genetlink: add CAP_NET_ADMIN test for multicast bind

genetlink sets NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV for its netlink socket so anyone can subscribe to multicast messages. rtnetlink doesn't allow this unconditionally, rtnetlink_bind() restricts bind requests to CAP_NET_ADMIN for a few groups. This allows to set GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag on genl mcast groups to mandate CAP_NET_ADMIN. This will be used by the upcoming mptcp netlink event facility which exposes the token (mptcp connection identifier) to userspace. Acked-by: Mat Martineau <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]>
multipath-tcp · Feb 7, 2021 · c267230 · c267230
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diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 struct genl_multicast_group {
 	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
+	u8			flags;
 };
 
 struct genl_ops;

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -1360,11 +1360,43 @@ static struct genl_family genl_ctrl __ro_after_init = {
 	.netnsok = true,
 };
 
+static int genl_bind(struct net *net, int group)
+{
+	const struct genl_family *family;
+	unsigned int id;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	genl_lock_all();
+
+	idr_for_each_entry(&genl_fam_idr, family, id) {
+		const struct genl_multicast_group *grp;
+		int i;
+
+		if (family->n_mcgrps == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		i = group - family->mcgrp_offset;
+		if (i < 0 || i >= family->n_mcgrps)
+			continue;
+
+		grp = &family->mcgrps[i];
+		if ((grp->flags & GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM) &&
+		    !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+			ret = -EPERM;
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	genl_unlock_all();
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int __net_init genl_pernet_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg = {
 		.input		= genl_rcv,
 		.flags		= NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV,
+		.bind		= genl_bind,
 	};
 
 	/* we'll bump the group number right afterwards */