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Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski:
"Including fixes from bpf and netfilter.
A lot of networking people were at a conference last week, busy
catching COVID, so relatively short PR.
Current release - regressions:
- tcp: process the 3rd ACK with sk_socket for TFO and MPTCP
Current release - new code bugs:
- l2tp: protect session IDR and tunnel session list with one lock,
make sure the state is coherent to avoid a warning
- eth: bnxt_en: update xdp_rxq_info in queue restart logic
- eth: airoha: fix location of the MBI_RX_AGE_SEL_MASK field
Previous releases - regressions:
- xsk: require XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN to actuate tx_metadata_len,
the field reuses previously un-validated pad
Previous releases - always broken:
- tap/tun: drop short frames to prevent crashes later in the stack
- eth: ice: add a per-VF limit on number of FDIR filters
- af_unix: disable MSG_OOB handling for sockets in sockmap/sockhash"
* tag 'net-6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (34 commits)
tun: add missing verification for short frame
tap: add missing verification for short frame
mISDN: Fix a use after free in hfcmulti_tx()
gve: Fix an edge case for TSO skb validity check
bnxt_en: update xdp_rxq_info in queue restart logic
tcp: process the 3rd ACK with sk_socket for TFO/MPTCP
selftests/bpf: Add XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN to XSK TX metadata test
xsk: Require XDP_UMEM_TX_METADATA_LEN to actuate tx_metadata_len
bpf: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size
net: mediatek: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dummy net_device handling
MAINTAINERS: make Breno the netconsole maintainer
MAINTAINERS: Update bonding entry
net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops
net: stmmac: Correct byte order of perfect_match
selftests: forwarding: skip if kernel not support setting bridge fdb learning limit
tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: disable softinterrupts
ice: Fix recipe read procedure
ice: Add a per-VF limit on number of FDIR filters
net: bonding: correctly annotate RCU in bond_should_notify_peers()
...
Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:
- trivial printk changes
The bigger "real" printk work is still being discussed.
* tag 'printk-for-6.11-trivial' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux:
vsprintf: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro
printk: Rename console_replay_all() and update context
Dongli Zhang says:
====================
tap/tun: harden by dropping short frame
This is to harden all of tap/tun to avoid any short frame smaller than the
Ethernet header (ETH_HLEN).
While the xen-netback already rejects short frame smaller than ETH_HLEN ...
914 static void xenvif_tx_build_gops(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
915 int budget,
916 unsigned *copy_ops,
917 unsigned *map_ops)
918 {
... ...
1007 if (unlikely(txreq.size < ETH_HLEN)) {
1008 netdev_dbg(queue->vif->dev,
1009 "Bad packet size: %d\n", txreq.size);
1010 xenvif_tx_err(queue, &txreq, extra_count, idx);
1011 break;
1012 }
... the short frame may not be dropped by vhost-net/tap/tun.
This fixes CVE-2024-41090 and CVE-2024-41091.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240724170452.16837-1-dongli.zhang@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Pull sysctl constification from Joel Granados:
"Treewide constification of the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers
using a coccinelle script and some manual code formatting fixups.
This is a prerequisite to moving the static ctl_table structs into
read-only data section which will ensure that proc_handler function
pointers cannot be modified"
* tag 'constfy-sysctl-6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl:
sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers
make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_printf.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_scanf.o
Add the missing invocations of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240531-md-vsprintf-v1-1-d8bc7e21539a@quicinc.com
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Don't dereference *sp after calling dev_kfree_skb(*sp).
Fixes: af69fb3a8ffa ("Add mISDN HFC multiport driver")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/8be65f5a-c2dd-4ba0-8a10-bfe5980b8cfb@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
The cited commit missed to check against the validity of the frame length
in the tun_xdp_one() path, which could cause a corrupted skb to be sent
downstack. Even before the skb is transmitted, the
tun_xdp_one-->eth_type_trans() may access the Ethernet header although it
can be less than ETH_HLEN. Once transmitted, this could either cause
out-of-bound access beyond the actual length, or confuse the underlayer
with incorrect or inconsistent header length in the skb metadata.
In the alternative path, tun_get_user() already prohibits short frame which
has the length less than Ethernet header size from being transmitted for
IFF_TAP.
This is to drop any frame shorter than the Ethernet header size just like
how tun_get_user() does.
CVE: CVE-2024-41091
Inspired-by: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1717026141-25716-1-git-send-email-si-wei.liu@oracle.com/
Fixes: 043d222f93ab ("tuntap: accept an array of XDP buffs through sendmsg()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240724170452.16837-3-dongli.zhang@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Pull EFI fixes from Ard Biesheuvel:
- Wipe screen_info after allocating it from the heap - used by arm32
and EFI zboot, other EFI architectures allocate it statically
- Revert to allocating boot_params from the heap on x86 when entering
via the native PE entrypoint, to work around a regression on older
Dell hardware
* tag 'efi-fixes-for-v6.11-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi:
x86/efistub: Revert to heap allocated boot_params for PE entrypoint
efi/libstub: Zero initialize heap allocated struct screen_info
const qualify the struct ctl_table argument in the proc_handler function
signatures. This is a prerequisite to moving the static ctl_table
structs into .rodata data which will ensure that proc_handler function
pointers cannot be modified.
