On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 07:32:14AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: 'Marcelo Ricardo Leitner'
> > Sent: 21 May 2020 01:17
> > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 03:08:13PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > ...
> > > Only SCTP_SOCKOPT_CONNECTX3 contains an indirect pointer.
> > > It is also the only getsockopt() that wants to return a buffer
> > > and an error code. It is also definitely abusing getsockopt().
> > ...
> > > @@ -1375,11 +1350,11 @@ struct compat_sctp_getaddrs_old {
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > static int sctp_getsockopt_connectx3(struct sock *sk, int len,
> > > - char __user *optval,
> > > - int __user *optlen)
> > > + struct sctp_getaddrs_old *param,
> > > + int *optlen)
> > > {
> > > - struct sctp_getaddrs_old param;
> > > sctp_assoc_t assoc_id = 0;
> > > + struct sockaddr *addrs;
> > > int err = 0;
> > >
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> ..
> > > } else
> > > #endif
> > > {
> > > - if (len < sizeof(param))
> > > + if (len < sizeof(*param))
> > > return -EINVAL;
> > > - if (copy_from_user(¶m, optval, sizeof(param)))
> > > - return -EFAULT;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - err = __sctp_setsockopt_connectx(sk, (struct sockaddr __user *)
> > > - param.addrs, param.addr_num,
> > > + addrs = memdup_user(param->addrs, param->addr_num);
> >
> > I'm staring at this for a while now but I don't get this memdup_user.
> > AFAICT, params->addrs is not __user anymore here, because
> > sctp_getsockopt() copied the whole thing already, no?
> > Also weird because it is being called from kernel_sctp_getsockopt(),
> > which now has no knowledge of __user buffers.
> > Maybe I didn't get something from the patch description.
>
> The connectx3 sockopt buffer contains a pointer to the user buffer
> that contains the actual addresses.
> So a second copy_from_user() is needed.
Oh, I see now. Thanks.
>
> This does mean that this option can only be actioned from userspace.
>
> Kernel code can get the same functionality using one of the
> other interfaces to connectx().
>
> David
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