NetBSD Problem Report #60743
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From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: l2tp(4): missing and broken access/sanity checks
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>Number: 60743
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: l2tp(4): missing and broken access/sanity checks
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: needs-pullups
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 18 21:05:00 +0000 2026
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified: Sat Sep 19 02:20:01 +0000 2026
>Originator: Taylor R Campbell
>Release: current, 11, 10, ...
>Organization:
The NetL2TP Foundsomebugs, Inc.
>Environment:
>Description:
1. l2tp_ioctl is missing kauth checks for all
interface-specific privileged ioctl commands like
SIOCSL2TPSESSION. Generic ioctls with have kauth checks in
doifioctl, but interface-specific ones are the interface's
responsibility:
3498 switch (cmd) {
3499 case SIOCALIFADDR:
...
3525 case SIOCSLINKSTR:
3526 if (l != NULL) {
3527 error = kauth_authorize_network(l->l_cred,
3528 KAUTH_NETWORK_INTERFACE,
3529 KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_SETPRIV, ifp,
3530 KAUTH_ARG(cmd), NULL);
3531 if (error != 0)
3532 goto out;
3533 }
3534 }
https://nxr.NetBSD.org/xref/src/sys/net/if.c?r=1.538#3498
2. Cookie length validation has && where it needs || to verify
that the cookie length is either 4 or 8:
1284 if (my_cookie_len != 4 && my_cookie_len != 8
1285 && peer_cookie_len != 4 && peer_cookie_len != 8)
1286 return EINVAL;
https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/net/if_l2tp.c?r=1.49#1284
>How-To-Repeat:
int s;
struct ifreq ifr;
struct l2tp_req l2tpr;
s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (s == -1)
err(1, "socket");
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
ifr.ifr_data = &l2tpr;
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, "l2tp0", sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
memset(&l2tpr, 0, sizeof(l2tpr));
l2tpr.my_cookie = 1;
l2tpr.peer_cookie = 1;
l2tpr.my_cookie_len = 4;
l2tpr.peer_cookie_len = 12345;
if (ioctl(s, SIOCSL2TPCOOKIE, &ifr) == -1)
err(1, "ioctl(SIOCSL2TPCOOKIE)");
>Fix:
1. add kauth check
2. && ---> ||
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
From: "Taylor R Campbell" <riastradh@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: PR/60743 CVS commit: src/sys/net
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:14:44 +0000
Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Sat Sep 19 02:14:44 UTC 2026
Modified Files:
src/sys/net: if_l2tp.c
Log Message:
l2tp(4): Add missing kauth checks for various configuration ioctls.
PR kern/60743: l2tp(4): missing and broken access/sanity checks
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.49 -r1.50 src/sys/net/if_l2tp.c
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
State-Changed-From-To: open->needs-pullups
State-Changed-By: riastradh@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:19:23 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
fixed in HEAD, needs pullup-11, pullup-10
From: "Taylor R Campbell" <riastradh@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: PR/60743 CVS commit: src/sys/net
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:15:13 +0000
Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Sat Sep 19 02:15:13 UTC 2026
Modified Files:
src/sys/net: if_l2tp.c
Log Message:
l2tp(4): Fix logic in cookie length checks.
PR kern/60743: l2tp(4): missing and broken access/sanity checks
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.50 -r1.51 src/sys/net/if_l2tp.c
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
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