Re: [PATCH net-next v13 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X

[Jens Emil Schulz Ostergaard <jensemil.schulzostergaard@microchip.com>]

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> - [High] In lan9645x_xmit_get_vlan_info() (net/dsa/tag_lan9645x.c), any
>   frame with no in-band tag matching the bridge protocol gets IFH_TCI…
> - [Medium] lan9645x_netdev_ops sets no .flow_dissect, so
>   __skb_flow_dissect() (net/core/flow_dissector.c:1083-1098) falls back…
> - [Medium] When the IFH-classified VID equals the port pvid,
>   lan9645x_rcv() skips restoring the tag (tag_lan9645x.c:451-453).
> - [Low] In lan9645x_xmit_get_vlan_info(), the condition `skb_headlen(skb)
>   >= VLAN_ETH_HLEN && ntohs(hdr->h_vlan_proto) == proto` treats a VLAN…
> - [Low] In lan9645x_xmit_get_vlan_info(), the guard `skb_headlen(skb) >=
>   VLAN_ETH_HLEN` in front of vlan_remove_tag() does not cover every byte…
> - [Low] lan9645x_rcv() always restores the classified VLAN as
>   ETH_P_8021Q.
> 
> Pre-existing issues:
> - [High] lan9645x_xmit() calls dsa_port_bridge_dev_get(dp)
>   (include/net/dsa.h:774-778, `dp->bridge ?
> 
> --
> 
> net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
> 
> This adds a DSA tag driver for the Microchip LAN9645x switch, which uses a
> front port as the NPI CPU port. On extraction, frames carry a 16 byte long
> prefix plus a 28 byte IFH. On injection, frames carry only the IFH. On
> receive, the classified VLAN is restored as a hwaccel C-tag unless it
> equals the port pvid.
> 
> > diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_lan9645x.c b/net/dsa/tag_lan9645x.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000000..f54646d4b3947
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/net/dsa/tag_lan9645x.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,474 @@
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +static struct sk_buff *lan9645x_xmit_get_vlan_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > +                                                struct net_device *br,
> > +                                                u32 *vlan_tci,
> > +                                                u32 *tag_type)
> > +{
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +     hdr = skb_vlan_eth_hdr(skb);
> > +     br_vlan_get_proto(br, &proto);
> > +
> > +     if (skb_headlen(skb) >= VLAN_ETH_HLEN &&
> > +         ntohs(hdr->h_vlan_proto) == proto) {
> > +             vlan_remove_tag(skb, &tci);
> 
> [Severity: Low]
> What happens when the VLAN header is not fully in the linear area?
> 
> Because of the skb_headlen() check, a tagged frame with a short linear head
> goes to the else branch. The original 802.1Q tag then stays in the payload,
> and IFH_TCI is set to br0's pvid.
> 
> dsa_user_xmit() does not linearize the skb here. The user netdev inherits
> NETIF_F_SG from conduit->vlan_features in dsa_user_setup_tagger(). The
> AF_PACKET PACKET_TX_RING path, tpacket_snd()->tpacket_fill_skb(), copies
> only hard_header_len (14) bytes into the linear area.
> 
> Could the rewriter then push a second tag, so the frame goes out
> double-tagged or in the wrong VLAN? Would a pskb_may_pull() of
> VLAN_ETH_HLEN before this check avoid that?
> 
> [Severity: Low]
> Is the VLAN_ETH_HLEN check enough for vlan_remove_tag()?
> 
> When h_vlan_encapsulated_proto is an 802.3 length, vlan_set_encap_proto()
> also reads the two bytes after the VLAN header:
> 
> include/linux/if_vlan.h:vlan_set_encap_proto() {
>         ...
>         rawp = (unsigned short *)(vhdr + 1);
>         if (*rawp == 0xFFFF)
>         ...
> }
> 
> lan9645x has no needed_tailroom, so dsa_user_xmit() does not pad the frame.
> skb_put_padto() in lan9645x_xmit() only runs after this function returns.
> 
> Take an 18 or 19 byte frame such as DA SA 8100 TCI <len>. Can this read
> uninitialized tailroom past skb_tail_pointer()? The only effect is whether
> skb->protocol becomes ETH_P_802_3 or ETH_P_802_2, but KMSAN would likely
> report an uninit-value.
> 
> > +             *vlan_tci = tci;
> > +     } else {
> > +             rcu_read_lock();
> > +             br_vlan_get_pvid_rcu(br, &tci);
> > +             rcu_read_unlock();
> 
> [Severity: High]
> Is br_vlan_get_pvid_rcu() being passed the right device here?
> 
> br comes from dsa_port_bridge_dev_get(), so it is the bridge master. This
> call returns the pvid of br0's own VLAN group. That VID is unrelated to the
> egress port and to the VLAN the bridge forwarded the frame in, because
> br_handle_vlan() already cleared the tag for an egress-untagged VLAN.
> 
> lan9645x_xmit() then writes that VID into IFH_TCI with IFH_BYPASS set, so
> the rewriter uses it as the classified VID:
> 
>         lan9645x_ifh_set(ifh, 1, IFH_BYPASS, IFH_BYPASS_SZ);
>         ...
>         lan9645x_ifh_set(ifh, vlan_tci, IFH_TCI, IFH_TCI_SZ);
> 
> The later "net: dsa: lan9645x: add vlan support" patch changes
> lan9645x_vlan_port_apply_egress(). It programs a hybrid port (one untagged
> VLAN plus tagged VLANs) as LAN9645X_TAG_NO_PVID_NO_UNAWARE, with PORT_VID
> set to the untagged VID. In that mode every frame is tagged unless
> VID == PORT_VID or VID == 0.
> 
> For example, say br0 has pvid 1 (the default), and swp1 has VLAN 10 as
> pvid/untagged plus VLAN 20 tagged. A frame sent by the host in VLAN 10 (from
> br0.10, or ARP flooded by the bridge) reaches this code untagged and gets
> VID 1. So does a frame forwarded in software in VLAN 10.
> 
> Would the switch then send it on the wire tagged with VLAN 1 instead of
> untagged in VLAN 10?


