On 02/08/2021 02:17, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > Currently it is possible to add broken extern_learn FDB entries to the > bridge in two ways: > > 1. Entries pointing towards the bridge device that are not local/permanent: > > ip link add br0 type bridge > bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn static > > 2. Entries pointing towards the bridge device or towards a port that > are marked as local/permanent, however the bridge does not process the > 'permanent' bit in any way, therefore they are recorded as though they > aren't permanent: > > ip link add br0 type bridge > bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn permanent > > Since commit 52e4bec15546 ("net: bridge: switchdev: treat local FDBs the > same as entries towards the bridge"), these incorrect FDB entries can > even trigger NULL pointer dereferences inside the kernel. > > This is because that commit made the assumption that all FDB entries > that are not local/permanent have a valid destination port. For context, > local / permanent FDB entries either have fdb->dst == NULL, and these > point towards the bridge device and are therefore local and not to be > used for forwarding, or have fdb->dst == a net_bridge_port structure > (but are to be treated in the same way, i.e. not for forwarding). > > That assumption _is_ correct as long as things are working correctly in > the bridge driver, i.e. we cannot logically have fdb->dst == NULL under > any circumstance for FDB entries that are not local. However, the > extern_learn code path where FDB entries are managed by a user space > controller show that it is possible for the bridge kernel driver to > misinterpret the NUD flags of an entry transmitted by user space, and > end up having fdb->dst == NULL while not being a local entry. This is > invalid and should be rejected. > > Before, the two commands listed above both crashed the kernel in this > check from br_switchdev_fdb_notify: > > struct net_device *dev = info.is_local ? br->dev : dst->dev; > > info.is_local == false, dst == NULL. > > After this patch, the invalid entry added by the first command is > rejected: > > ip link add br0 type bridge && bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn static; ip link del br0 > Error: bridge: FDB entry towards bridge must be permanent. > > and the valid entry added by the second command is properly treated as a > local address and does not crash br_switchdev_fdb_notify anymore: > > ip link add br0 type bridge && bridge fdb add 00:01:02:03:04:05 dev br0 self extern_learn permanent; ip link del br0 > > Fixes: eb100e0e24a2 ("net: bridge: allow to add externally learned entries from user-space") > Reported-by: syzbot+9ba1174359adba5a5b7c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> > --- Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx>