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    psample: Require 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' when joining "packets" group · 44ec98ea
    Ido Schimmel authored
    The "psample" generic netlink family notifies sampled packets over the
    "packets" multicast group. This is problematic since by default generic
    netlink allows non-root users to listen to these notifications.
    
    Fix by marking the group with the 'GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM' flag. This will
    prevent non-root users or root without the 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' capability
    (in the user namespace owning the network namespace) from joining the
    group.
    
    Tested using [1].
    
    Before:
    
     # capsh -- -c ./psample_repo
     # capsh --drop=cap_net_admin -- -c ./psample_repo
    
    After:
    
     # capsh -- -c ./psample_repo
     # capsh --drop=cap_net_admin -- -c ./psample_repo
     Failed to join "packets" multicast group
    
    [1]
     $ cat psample.c
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <netlink/genl/ctrl.h>
     #include <netlink/genl/genl.h>
     #include <netlink/socket.h>
    
     int join_grp(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *grp_name)
     {
     	int grp, err;
    
     	grp = genl_ctrl_resolve_grp(sk, "psample", grp_name);
     	if (grp < 0) {
     		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to resolve \"%s\" multicast group\n",
     			grp_name);
     		return grp;
     	}
    
     	err = nl_socket_add_memberships(sk, grp, NFNLGRP_NONE);
     	if (err) {
     		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to join \"%s\" multicast group\n",
     			grp_name);
     		return err;
     	}
    
     	return 0;
     }
    
     int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
     	struct nl_sock *sk;
     	int err;
    
     	sk = nl_socket_alloc();
     	if (!sk) {
     		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate socket\n");
     		return -1;
     	}
    
     	err = genl_connect(sk);
     	if (err) {
     		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect socket\n");
     		return err;
     	}
    
     	err = join_grp(sk, "config");
     	if (err)
     		return err;
    
     	err = join_grp(sk, "packets");
     	if (err)
     		return err;
    
     	return 0;
     }
     $ gcc -I/usr/include/libnl3 -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3 -o psample_repo psample.c
    
    Fixes: 6ae0a628 ("net: Introduce psample, a new genetlink channel for packet sampling")
    Reported-by: default avatar"The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)" <security@ncsc.gov.uk>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231206213102.1824398-2-idosch@nvidia.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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