linux/net/dcb
Petr Machata 826f328e2b net: dcb: Validate netlink message in DCB handler
DCB uses the same handler function for both RTM_GETDCB and RTM_SETDCB
messages. dcb_doit() bounces RTM_SETDCB mesasges if the user does not have
the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

However, the operation to be performed is not decided from the DCB message
type, but from the DCB command. Thus DCB_CMD_*_GET commands are used for
reading DCB objects, the corresponding SET and DEL commands are used for
manipulation.

The assumption is that set-like commands will be sent via an RTM_SETDCB
message, and get-like ones via RTM_GETDCB. However, this assumption is not
enforced.

It is therefore possible to manipulate DCB objects without CAP_NET_ADMIN
capability by sending the corresponding command in an RTM_GETDCB message.
That is a bug. Fix it by validating the type of the request message against
the type used for the response.

Fixes: 2f90b8657e ("ixgbe: this patch adds support for DCB to the kernel and ixgbe driver")
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <me@pmachata.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a2a9b88418f3a58ef211b718f2970128ef9e3793.1608673640.git.me@pmachata.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2020-12-23 12:19:48 -08:00
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dcbevent.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 201 2019-05-30 11:29:52 -07:00
dcbnl.c net: dcb: Validate netlink message in DCB handler 2020-12-23 12:19:48 -08:00
Kconfig treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
Makefile treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00