_VQ_RX) {
+ if (sock)
+ nvq->rx_ring = get_tap_ptr_ring(sock->file);
+ else
+ nvq->rx_ring = NULL;
+ }

oldubufs = nvq->ubufs;
nvq->ubufs = ubufs;
--
2.25.1