Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: bridge: validate the NUD_PERMANENT bit when adding an extern_learn FDB entry

From: Ido Schimmel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:40:15 +0300

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 06:33:30PM +0300, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> TBH, I want to keep that error so middle ground would be to handle NUD_PERMANENT only
> when used with !p and keep it. :) WDYT ?

Yes, works for me

> 
> Solution which forces BR_FDB_LOCAL for !p calls (completely untested):

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <[email-masked]>
Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <[email-masked]>

> diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
> index c8ae823aa8e7..d3a32c6813e0 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br.c
> @@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ static int br_switchdev_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
>         case SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE:
>                 fdb_info = ptr;
>                 err = br_fdb_external_learn_add(br, p, fdb_info->addr,
> -                                               fdb_info->vid,
> -                                               fdb_info->is_local, false);
> +                                               fdb_info->vid, false);
>                 if (err) {
>                         err = notifier_from_errno(err);
>                         break;
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
> index b8e22057f680..4e3b1b66f132 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
> @@ -1255,15 +1255,7 @@ static int __br_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct net_bridge *br,
>                 rcu_read_unlock();
>                 local_bh_enable();
>         } else if (ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_EXT_LEARNED) {
> -               if (!p && !(ndm->ndm_state & NUD_PERMANENT)) {
> -                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> -                                          "FDB entry towards bridge must be permanent");
> -                       return -EINVAL;
> -               }
> -
> -               err = br_fdb_external_learn_add(br, p, addr, vid,
> -                                               ndm->ndm_state & NUD_PERMANENT,
> -                                               true);
> +               err = br_fdb_external_learn_add(br, p, addr, vid, true);
>         } else {
>                 spin_lock_bh(&br->hash_lock);
>                 err = fdb_add_entry(br, p, addr, ndm, nlh_flags, vid, nfea_tb);
> @@ -1491,7 +1483,7 @@ void br_fdb_unsync_static(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p)
>  }
>  
>  int br_fdb_external_learn_add(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
> -                             const unsigned char *addr, u16 vid, bool is_local,
> +                             const unsigned char *addr, u16 vid,
>                               bool swdev_notify)
>  {
>         struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *fdb;
> @@ -1509,7 +1501,7 @@ int br_fdb_external_learn_add(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
>                 if (swdev_notify)
>                         flags |= BIT(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER);
>  
> -               if (is_local)
> +               if (!p)
>                         flags |= BIT(BR_FDB_LOCAL);
>  
>                 fdb = fdb_create(br, p, addr, vid, flags);
> @@ -1538,7 +1530,7 @@ int br_fdb_external_learn_add(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
>                 if (swdev_notify)
>                         set_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER, &fdb->flags);
>  
> -               if (is_local)
> +               if (!p)
>                         set_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &fdb->flags);
>  
>                 if (modified)
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
> index 86969d1bd036..907e5742b392 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
> @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ int br_fdb_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *tb[], struct net_device *dev,
>  int br_fdb_sync_static(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p);
>  void br_fdb_unsync_static(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p);
>  int br_fdb_external_learn_add(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
> -                             const unsigned char *addr, u16 vid, bool is_local,
> +                             const unsigned char *addr, u16 vid,
>                               bool swdev_notify);
>  int br_fdb_external_learn_del(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
>                               const unsigned char *addr, u16 vid,
> 
>