Code: static __init int sctp_init(void)
{
	int i;
	int status = -EINVAL;
	unsigned long goal;
	unsigned long limit;
	int max_share;
	int order;

	sock_skb_cb_check_size(sizeof(struct sctp_ulpevent));

	/* Allocate bind_bucket and chunk caches. */
	status = -ENOBUFS;
	sctp_bucket_cachep = kmem_cache_create("sctp_bind_bucket",
					       sizeof(struct sctp_bind_bucket),
					       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
					       NULL);
	if (!sctp_bucket_cachep)
		goto out;

	sctp_chunk_cachep = kmem_cache_create("sctp_chunk",
					       sizeof(struct sctp_chunk),
					       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
					       NULL);
	if (!sctp_chunk_cachep)
		goto err_chunk_cachep;

	status = percpu_counter_init(&sctp_sockets_allocated, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (status)
		goto err_percpu_counter_init;

	/* Implementation specific variables. */

	/* Initialize default stream count setup information. */
	sctp_max_instreams    		= SCTP_DEFAULT_INSTREAMS;
	sctp_max_outstreams   		= SCTP_DEFAULT_OUTSTREAMS;

	/* Initialize handle used for association ids. */
	idr_init(&sctp_assocs_id);

	limit = nr_free_buffer_pages() / 8;
	limit = max(limit, 128UL);
	sysctl_sctp_mem[0] = limit / 4 * 3;
	sysctl_sctp_mem[1] = limit;
	sysctl_sctp_mem[2] = sysctl_sctp_mem[0] * 2;

	/* Set per-socket limits to no more than 1/128 the pressure threshold*/
	limit = (sysctl_sctp_mem[1]) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 7);
	max_share = min(4UL*1024*1024, limit);

	sysctl_sctp_rmem[0] = SK_MEM_QUANTUM; /* give each asoc 1 page min */
	sysctl_sctp_rmem[1] = 1500 * SKB_TRUESIZE(1);
	sysctl_sctp_rmem[2] = max(sysctl_sctp_rmem[1], max_share);

	sysctl_sctp_wmem[0] = SK_MEM_QUANTUM;
	sysctl_sctp_wmem[1] = 16*1024;
	sysctl_sctp_wmem[2] = max(64*1024, max_share);

	/* Size and allocate the association hash table.
	 * The methodology is similar to that of the tcp hash tables.
	 */
	if (totalram_pages >= (128 * 1024))
		goal = totalram_pages >> (22 - PAGE_SHIFT);
	else
		goal = totalram_pages >> (24 - PAGE_SHIFT);

	for (order = 0; (1UL << order) < goal; order++)
		;

	do {
		sctp_assoc_hashsize = (1UL << order) * PAGE_SIZE /
					sizeof(struct sctp_hashbucket);
		if ((sctp_assoc_hashsize > (64 * 1024)) && order > 0)
			continue;
		sctp_assoc_hashtable = (struct sctp_hashbucket *)
			__get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN, order);
	} while (!sctp_assoc_hashtable && --order > 0);
	if (!sctp_assoc_hashtable) {
		pr_err("Failed association hash alloc\n");
		status = -ENOMEM;
		goto err_ahash_alloc;
	}
	for (i = 0; i < sctp_assoc_hashsize; i++) {
		rwlock_init(&sctp_assoc_hashtable[i].lock);
		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&sctp_assoc_hashtable[i].chain);
	}

	/* Allocate and initialize the endpoint hash table.  */
	sctp_ep_hashsize = 64;
	sctp_ep_hashtable =
		kmalloc(64 * sizeof(struct sctp_hashbucket), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!sctp_ep_hashtable) {
		pr_err("Failed endpoint_hash alloc\n");
		status = -ENOMEM;
		goto err_ehash_alloc;
	}
	for (i = 0; i < sctp_ep_hashsize; i++) {
		rwlock_init(&sctp_ep_hashtable[i].lock);
		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&sctp_ep_hashtable[i].chain);
	}

	/* Allocate and initialize the SCTP port hash table.  */
	do {
		sctp_port_hashsize = (1UL << order) * PAGE_SIZE /
					sizeof(struct sctp_bind_hashbucket);
		if ((sctp_port_hashsize > (64 * 1024)) && order > 0)
			continue;
		sctp_port_hashtable = (struct sctp_bind_hashbucket *)
			__get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN, order);
	} while (!sctp_port_hashtable && --order > 0);
	if (!sctp_port_hashtable) {
		pr_err("Failed bind hash alloc\n");
		status = -ENOMEM;
		goto err_bhash_alloc;
	}
	for (i = 0; i < sctp_port_hashsize; i++) {
		spin_lock_init(&sctp_port_hashtable[i].lock);
		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&sctp_port_hashtable[i].chain);
	}

	pr_info("Hash tables configured (established %d bind %d)\n",
		sctp_assoc_hashsize, sctp_port_hashsize);

	sctp_sysctl_register();

