Re: [PATCH] nsfs: fix oops when ns->ops is not provided

[Cong Wang]

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:01 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 May 2021 23:34:10 +0800 Changbin Du wrote:
> > We should not create inode for disabled namespace. A disabled namespace
> > sets its ns->ops to NULL. Kernel could panic if we try to create a inode
> > for such namespace.
> >
> > Here is an example oops in socket ioctl cmd SIOCGSKNS when NET_NS is
> > disabled. Kernel panicked wherever nsfs trys to access ns->ops since the
> > proc_ns_operations is not implemented in this case.
> >
> > [7.670023] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010
> > [7.670268] pgd = 32b54000
> > [7.670544] [00000010] *pgd=00000000
> > [7.671861] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM
> > [7.672315] Modules linked in:
> > [7.672918] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.13.0-rc3-00375-g6799d4f2da49 #16
> > [7.673309] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
> > [7.673642] PC is at nsfs_evict+0x24/0x30
> > [7.674486] LR is at clear_inode+0x20/0x9c
> >
> > So let's reject such request for disabled namespace.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/nsfs.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
> > index 800c1d0eb0d0..6c055eb7757b 100644
> > --- a/fs/nsfs.c
> > +++ b/fs/nsfs.c
> > @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ static int __ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct ns_common *ns)
> >       struct inode *inode;
> >       unsigned long d;
> >
> > +     /* In case the namespace is not actually enabled. */
> > +     if (!ns->ops)
> > +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +
> >       rcu_read_lock();
> >       d = atomic_long_read(&ns->stashed);
> >       if (!d)
>
> I'm not sure why we'd pick runtime checks for something that can be
> perfectly easily solved at compilation time. Networking should not
> be asking for FDs for objects which don't exist.

Four reasons:

1) ioctl() is not a hot path, so performance is not a problem here.

2) There are 3 different places (tun has two more) that need the same
fix.

3) init_net always exits, except it does not have an ops when
CONFIG_NET_NS is disabled:

static __net_init int net_ns_net_init(struct net *net)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
        net->ns.ops = &netns_operations;
#endif
        return ns_alloc_inum(&net->ns);
}

4) *I think* other namespaces need this fix too, for instance
init_ipc_ns:

struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns = {
        .ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
        .user_ns = &init_user_ns,
        .ns.inum = PROC_IPC_INIT_INO,
#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
        .ns.ops = &ipcns_operations,
#endif
};

whose ns->ops is NULL too if disabled.

Thanks.