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SubjectRe: [PATCH] flow_dissector: prevent NULL pointer dereference in __skb_flow_dissect
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20/03/24 16:38, Jiri Pirko пишет:
> Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 01:56:35PM CET, abelova@astralinux.ru wrote:
>> skb is an optional parameter, so it may be NULL.
>> Add check defore dereference in eth_hdr.
>>
>> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> Either drop this line which provides no value, or attach a link to the
> actual report.
>

It is an established practice for our project. You can find 700+ applied
patches with similar line:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=grep&q=linuxtesting.org


>> Fixes: 67a900cc0436 ("flow_dissector: introduce support for Ethernet addresses")
> This looks incorrect. I believe that this is the offending commit:
> commit 690e36e726d00d2528bc569809048adf61550d80
> Author: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Date: Sat Aug 23 12:13:41 2014 -0700
>
> net: Allow raw buffers to be passed into the flow dissector.
>

Got it.

>
>> Signed-off-by: Anastasia Belova <abelova@astralinux.ru>
>> ---
>> net/core/flow_dissector.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>> index 272f09251343..05db3a8aa771 100644
>> --- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>> +++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>> @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ bool __skb_flow_dissect(const struct net *net,
>> rcu_read_unlock();
>> }
>>
>> - if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
>> + if (skb && dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
>> FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS)) {
>> struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
>> struct flow_dissector_key_eth_addrs *key_eth_addrs;
> Looks like FLOW_DISSECT_RET_OUT_BAD should be returned in case the
> FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS are selected and there is no skb, no?

I agree, I'll send the second version.

Anastasia Belova


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