	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sctp_address_families);
 	sctp_v4_pf_init();
 	sctp_v6_pf_init();
 
	status = sctp_v4_protosw_init();
 
 	if (status)
 		goto err_protosw_init;
 
 	status = sctp_v6_protosw_init();
 	if (status)
 		goto err_v6_protosw_init;
 
	status = register_pernet_subsys(&sctp_net_ops);
 	if (status)
		goto err_register_pernet_subsys;
 
 	status = sctp_v4_add_protocol();
 	if (status)
		goto err_add_protocol;

	/* Register SCTP with inet6 layer.  */
	status = sctp_v6_add_protocol();
	if (status)
		goto err_v6_add_protocol;

out:
	return status;
 err_v6_add_protocol:
 	sctp_v4_del_protocol();
 err_add_protocol:
	unregister_pernet_subsys(&sctp_net_ops);
err_register_pernet_subsys:
 	sctp_v6_protosw_exit();
 err_v6_protosw_init:
 	sctp_v4_protosw_exit();
 err_protosw_init:
 	sctp_v4_pf_exit();
 	sctp_v6_pf_exit();
 	sctp_sysctl_unregister();
	free_pages((unsigned long)sctp_port_hashtable,
		   get_order(sctp_port_hashsize *
			     sizeof(struct sctp_bind_hashbucket)));
err_bhash_alloc:
	kfree(sctp_ep_hashtable);
err_ehash_alloc:
	free_pages((unsigned long)sctp_assoc_hashtable,
		   get_order(sctp_assoc_hashsize *
			     sizeof(struct sctp_hashbucket)));
err_ahash_alloc:
	percpu_counter_destroy(&sctp_sockets_allocated);
err_percpu_counter_init:
	kmem_cache_destroy(sctp_chunk_cachep);
err_chunk_cachep:
	kmem_cache_destroy(sctp_bucket_cachep);
	goto out;
}

Vulnerability Type: DoS Overflow Mem. Corr. 
CWE ID: CWE-119
Summary: The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.
Commit Message: sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization

Consider sctp module is unloaded and is being requested because an user
is creating a sctp socket.

During initialization, sctp will add the new protocol type and then
initialize pernet subsys:

        status = sctp_v4_protosw_init();
        if (status)
                goto err_protosw_init;

        status = sctp_v6_protosw_init();
        if (status)
                goto err_v6_protosw_init;

        status = register_pernet_subsys(&sctp_net_ops);

The problem is that after those calls to sctp_v{4,6}_protosw_init(), it
is possible for userspace to create SCTP sockets like if the module is
already fully loaded. If that happens, one of the possible effects is
that we will have readers for net->sctp.local_addr_list list earlier
than expected and sctp_net_init() does not take precautions while
dealing with that list, leading to a potential panic but not limited to
that, as sctp_sock_init() will copy a bunch of blank/partially
initialized values from net->sctp.

The race happens like this:

     CPU 0                           |  CPU 1
  socket()                           |
   __sock_create                     | socket()
    inet_create                      |  __sock_create
     list_for_each_entry_rcu(        |
        answer, &inetsw[sock->type], |
        list) {                      |   inet_create
      /* no hits */                  |
     if (unlikely(err)) {            |
      ...                            |
      request_module()               |
      /* socket creation is blocked  |
       * the module is fully loaded  |
       */                            |
       sctp_init                     |
        sctp_v4_protosw_init         |
         inet_register_protosw       |
          list_add_rcu(&p->list,     |
                       last_perm);   |
                                     |  list_for_each_entry_rcu(
                                     |     answer, &inetsw[sock->type],
        sctp_v6_protosw_init         |     list) {
                                     |     /* hit, so assumes protocol
                                     |      * is already loaded
                                     |      */
                                     |  /* socket creation continues
                                     |   * before netns is initialized
                                     |   */
        register_pernet_subsys       |

Simply inverting the initialization order between
register_pernet_subsys() and sctp_v4_protosw_init() is not possible
because register_pernet_subsys() will create a control sctp socket, so
the protocol must be already visible by then. Deferring the socket
creation to a work-queue is not good specially because we loose the
ability to handle its errors.

So, as suggested by Vlad, the fix is to split netns initialization in
two moments: defaults and control socket, so that the defaults are
already loaded by when we register the protocol, while control socket
initialization is kept at the same moment it is today.

Fixes: 4db67e808640 ("sctp: Make the address lists per network namespace")
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>