This is legitimate. I will fix this.

> 
> > +             *vlan_tci = tci;
> > +     }
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +static struct sk_buff *lan9645x_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > +                                  struct net_device *ndev)
> > +{
> > +     struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_user_to_port(ndev);
> > +     u32 vlan_tci, tag_type;
> > +     u32 qos_class;
> > +     void *ifh;
> > +
> > +     skb = lan9645x_xmit_get_vlan_info(skb, dsa_port_bridge_dev_get(dp),
> > +                                       &vlan_tci, &tag_type);
> 
> [Severity: High]
> This isn't a bug introduced by this patch. The racy pattern is in the DSA
> core and is already used by tag_ocelot, tag_sja1105, tag_dsa and others;
> this tagger adds another user of it.
> 
> dsa_port_bridge_dev_get() reads dp->bridge twice on the TX path. It holds
> no lock and uses neither READ_ONCE() nor RCU:
> 
>         return dp->bridge ? dp->bridge->dev : NULL;
> 
> The following path runs under rtnl:
> 
> del_nbp()
>   netdev_upper_dev_unlink()
>     dsa_port_bridge_leave()
>       dsa_port_bridge_destroy()
> 
> It clears dp->bridge and, on the last reference, frees the dsa_bridge
> without waiting for a grace period:
> 
> net/dsa/port.c:dsa_port_bridge_destroy() {
>         ...
>         dp->bridge = NULL;
> 
>         if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&bridge->refcount))
>                 return;
>         ...
>         kfree(bridge);
> }
> 
> TX on the user port (AF_PACKET or locally generated traffic) is not
> quiesced at that point.
> 
> Can a concurrent lan9645x_xmit() read ->dev from freed memory, or reload
> dp->bridge after it became NULL? The result is then passed to
> br_vlan_enabled(), br_vlan_get_proto() and br_vlan_get_pvid_rcu().
> 
> [ ... ]
> 

Dismissed.

This is preexisting and a DSA core pattern shared with tag_ocelot, tag_dsa,
tag_sja1105, tag_vsc73xx_8021q and dsa_software_vlan_untag(). dsa_bridge
is freed in dsa_port_bridge_destroy() without a grace period, so no
tagger can fix it locally.