This patch has been generated by the following coccinelle script:
```
virtual patch
@r1@
identifier ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
identifier func !~ "appldata_(timer|interval)_handler|sched_(rt|rr)_handler|rds_tcp_skbuf_handler|proc_sctp_do_(hmac_alg|rto_min|rto_max|udp_port|alpha_beta|auth|probe_interval)";
@@
int func(
- struct ctl_table *ctl
+ const struct ctl_table *ctl
,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
@r2@
identifier func, ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
@@
int func(
- struct ctl_table *ctl
+ const struct ctl_table *ctl
,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{ ... }
@r3@
identifier func;
@@
int func(
- struct ctl_table *
+ const struct ctl_table *
,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);
@r4@
identifier func, ctl;
@@
int func(
- struct ctl_table *ctl
+ const struct ctl_table *ctl
,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);
@r5@
identifier func, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
@@
int func(
- struct ctl_table *
+ const struct ctl_table *
,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
```
* Code formatting was adjusted in xfs_sysctl.c to comply with code
conventions. The xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler,
xfs_panic_mask_proc_handler and xfs_deprecated_dointvec_minmax where
adjusted.
* The ctl_table argument in proc_watchdog_common was const qualified.
This is called from a proc_handler itself and is calling back into
another proc_handler, making it necessary to change it as part of the
proc_handler migration.
Co-developed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Co-developed-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Rename console_replay_all() to console_try_replay_all() to make
clear that the implementation is best effort. Also, the function
should not be called in NMI context as it takes locks, so update
the comment in code.
Fixes: 693f75b91a91 ("printk: Add function to replay kernel log on consoles")
Fixes: 1b743485e27f ("tty/sysrq: Replay kernel log messages on consoles via sysrq")
Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shimoyashiki Taichi <taichi.shimoyashiki@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Sreenath Vijayan <sreenath.vijayan@sony.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Zlguq/wU21Z8MqI4@sreenath.vijayan@sony.com
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
The NIC requires each TSO segment to not span more than 10
descriptors. NIC further requires each descriptor to not exceed
16KB - 1 (GVE_TX_MAX_BUF_SIZE_DQO).
The descriptors for an skb are generated by
gve_tx_add_skb_no_copy_dqo() for DQO RDA queue format.
gve_tx_add_skb_no_copy_dqo() loops through each skb frag and
generates a descriptor for the entire frag if the frag size is
not greater than GVE_TX_MAX_BUF_SIZE_DQO. If the frag size is
greater than GVE_TX_MAX_BUF_SIZE_DQO, it is split into descriptor(s)
of size GVE_TX_MAX_BUF_SIZE_DQO and a descriptor is generated for
the remainder (frag size % GVE_TX_MAX_BUF_SIZE_DQO).
gve_can_send_tso() checks if the descriptors thus generated for an
skb would meet the requirement that each TSO-segment not span more
than 10 descriptors. However, the current code misses an edge case
when a TSO segment spans multiple descriptors within a large frag.
This change fixes the edge case.
gve_can_send_tso() relies on the assumption that max gso size (9728)
is less than GVE_TX_MAX_BUF_SIZE_DQO and therefore within an skb
fragment a TSO segment can never span more than 2 descriptors.
Fixes: a57e5de476be ("gve: DQO: Add TX path")
Signed-off-by: Praveen Kaligineedi <pkaligineedi@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Bailey Forrest <bcf@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240724143431.3343722-1-pkaligineedi@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
The cited commit missed to check against the validity of the frame length
in the tap_get_user_xdp() path, which could cause a corrupted skb to be
sent downstack. Even before the skb is transmitted, the
tap_get_user_xdp()-->skb_set_network_header() may assume the size is more
than ETH_HLEN. Once transmitted, this could either cause out-of-bound
access beyond the actual length, or confuse the underlayer with incorrect
or inconsistent header length in the skb metadata.
In the alternative path, tap_get_user() already prohibits short frame which
has the length less than Ethernet header size from being transmitted.
This is to drop any frame shorter than the Ethernet header size just like
how tap_get_user() does.
CVE: CVE-2024-41090
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1717026141-25716-1-git-send-email-si-wei.liu@oracle.com/
Fixes: 0efac27791ee ("tap: accept an array of XDP buffs through sendmsg()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240724170452.16837-2-dongli.zhang@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Pull kgdb updates from Daniel Thompson:
"Three small changes this cycle:
- Clean up an architecture abstraction that is no longer needed
because all the architectures have converged.
- Actually use the prompt argument to kdb_position_cursor() instead
of ignoring it (functionally this fix is a nop but that was due to
luck rather than good judgement)
- Fix a -Wformat-security warning"
* tag 'kgdb-6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/danielt/linux:
kdb: Get rid of redundant kdb_curr_task()
kdb: Use the passed prompt in kdb_position_cursor()
kdb: address -Wformat-security warnings
This is a partial revert of commit
8117961d98f ("x86/efi: Disregard setup header of loaded image")
which triggers boot issues on older Dell laptops. As it turns out,
switching back to a heap allocation for the struct boot_params
constructed by the EFI stub works around this, even though it is unclear
why.
Cc: Christian Heusel <christian@heusel.eu>
Reported-by: <mavrix#kernel@simplelogin.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Pull random number generator updates from Jason Donenfeld:
"This adds getrandom() support to the vDSO.
First, it adds a new kind of mapping to mmap(2), MAP_DROPPABLE, which
lets the kernel zero out pages anytime under memory pressure, which
enables allocating memory that never gets swapped to disk but also
doesn't count as being mlocked.
Then, the vDSO implementation of getrandom() is introduced in a
generic manner and hooked into random.c.
Next, this is implemented on x86. (Also, though it's not ready for
this pull, somebody has begun an arm64 implementation already)
Finally, two vDSO selftests are added.
There are also two housekeeping cleanup commits"
* tag 'random-6.11-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random:
MAINTAINERS: add random.h headers to RNG subsection
random: note that RNDGETPOOL was removed in 2.6.9-rc2
selftests/vDSO: add tests for vgetrandom
x86: vdso: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation
random: introduce generic vDSO getrandom() implementation
mm: add MAP_DROPPABLE for designating always lazily freeable mappings