Re: [PATCH net-next v2] scm: fix MSG_CTRUNC setting condition for SO_PASSSEC

From: Aleksandr Mikhalitsyn
Date: Mon Mar 13 2023 - 07:40:57 EST


+CC security subsystem folks

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:32 PM Alexander Mikhalitsyn
<aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Currently, kernel would set MSG_CTRUNC flag if msg_control buffer
> wasn't provided and SO_PASSCRED was set or if there was pending SCM_RIGHTS.
>
> For some reason we have no corresponding check for SO_PASSSEC.
>
> In the recvmsg(2) doc we have:
> MSG_CTRUNC
> indicates that some control data was discarded due to lack
> of space in the buffer for ancillary data.
>
> So, we need to set MSG_CTRUNC flag for all types of SCM.
>
> This change can break applications those don't check MSG_CTRUNC flag.
>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> v2:
> - commit message was rewritten according to Eric's suggestion
> ---
> include/net/scm.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
> index 1ce365f4c256..585adc1346bd 100644
> --- a/include/net/scm.h
> +++ b/include/net/scm.h
> @@ -105,16 +105,27 @@ static inline void scm_passec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, struct sc
> }
> }
> }
> +
> +static inline bool scm_has_secdata(struct socket *sock)
> +{
> + return test_bit(SOCK_PASSSEC, &sock->flags);
> +}
> #else
> static inline void scm_passec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, struct scm_cookie *scm)
> { }
> +
> +static inline bool scm_has_secdata(struct socket *sock)
> +{
> + return false;
> +}
> #endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK */
>
> static __inline__ void scm_recv(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
> struct scm_cookie *scm, int flags)
> {
> if (!msg->msg_control) {
> - if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) || scm->fp)
> + if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) || scm->fp ||
> + scm_has_secdata(sock))
> msg->msg_flags |= MSG_CTRUNC;
> scm_destroy(scm);
> return;
> --
> 2.34.1
>