Re: [PATCH] net: core: dev.c confirmed to use classic sockaddr

[Willem de Bruijn]

Kees Cook wrote:
> As part of trying to clean up struct sock_addr, add comments about the
> sockaddr arguments of dev_[gs]et_mac_address() being actual classic "max
> 14 bytes in sa_data" sockaddr instances and not struct sockaddr_storage.

What is this assertion based on?

I see various non-Ethernet .ndo_set_mac_address implementations, which
dev_set_mac_address calls. And dev_set_mac_addr_user is called from
rtnetlink do_setlink. Which kmalloc's sa based on dev->addr_len.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 45a8c3dd4a64..5abfd29a35bf 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -9183,7 +9183,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_pre_changeaddr_notify);
>  /**
>   *	dev_set_mac_address - Change Media Access Control Address
>   *	@dev: device
> - *	@sa: new address
> + *	@sa: new address in a classic "struct sockaddr", which will never
> + *	     have more than 14 bytes in @sa::sa_data
>   *	@extack: netlink extended ack
>   *
>   *	Change the hardware (MAC) address of the device
> @@ -9217,6 +9218,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address);
>  
>  DECLARE_RWSEM(dev_addr_sem);
>  
> +/* "sa" is a classic sockaddr: it will only ever use 14 bytes from sa_data. */
>  int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
>  			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>  {
> @@ -9229,6 +9231,7 @@ int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address_user);
>  
> +/* "sa" is a classic sockaddr: it will only ever use 14 bytes from sa_data. */
>  int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name)
>  {
>  	size_t size = sizeof(sa->sa_data_min);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>