Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: cleanly handle kernel vs user buffers for ->msg_control

From: Christoph Hellwig <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 18:09:38 +0200

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 08:41:57AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > +	 * recv* side when msg_control_is_user is set, msg_control is the kernel
> > +	 * buffer used for all other cases.
> > +	 */
> > +	union {
> > +		void		*msg_control;
> > +		void __user	*msg_control_user;
> > +	};
> > +	bool		msg_control_is_user : 1;
> 
> Adding a field in this structure seems dangerous.
> 
> Some users of 'struct msghdr '  define their own struct on the stack,
> and are unaware of this new mandatory field.
> 
> This bit contains garbage, crashes are likely to happen ?
> 
> Look at IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS for example.

I though of that, an that is why the field is structured as-is.  The idea
is that the field only matters if:

 (1) we are in the recvmsg and friends path, and
 (2) msg_control is non-zero

I went through the places that initialize msg_control to find any spot
that would need an annotation.  The IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS sockopt doesn't
need one as it is using the msghdr in sendmsg-like context.

That being said while I did the audit I'd appreciate another look from
people that know the networking code better than me of course.