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    ethtool: fix a potential missing-check bug · d656fe49
    Wenwen Wang authored
    In ethtool_get_rxnfc(), the object "info" is firstly copied from
    user-space. If the FLOW_RSS flag is set in the member field flow_type of
    "info" (and cmd is ETHTOOL_GRXFH), info needs to be copied again from
    user-space because FLOW_RSS is newer and has new definition, as mentioned
    in the comment. However, given that the user data resides in user-space, a
    malicious user can race to change the data after the first copy. By doing
    so, the user can inject inconsistent data. For example, in the second
    copy, the FLOW_RSS flag could be cleared in the field flow_type of "info".
    In the following execution, "info" will be used in the function
    ops->get_rxnfc(). Such inconsistent data can potentially lead to unexpected
    information leakage since ops->get_rxnfc() will prepare various types of
    data according to flow_type, and the prepared data will be eventually
    copied to user-space. This inconsistent data may also cause undefined
    behaviors based on how ops->get_rxnfc() is implemented.
    
    This patch simply re-verifies the flow_type field of "info" after the
    second copy. If the value is not as expected, an error code will be
    returned.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarWenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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