linux-stable.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch linux-6.18.y Linux kernel stable tree net: rtnetlink: zero ifla_vf_broadcast to avoid stack infoleak in rtnl_fill_vfinfo 2026-05-14T13:30:15+00:00 Kai Zen kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com 2026-04-30T15:26:48+00:00 fbe0e6197225e6a83cf113a67a4b425f8de0bcd5 commit 4b9e327991815e128ad3af75c3a04630a63ce3e0 upstream. rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack without initialisation: struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast; The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field: /* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */ struct ifla_vf_broadcast { __u8 broadcast[32]; }; The function then copies dev->broadcast into it using dev->addr_len as the length: memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len); On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs) dev->addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via: nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, sizeof(vf_broadcast), &vf_broadcast) leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable. The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi, vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above. vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added. Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced. Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same function. Fixes: 75345f888f70 ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kai Zen <kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 4b9e327991815e128ad3af75c3a04630a63ce3e0 upstream.

rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack
without initialisation:

	struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast;

The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field:

	/* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */
	struct ifla_vf_broadcast {
		__u8 broadcast[32];
	};

The function then copies dev->broadcast into it using dev->addr_len
as the length:

	memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len);

On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs)
dev->addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are
written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on
the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via:

	nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST,
		sizeof(vf_broadcast), &vf_broadcast)

leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per
RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable.

The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed
for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi,
vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above.
vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added.

Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK /
NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an
IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks
each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per
VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return
addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack
instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced.

Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the
existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same
function.

Fixes: 75345f888f70 ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kai Zen <kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns 2026-04-22T11:22:19+00:00 Nikolaos Gkarlis nickgarlis@gmail.com 2026-04-02T18:14:32+00:00 0975b64ffb34560042090a5986c3a02e6c80f36f [ Upstream commit 7b735ef81286007794a227ce2539419479c02a5f ] rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan, netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including init_net. Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer namespace before allowing device creation to proceed. Fixes: 81adee47dfb6 ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.") Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis <nickgarlis@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402181432.4126920-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit 7b735ef81286007794a227ce2539419479c02a5f ]

rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer
network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan,
netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace
to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including
init_net.

Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer
namespace before allowing device creation to proceed.

Fixes: 81adee47dfb6 ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.")
Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis <nickgarlis@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402181432.4126920-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: fix leak of SRCU struct in rtnl_link_register 2026-04-02T11:23:08+00:00 Sabrina Dubroca sd@queasysnail.net 2026-03-23T15:19:43+00:00 064fede3ae78c79bfb3d08703a2b8317cabd5ada [ Upstream commit 09474055f2619be9445ba4245e4013741ed01a5e ] Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error. Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net> Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit 09474055f2619be9445ba4245e4013741ed01a5e ]

Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped
the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of
the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error.

Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: count IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND in if_nlmsg_size 2026-04-02T11:23:05+00:00 Sabrina Dubroca sd@queasysnail.net 2026-03-19T23:02:53+00:00 60ed7fa717b12db61c1a42eeaa72bdf1d6a5c2ac [ Upstream commit ee00a12593ffb69db4dd1a1c00ecb0253376874a ] rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND. Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info") Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit ee00a12593ffb69db4dd1a1c00ecb0253376874a ]

rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but
rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and
IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND.

Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info")
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: count IFLA_PARENT_DEV_{NAME,BUS_NAME} in if_nlmsg_size 2026-04-02T11:23:05+00:00 Sabrina Dubroca sd@queasysnail.net 2026-03-19T23:02:52+00:00 6fa3f2764f49ff11135411a432926f69993b2dbd [ Upstream commit 52501989c76206462d9b11a8485beef40ef41821 ] Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME") added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend if_nlmsg_size. Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME") Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit 52501989c76206462d9b11a8485beef40ef41821 ]

Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend
if_nlmsg_size.

Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: Allow deleting FDB entries in user namespace 2025-10-16T23:09:56+00:00 Johannes Wiesböck johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de 2025-10-15T20:15:43+00:00 bf29555f5bdc017bac22ca66fcb6c9f46ec8788f Creating FDB entries is possible from a non-initial user namespace when having CAP_NET_ADMIN, yet, when deleting FDB entries, processes receive an EPERM because the capability is always checked against the initial user namespace. This restricts the FDB management from unprivileged containers. Drop the netlink_capable check in rtnl_fdb_del as it was originally dropped in c5c351088ae7 and reintroduced in 1690be63a27b without intention. This patch was tested using a container on GyroidOS, where it was possible to delete FDB entries from an unprivileged user namespace and private network namespace. Fixes: 1690be63a27b ("bridge: Add vlan support to static neighbors") Reviewed-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de> Tested-by: Harshal Gohel <hg@simonwunderlich.de> Signed-off-by: Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251015201548.319871-1-johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Creating FDB entries is possible from a non-initial user namespace when
having CAP_NET_ADMIN, yet, when deleting FDB entries, processes receive
an EPERM because the capability is always checked against the initial
user namespace. This restricts the FDB management from unprivileged
containers.

Drop the netlink_capable check in rtnl_fdb_del as it was originally
dropped in c5c351088ae7 and reintroduced in 1690be63a27b without
intention.

This patch was tested using a container on GyroidOS, where it was
possible to delete FDB entries from an unprivileged user namespace and
private network namespace.

Fixes: 1690be63a27b ("bridge: Add vlan support to static neighbors")
Reviewed-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
Tested-by: Harshal Gohel <hg@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251015201548.319871-1-johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: rtnetlink: fix typo in rtnl_unregister_all() comment 2025-09-30T01:31:08+00:00 Alok Tiwari alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com 2025-09-29T08:54:12+00:00 4ed9db2dc5d8981ecb7042f084f5cff43ba539d6 Corrected "rtnl_unregster()" -> "rtnl_unregister()" in the documentation comment of "rtnl_unregister_all()" Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250929085418.49200-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Corrected "rtnl_unregster()" -> "rtnl_unregister()" in the
  documentation comment of "rtnl_unregister_all()"

Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250929085418.49200-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: add needed_{head,tail}room attributes 2025-09-20T00:21:55+00:00 Alasdair McWilliam alasdair@mcwilliam.dev 2025-09-17T09:55:42+00:00 b73b8146d7ff68e245525adb944a4c998d423d59 Various network interface types make use of needed_{head,tail}room values to efficiently reserve buffer space for additional encapsulation headers, such as VXLAN, Geneve, IPSec, etc. However, it is not currently possible to query these values in a generic way. Introduce ability to query the needed_{head,tail}room values of a network device via rtnetlink, such that applications that may wish to use these values can do so. For example, Cilium agent iterates over present devices based on user config (direct routing, vxlan, geneve, wireguard etc.) and in future will configure netkit in order to expose the needed_{head,tail}room into K8s pods. See b9ed315d3c4c ("netkit: Allow for configuring needed_{head,tail}room"). Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Alasdair McWilliam <alasdair@mcwilliam.dev> Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917095543.14039-1-alasdair@mcwilliam.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Various network interface types make use of needed_{head,tail}room values
to efficiently reserve buffer space for additional encapsulation headers,
such as VXLAN, Geneve, IPSec, etc. However, it is not currently possible
to query these values in a generic way.

Introduce ability to query the needed_{head,tail}room values of a network
device via rtnetlink, such that applications that may wish to use these
values can do so.

For example, Cilium agent iterates over present devices based on user config
(direct routing, vxlan, geneve, wireguard etc.) and in future will configure
netkit in order to expose the needed_{head,tail}room into K8s pods. See
b9ed315d3c4c ("netkit: Allow for configuring needed_{head,tail}room").

Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair McWilliam <alasdair@mcwilliam.dev>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917095543.14039-1-alasdair@mcwilliam.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: s/dev_get_flags/netif_get_flags/ 2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00 Stanislav Fomichev sdf@fomichev.me 2025-07-17T17:23:31+00:00 93893a57efd431b9b4e72359bc8a8428681ca688 Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality") introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: s/dev_get_port_parent_id/netif_get_port_parent_id/ 2025-07-19T00:27:46+00:00 Stanislav Fomichev sdf@fomichev.me 2025-07-17T17:23:27+00:00 ffea1168346120df9417fcafd8f3a1c93033ae34 Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality") introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>