> > +static struct sk_buff *lan9645x_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > +                                 struct net_device *ndev)
> > +{
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +     dp = dsa_user_to_port(skb->dev);
> > +
> > +     if (dsa_port_is_vlan_filtering(dp) && vlan_tci) {
> > +             u16 port_pvid = 0;
> > +
> > +             br_vlan_get_pvid_rcu(skb->dev, &port_pvid);
> > +
> > +             /* The tag is restored as a C-tag, not as the TAG_TYPE the IFH
> > +              * reports. The classifier recognizes both TPIDs as VLAN tags,
> > +              * so an S-tag has already been used for classification by the
> > +              * time we get here. Restoring it as 802.1AD would make the
> > +              * bridge push it back into the payload and reclassify the frame
> > +              * to the port pvid, on a different VID than the one the
> > +              * hardware forwarded it on.
> > +              */
> > +             if ((vlan_tci & VLAN_VID_MASK) != port_pvid)
> > +                     __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q),
> > +                                            vlan_tci);
> 
> [Severity: Medium]
> What happens to a double-tagged frame whose outer VID equals the pvid?
> 
> The later "net: dsa: lan9645x: add vlan support" patch sets
> ANA_VLAN_CFG_VLAN_POP_CNT=1 without VLAN_INNER_TAG_ENA, so VLAN-aware ports
> pop exactly one tag.
> 
> Take outer VID 100 (the pvid) with an inner C-tag 200. The frame is
> extracted with popcnt == 3, the inner tag is still in the payload, and
> IFH_TCI reports VID 100.
> 
> No tag is restored here in that case. eth_type_trans() in dsa_switch_rcv()
> then sets skb->protocol to 0x8100, and __netif_receive_skb_core() turns the
> inner tag into hwaccel VID 200 via skb_vlan_untag().
> 
> Would the software bridge then classify the frame to VLAN 200, while the
> hardware forwarded it in VLAN 100?
> 

Correct. The pvid comparison in lan9645x_rcv() assumed a frame tagged
with the pvid cannot be told apart from an untagged one, but the IFH
reports whether the rewriter popped a tag. v14 restores the classified
VID as a hwaccel tag whenever a tag was popped.


> [Severity: Low]
> The commit message says this assumes an 802.1Q bridge:
> 
>     This assumes a bridge vlan_protocol of 802.1Q, which is the only
>     protocol the driver offloads.
> 
> The later "net: dsa: lan9645x: add vlan support" patch documents the same
> limitation. Is anything enforcing it?
> 
> DSA does not handle SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_BRIDGE_VLAN_PROTOCOL, and
> __br_vlan_set_proto() sends it with SWITCHDEV_F_SKIP_EOPNOTSUPP. So an
> 802.1ad bridge cannot be refused that way.
> 
> On such a bridge, __allowed_ingress() sees skb->vlan_proto !=
> br->vlan_proto. It pushes the tag back into the payload and classifies the
> frame to the pvid. Terminated frames on non-pvid VLANs would then land on
> the pvid, or be dropped if the port has no pvid.
> 
> lan9645x_xmit_get_vlan_info(), on the other hand, handles 802.1ad
> explicitly:
> 
>         *tag_type = (proto != ETH_P_8021Q) ? LAN9645X_IFH_TAG_TYPE_S :
>                                              LAN9645X_IFH_TAG_TYPE_C;
> 
> Should 802.1ad bridges be refused in port_bridge_join? Should xmit and rcv
> also handle an 802.1ad bridge the same way?
> 
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     return skb;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static const struct dsa_device_ops lan9645x_netdev_ops = {
> > +     .name                   = LAN9645X_NAME,
> > +     .proto                  = DSA_TAG_PROTO_LAN9645X,
> > +     .xmit                   = lan9645x_xmit,
> > +     .rcv                    = lan9645x_rcv,
> > +     /* Covers the extraction prefix too, since dsa_tag_protocol_overhead()
> > +      * sizes the conduit MTU from this.
> > +      */
> > +     .needed_headroom        = LAN9645X_TOTAL_TAG_LEN,
> > +};
> 
> [Severity: Medium]
> There is no .flow_dissect callback here, so __skb_flow_dissect() falls back
> to dsa_tag_generic_flow_dissect(). That helper assumes the tag overhead is
> exactly needed_headroom:
> 
> include/net/dsa.h:dsa_tag_generic_flow_dissect() {
>         ...
>         *offset = tag_len;
>         *proto = ((__be16 *)skb->data)[(tag_len / 2) - 1];
> }
> 
> Does that hold for this tagger? Whenever the rewriter popped tags,
> lan9645x_rcv() skips a 4 or 8 byte ifh_gap_len between the IFH and the
> real DMAC.
> 
> The later "net: dsa: lan9645x: add vlan support" patch sets
> ANA_VLAN_CFG_VLAN_POP_CNT=1 on VLAN-aware ports. So every tagged frame
> received on those ports has a 4 byte gap.
> 
> For those frames, would the generic dissector take SMAC or gap bytes as the
> EtherType and use the wrong network header offset? That would misdirect RPS
> and skb_get_hash() on the conduit.
> 

Correct, the generic dissector takes needed_headroom as the rx tag
length, which only holds when the rewriter did not pop a tag on
extraction. v14 adds a .flow_dissect callback.

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