Subject: Re: [PATCH] sctp: fix a potential buffer overflow in sctp_sched_set_sched()

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 13:56:02 +0200

On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 08:26:30AM +0000, Gavrilov Ilia wrote:
> The 'sched' index value must be checked before accessing an element
> of the 'sctp_sched_ops' array. Otherwise, it can lead to buffer overflow.
> 
> Note that it's harmless since the 'sched' parameter is checked before
> calling 'sctp_sched_set_sched'.
> 
> Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
> (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 5bbbbe32a431 ("sctp: introduce stream scheduler foundations")
> Signed-off-by: Ilia.Gavrilov <[email-masked]>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>

> ---
>  net/sctp/stream_sched.c | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sctp/stream_sched.c b/net/sctp/stream_sched.c
> index 330067002deb..a339917d7197 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/stream_sched.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/stream_sched.c
> @@ -146,18 +146,19 @@ static void sctp_sched_free_sched(struct sctp_stream *stream)
>  int sctp_sched_set_sched(struct sctp_association *asoc,
>  			 enum sctp_sched_type sched)
>  {
> -	struct sctp_sched_ops *n = sctp_sched_ops[sched];
> +	struct sctp_sched_ops *n;

nit: reverse xmas tree - longest line to shortest - for local variable
     declarations in networking code.

>  	struct sctp_sched_ops *old = asoc->outqueue.sched;
>  	struct sctp_datamsg *msg = NULL;
>  	struct sctp_chunk *ch;
>  	int i, ret = 0;
>  
> -	if (old == n)
> -		return ret;
> -
>  	if (sched > SCTP_SS_MAX)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	n = sctp_sched_ops[sched];
> +	if (old == n)
> +		return ret;
> +
>  	if (old)
>  		sctp_sched_free_sched(&asoc->stream);
>  
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>