[PATCH net 1/5] rxrpc: input: reject ACKALL outside transmit phase

[Simon Horman]

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rxrpc: input: reject ACKALL outside transmit phase

rxrpc_input_ackall() accepts ACKALL packets without checking whether
the call is in a state that can legitimately have outstanding transmit
buffers. A forged ACKALL can reach a new service call and trigger a null
pointer dereference.

> diff --git a/net/rxrpc/input.c b/net/rxrpc/input.c
> index ce761466b02d6..37881dffa898b 100644
> --- a/net/rxrpc/input.c
> +++ b/net/rxrpc/input.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -1214,8 +1214,22 @@ static void rxrpc_input_ack(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  static void rxrpc_input_ackall(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  {
>  	struct rxrpc_ack_summary summary = { 0 };
> +	rxrpc_seq_t top = READ_ONCE(call->tx_top);
> +
> +	switch (__rxrpc_call_state(call)) {
> +	case RXRPC_CALL_CLIENT_SEND_REQUEST:
> +	case RXRPC_CALL_CLIENT_AWAIT_REPLY:
> +	case RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_SEND_REPLY:
> +	case RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_AWAIT_ACK:
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (call->tx_bottom == top)
> +		return;
>  
> -	if (rxrpc_rotate_tx_window(call, call->tx_top, &summary))
> +	if (rxrpc_rotate_tx_window(call, top, &summary))

[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but it appears the fix might be
incomplete. The patch prevents a NULL pointer dereference in
rxrpc_input_ackall() by checking if call->tx_bottom == top before calling
rxrpc_rotate_tx_window().

However, does the same vulnerability remain in rxrpc_receiving_reply()?

If a client in the RXRPC_CALL_CLIENT_SEND_REQUEST state receives a forged or
early DATA packet (acting as a reply) before it has queued any transmit data,
call->tx_top and call->tx_bottom will both be 0, and call->tx_queue will be
NULL.

rxrpc_receiving_reply() will then unconditionally call:

    if (!rxrpc_rotate_tx_window(call, top, &summary)) {

Because rxrpc_rotate_tx_window() uses a do { ... } while (before_eq(seq, to))
loop, it executes exactly once for seq = 1 and to = 0, which dereferences
the NULL tq:

    if (tq->bufs[ix]->flags & RXRPC_LAST_PACKET) {

Should the empty window check be placed at the top of rxrpc_rotate_tx_window()
instead, or mirrored in rxrpc_receiving_reply() to protect against early
replies?

>  		rxrpc_end_tx_phase(call, false, rxrpc_eproto_unexpected_ackall);
>  }