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| author | Aamir Ahmed <elb12345@hotmail.co.uk> | 2026-09-11 22:33:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2026-09-16 17:24:52 -0700 |
| commit | ed502e4856856358b304d0c04f8e33364547d1d2 (patch) | |
| tree | dacb2dc15ae35b63e88308aff9a432abad245b86 /include/linux/debugobjects.h | |
| parent | 3c8abdbe345be37aedadddf931df214d706bb973 (diff) | |
macsec: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
macsec_changelink() operates on two netns: dev_net(dev) and the netns
of macsec->real_dev. They differ once the macsec device is created in
or moved to a netns other than the one holding the real device. The
rtnl changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so
a caller privileged there but not in dev_net(real_dev) can reach
real_dev's driver:
- IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD -> macsec_update_offload(), which calls
ops->mdo_add_secy() / mdo_del_secy() on real_dev.
- the tail "propagate to the device" block, which calls
ops->mdo_upd_secy() on real_dev for any request against an already
offloaded device that does not change the offload mode. This one
needs no IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD attribute at all.
Gate both with rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(), as the tunnel, geneve,
vxlan and macvlan handlers already do. It fires only when the request
would reach real_dev: when IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD asks for a mode other
than the current one, or when the device is already offloaded. The
local attributes of a non-offloaded device stay configurable from its
own netns.
The check is in the changelink handler rather than in
macsec_update_offload(), because the mdo_upd_secy() propagation does
not go through that function. Its other caller, macsec_upd_offload()
for MACSEC_CMD_UPD_OFFLOAD, is GENL_ADMIN_PERM. The ndo and dellink
paths that reach real_dev's driver as a side effect of operating the
macsec device itself (open/stop, set_mac_address, dellink) are
unchanged here.
rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() was added by commit 8165f7ff57d9 ("net:
ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink"); a
stable tree without it needs that first.
Cc: stable+noautosel@kernel.org # high regression risk; local DoS by userns are a dime a dozen
Fixes: 3cf3227a21d1 ("net: macsec: hardware offloading infrastructure")
Cc: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Aamir Ahmed <elb12345@hotmail.co.uk>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/AS8P251MB000176E827636EA185226908C8BE2@AS8P251MB0001.EURP251.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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