linux/net
Marcelo Ricardo Leitner 8e2d61e0ae sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization
Consider sctp module is unloaded and is being requested because an user
is creating a sctp socket.

During initialization, sctp will add the new protocol type and then
initialize pernet subsys:

        status = sctp_v4_protosw_init();
        if (status)
                goto err_protosw_init;

        status = sctp_v6_protosw_init();
        if (status)
                goto err_v6_protosw_init;

        status = register_pernet_subsys(&sctp_net_ops);

The problem is that after those calls to sctp_v{4,6}_protosw_init(), it
is possible for userspace to create SCTP sockets like if the module is
already fully loaded. If that happens, one of the possible effects is
that we will have readers for net->sctp.local_addr_list list earlier
than expected and sctp_net_init() does not take precautions while
dealing with that list, leading to a potential panic but not limited to
that, as sctp_sock_init() will copy a bunch of blank/partially
initialized values from net->sctp.

The race happens like this:

     CPU 0                           |  CPU 1
  socket()                           |
   __sock_create                     | socket()
    inet_create                      |  __sock_create
     list_for_each_entry_rcu(        |
        answer, &inetsw[sock->type], |
        list) {                      |   inet_create
      /* no hits */                  |
     if (unlikely(err)) {            |
      ...                            |
      request_module()               |
      /* socket creation is blocked  |
       * the module is fully loaded  |
       */                            |
       sctp_init                     |
        sctp_v4_protosw_init         |
         inet_register_protosw       |
          list_add_rcu(&p->list,     |
                       last_perm);   |
                                     |  list_for_each_entry_rcu(
                                     |     answer, &inetsw[sock->type],
        sctp_v6_protosw_init         |     list) {
                                     |     /* hit, so assumes protocol
                                     |      * is already loaded
                                     |      */
                                     |  /* socket creation continues
                                     |   * before netns is initialized
                                     |   */
        register_pernet_subsys       |

Simply inverting the initialization order between
register_pernet_subsys() and sctp_v4_protosw_init() is not possible
because register_pernet_subsys() will create a control sctp socket, so
the protocol must be already visible by then. Deferring the socket
creation to a work-queue is not good specially because we loose the
ability to handle its errors.

So, as suggested by Vlad, the fix is to split netns initialization in
two moments: defaults and control socket, so that the defaults are
already loaded by when we register the protocol, while control socket
initialization is kept at the same moment it is today.

Fixes: 4db67e8086 ("sctp: Make the address lists per network namespace")
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-09-11 15:00:02 -07:00
..
6lowpan 6lowpan: move module_init into core functionality 2015-08-11 22:05:36 +02:00
9p net/9p: Remove ib_get_dma_mr calls 2015-08-30 18:12:36 -04:00
802
8021q net: 8021q: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE 2015-08-18 11:55:06 -07:00
appletalk net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
atm br2684: Remove unnecessary formatting macros b1 and bs 2015-07-31 15:25:52 -07:00
ax25 NET: AX.25: Stop heartbeat timer on disconnect. 2015-07-15 15:59:58 -07:00
batman-adv batman-adv: turn batadv_neigh_node_get() into local function 2015-08-27 20:15:34 +02:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix SCO link type handling on connection complete 2015-08-28 21:03:00 +02:00
bridge net: bridge: remove unnecessary switchdev include 2015-09-08 22:33:14 -07:00
caif net: caif: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE 2015-08-18 11:55:07 -07:00
can can: replace timestamp as unique skb attribute 2015-07-12 21:13:22 +02:00
ceph fs: create and use seq_show_option for escaping 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
core ebpf: emit correct src_reg for conditional jumps 2015-09-11 14:52:41 -07:00
dcb
dccp tcp: fix recv with flags MSG_WAITALL | MSG_PEEK 2015-07-27 01:06:53 -07:00
decnet net: ipv6: use common fib_default_rule_pref 2015-09-09 14:19:50 -07:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: Allow DSA and CPU ports to have a phy-mode property 2015-08-31 14:48:02 -07:00
ethernet flow_dissector: Add flags argument to skb_flow_dissector functions 2015-09-01 15:06:22 -07:00
hsr net: hsr: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE 2015-08-18 11:55:07 -07:00
ieee802154 Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next 2015-08-29 13:15:03 -07:00
ipv4 tcp_cubic: better follow cubic curve after idle period 2015-09-10 10:58:33 -07:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-09-10 13:53:15 -07:00
ipx net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
irda irda: use msecs_to_jiffies for conversion to jiffies 2015-05-25 17:46:21 -04:00
iucv net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
key net: Fix RCU splat in af_key 2015-08-24 14:48:10 -07:00
l2tp net: Modify sk_alloc to not reference count the netns of kernel sockets. 2015-05-11 10:50:18 -04:00
lapb
llc tcp: fix recv with flags MSG_WAITALL | MSG_PEEK 2015-07-27 01:06:53 -07:00
mac80211 mac80211: reject software RSSI CQM with beacon filtering 2015-09-04 15:23:22 +02:00
mac802154 ieee802154: add ack request default handling 2015-08-10 20:43:06 +02:00
mpls mpls: fix mpls_net_init memory leak 2015-08-31 12:45:09 -07:00
netfilter netlink, mmap: fix edge-case leakages in nf queue zero-copy 2015-09-09 21:43:22 -07:00
netlabel netlink: implement nla_put_in_addr and nla_put_in6_addr 2015-03-31 13:58:35 -04:00
netlink netlink, mmap: transform mmap skb into full skb on taps 2015-09-11 14:36:49 -07:00
netrom netfilter: Remove spurios included of netfilter.h 2015-06-18 21:14:32 +02:00
nfc nfc: netlink: Add capability to reply to vendor_cmd with data 2015-08-20 22:00:11 +02:00
openvswitch openvswitch: Remove conntrack Kconfig option. 2015-09-06 23:48:33 -07:00
packet packet: add extended BPF fanout mode 2015-08-17 14:22:48 -07:00
phonet net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
rds Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-09-10 13:53:15 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: Copy "all" global state to other types 2015-09-04 14:26:56 +02:00
rose Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-06-24 02:58:51 -07:00
rxrpc net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
sched flow_dissector: Add flags argument to skb_flow_dissector functions 2015-09-01 15:06:22 -07:00
sctp sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization 2015-09-11 15:00:02 -07:00
sunrpc Changes for 4.3 2015-09-09 08:33:31 -07:00
switchdev switchdev: fix return value of switchdev_port_fdb_dump in case of error 2015-09-05 22:02:11 -07:00
tipc net: tipc: fix stall during bclink wakeup procedure 2015-09-08 22:50:26 -07:00
unix net/unix: support SCM_SECURITY for stream sockets 2015-06-10 22:49:20 -07:00
vmw_vsock net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
wimax net:wimax: Fix doucble word "the the" in networking.xml 2015-08-09 22:43:52 -07:00
wireless cfg80211: regulatory: restore proper user alpha2 2015-09-04 14:29:25 +02:00
x25 net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2015-09-03 08:08:17 -07:00
compat.c net: switch importing msghdr from userland to {compat_,}import_iovec() 2015-04-09 00:02:26 -04:00
Kconfig lwtunnel: infrastructure for handling light weight tunnels like mpls 2015-07-21 10:39:03 -07:00
Makefile
socket.c net: Add a struct net parameter to sock_create_kern 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
sysctl_net.c