net: tunnels: annotate lockless accesses to dev->needed_headroom
CVE: CVE-2023-53109
Component: kernel
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 5.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Release date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: tunnels: annotate lockless accesses to dev->needed_headroom

IP tunnels can apparently update dev->needed_headroom
in their xmit path.

This patch takes care of three tunnels xmit, and also the
core LL_RESERVED_SPACE() and LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA()
helpers.

More changes might be needed for completeness.

BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ip_tunnel_xmit / ip_tunnel_xmit

read to 0xffff88815b9da0ec of 2 bytes by task 888 on cpu 1:
ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1270/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:803
__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]
ipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]
neigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]
ip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
ip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]
ip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:430
dst_output include/net/dst.h:444 [inline]
ip_local_out+0x64/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:126
iptunnel_xmit+0x34a/0x4b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82
ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1451/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:813
__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]
ipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]
neigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]
ip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
ip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]
ip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:430
dst_output include/net/dst.h:444 [inline]
ip_local_out+0x64/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:126
iptunnel_xmit+0x34a/0x4b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82
ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1451/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:813
__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]
ipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]
neigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]
ip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
ip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]
ip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:430
dst_output include/net/dst.h:444 [inline]
ip_local_out+0x64/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:126
iptunnel_xmit+0x34a/0x4b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82
ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1451/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:813
__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]
ipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]
neigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]
ip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
ip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]
ip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/i
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Statement: Fixes a race condition when multiple tunnels access dev->needed_headroom, potentially leading to kernel instability under high parallel traffic. Not exploitable by unprivileged users. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN and extreme concurrency to manifest. Only availability impact only.

Remediation: