Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.8-rc] tuntap: refuse to re-attach to different tun_struct

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:23:19 +0200

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 08:59:48AM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Multiqueue tun devices support detaching a tun_file from its tun_struct
> and re-attaching at a later point in time.  This allows users to disable
> a specific queue temporarily.
> 
> ioctl(TUNSETIFF) allows the user to specify the network interface to
> attach by name.  This means the user can attempt to attach to interface
> "B" after detaching from interface "A".
> 
> The driver is not designed to support this so check we are re-attaching
> to the right tun_struct.  Failure to do so may lead to oops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email-masked]>
> ---
> This fix is for 3.8-rc.
> 
>  drivers/net/tun.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index fbd106e..cf6da6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -491,6 +491,8 @@ static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file)
>  	err = -EINVAL;
>  	if (rcu_dereference_protected(tfile->tun, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()))
>  		goto out;
> +	if (tfile->detached && tun != tfile->detached)
> +		goto out;
>  
>  	err = -EBUSY;
>  	if (!(tun->flags & TUN_TAP_MQ) && tun->numqueues == 1)
> -- 
> 1.8.0.2

I agree this is a bug but even with this patch, we still allow:

SETIFF
SETQUEUE (DISABLED)
SETIFF

Originally the rule always was that repeated setiff calls fail with
EINVAL. We broke that when we set tun to NULL.  It's probably worth
preserving that, even if queue is disabled.  Applying something like the below
instead will address this concern, won't it?

Note: works with regular userspace but I didn't test
multiqueue userspace. What do you think.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email-masked]>

---

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index fbd106e..5ec8b08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void tun_detach_all(struct net_device *dev)
 	BUG_ON(tun->numdisabled != 0);
 }
 
-static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file)
+static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file, bool setiff)
 {
 	struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
 	int err;
@@ -492,6 +492,9 @@ static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file)
 	if (rcu_dereference_protected(tfile->tun, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (setiff && tfile->detached)
+		goto out;
+
 	err = -EBUSY;
 	if (!(tun->flags & TUN_TAP_MQ) && tun->numqueues == 1)
 		goto out;
@@ -1561,7 +1564,7 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
-		err = tun_attach(tun, file);
+		err = tun_attach(tun, file, true);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
@@ -1627,7 +1630,7 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 		dev->features = dev->hw_features;
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tun->disabled);
-		err = tun_attach(tun, file);
+		err = tun_attach(tun, file, true);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto err_free_dev;
 
@@ -1792,7 +1795,7 @@ static int tun_set_queue(struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 		else if (tun_not_capable(tun))
 			ret = -EPERM;
 		else
-			ret = tun_attach(tun, file);
+			ret = tun_attach(tun, file, false);
 	} else if (ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_DETACH_QUEUE) {
 		tun = rcu_dereference_protected(tfile->tun,
 						lockdep_rtnl_is_held());