net: Align IFLA_STATS64 attributes properly on architectures that need it.

davem330 · davem330 · commit 18402843bf88 · 2016-04-19T14:30:10.000-04:00
Since the nlattr header is 4 bytes in size, it can cause the netlink
attribute payload to not be 8-byte aligned.

This is particularly troublesome for IFLA_STATS64 which contains 64-bit
statistic values.

Solve this by creating a dummy IFLA_PAD attribute which has a payload
which is zero bytes in size.  When HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is
false, we insert an IFLA_PAD attribute into the netlink response when
necessary such that the IFLA_STATS64 payload will be properly aligned.

With help and suggestions from Eric Dumazet.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ enum {
 	IFLA_PROTO_DOWN,
 	IFLA_GSO_MAX_SEGS,
 	IFLA_GSO_MAX_SIZE,
+	IFLA_PAD,
 	__IFLA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -878,6 +878,9 @@ static noinline size_t if_nlmsg_size(const struct net_device *dev,
 	       + nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ) /* IFLA_QDISC */
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_ifmap))
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats))
+#ifndef HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+	       + nla_total_size(0) /* IFLA_PAD */
+#endif
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64))
 	       + nla_total_size(MAX_ADDR_LEN) /* IFLA_ADDRESS */
 	       + nla_total_size(MAX_ADDR_LEN) /* IFLA_BROADCAST */
@@ -1052,6 +1055,22 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_stats(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct rtnl_link_stats64 *sp;
 	struct nlattr *attr;
 
+#ifndef HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+	/* IF necessary, add a zero length NOP attribute so that the
+	 * nla_data() of the IFLA_STATS64 will be 64-bit aligned.
+	 *
+	 * The nlattr header is 4 bytes in size, that's why we test
+	 * if the skb->data _is_ aligned.  This NOP attribute, plus
+	 * nlattr header for IFLA_STATS64, will make nla_data() 8-byte
+	 * aligned.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)skb->data, 8)) {
+		attr = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_PAD, 0);
+		if (!attr)
+			return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	attr = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_STATS64,
 			   sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
 	if (!attr)
