DCB uses the same handler function for both RTM_GETDCB and RTM_SETDCB
messages. dcb_doit() bounces RTM_SETDCB mesasges if the user does not have
the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
However, the operation to be performed is not decided from the DCB message
type, but from the DCB command. Thus DCB_CMD_*_GET commands are used for
reading DCB objects, the corresponding SET and DEL commands are used for
manipulation.
The assumption is that set-like commands will be sent via an RTM_SETDCB
message, and get-like ones via RTM_GETDCB. However, this assumption is not
enforced.
It is therefore possible to manipulate DCB objects without CAP_NET_ADMIN
capability by sending the corresponding command in an RTM_GETDCB message.
That is a bug. Fix it by validating the type of the request message against
the type used for the response.
Fixes: 2f90b8657ec9 ("ixgbe: this patch adds support for DCB to the kernel and
ixgbe driver")
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <m...@pmachata.org>
---
net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 084e159a12ba..7d49b6fd6cef 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,8 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr
*nlh,
fn = &reply_funcs[dcb->cmd];
if (!fn->cb)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (fn->type != nlh->nlmsg_type)
+ return -EPERM;
if (!tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME])
return -EINVAL;
--
2.25.1
