Code: static int netlink_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
			   struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
{
	struct sock_iocb *siocb = kiocb_to_siocb(kiocb);
	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
	struct sockaddr_nl *addr = msg->msg_name;
	u32 dst_pid;
	u32 dst_group;
	struct sk_buff *skb;
	int err;
	struct scm_cookie scm;

	if (msg->msg_flags&MSG_OOB)
		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

 	if (NULL == siocb->scm)
 		siocb->scm = &scm;
 
	err = scm_send(sock, msg, siocb->scm);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
	if (msg->msg_namelen) {
		err = -EINVAL;
		if (addr->nl_family != AF_NETLINK)
			goto out;
		dst_pid = addr->nl_pid;
		dst_group = ffs(addr->nl_groups);
		err =  -EPERM;
		if (dst_group && !netlink_capable(sock, NL_NONROOT_SEND))
			goto out;
	} else {
		dst_pid = nlk->dst_pid;
		dst_group = nlk->dst_group;
	}

	if (!nlk->pid) {
		err = netlink_autobind(sock);
		if (err)
			goto out;
	}

	err = -EMSGSIZE;
	if (len > sk->sk_sndbuf - 32)
		goto out;
	err = -ENOBUFS;
	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (skb == NULL)
		goto out;

	NETLINK_CB(skb).pid	= nlk->pid;
	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = dst_group;
	memcpy(NETLINK_CREDS(skb), &siocb->scm->creds, sizeof(struct ucred));

	err = -EFAULT;
	if (memcpy_fromiovec(skb_put(skb, len), msg->msg_iov, len)) {
		kfree_skb(skb);
		goto out;
	}

	err = security_netlink_send(sk, skb);
	if (err) {
		kfree_skb(skb);
		goto out;
	}

	if (dst_group) {
		atomic_inc(&skb->users);
		netlink_broadcast(sk, skb, dst_pid, dst_group, GFP_KERNEL);
	}
	err = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, dst_pid, msg->msg_flags&MSG_DONTWAIT);

out:
	scm_destroy(siocb->scm);
	return err;
}

Vulnerability Type: 
CWE ID: CWE-287
Summary: The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 does not properly handle messages that lack SCM_CREDENTIALS data, which might allow local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted message, as demonstrated by a message to (1) Avahi or (2) NetworkManager.
Commit Message: af_netlink: force credentials passing [CVE-2012-3520]

Pablo Neira Ayuso discovered that avahi and
potentially NetworkManager accept spoofed Netlink messages because of a
kernel bug.  The kernel passes all-zero SCM_CREDENTIALS ancillary data
to the receiver if the sender did not provide such data, instead of not
including any such data at all or including the correct data from the
peer (as it is the case with AF_UNIX).

This bug was introduced in commit 16e572626961
(af_unix: dont send SCM_CREDENTIALS by default)

This patch forces passing credentials for netlink, as
before the regression.

Another fix would be to not add SCM_CREDENTIALS in
netlink messages if not provided by the sender, but it
might break some programs.

With help from Florian Weimer & Petr Matousek

This issue is designated as CVE-2012-3520

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@redhat.com>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>