From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 8d650cdedaabb33e85e9b7c517c0c71fcecc1de9 ] Neal reported incorrect use of ns_capable() from bpf hook. bpf_setsockopt(...TCP_CONGESTION...) -> tcp_set_congestion_control() -> ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN) -> ns_capable_common() -> current_cred() -> rcu_dereference_protected(current->cred, 1) Accessing 'current' in bpf context makes no sense, since packets are processed from softirq context. As Neal stated : The capability check in tcp_set_congestion_control() was written assuming a system call context, and then was reused from a BPF call site. The fix is to add a new parameter to tcp_set_congestion_control(), so that the ns_capable() call is only performed under the right context. Fixes: 91b5b21c7c16 ("bpf: Add support for changing congestion control") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@xxxxxx> Reported-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/tcp.h | 3 ++- net/core/filter.c | 3 ++- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 4 +++- net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c | 6 +++--- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/tcp.h +++ b/include/net/tcp.h @@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ void tcp_get_default_congestion_control( void tcp_get_available_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t len); void tcp_get_allowed_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t len); int tcp_set_allowed_congestion_control(char *allowed); -int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, bool reinit); +int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, + bool reinit, bool cap_net_admin); u32 tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 acked); void tcp_cong_avoid_ai(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 w, u32 acked); --- a/net/core/filter.c +++ b/net/core/filter.c @@ -3122,7 +3122,8 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_setsockopt, struct bpf_so strncpy(name, optval, min_t(long, optlen, TCP_CA_NAME_MAX-1)); name[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX-1] = 0; - ret = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, false, reinit); + ret = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, false, + reinit, true); } else { struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk); --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c @@ -2500,7 +2500,9 @@ static int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock name[val] = 0; lock_sock(sk); - err = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, true, true); + err = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, true, true, + ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, + CAP_NET_ADMIN)); release_sock(sk); return err; } --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c @@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ out: * tcp_reinit_congestion_control (if the current congestion control was * already initialized. */ -int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, bool reinit) +int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, + bool reinit, bool cap_net_admin) { struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk); const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca; @@ -372,8 +373,7 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct so } else { err = -EBUSY; } - } else if (!((ca->flags & TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED) || - ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))) { + } else if (!((ca->flags & TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED) || cap_net_admin)) { err = -EPERM; } else if (!try_module_get(ca->owner)) { err = -EBUSY;