On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 04:35:31PM +0200, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> calc_offsets() function returns 'data' and 'mask' pointers, which
> are pointers somewhere inside struct tc_flower_key, and they are not
> aligned, causing misaligned memory access.  For example:
> 
>   ipv6.rewrite_hlimit is at 148 byte offset inside the struct
>   tc_flower_key.  While the actual field is in the 7th byte of
>   the IPv6 header in the actual packet.  So, pedit will need
>   to write the last byte of the [4-7] range to the actual packet.
>   So, data pointer is positioned to 145th byte inside the tc_flower_key
>   with the 000000FF mask.  Obviously, 145th byte inside the structure
>   is not 4-byte aligned.
> 
>  lib/tc.c:2879:34: runtime error:
>    load of misaligned address 0x7f2802eaa321 for type 'ovs_be32' (aka
>    'unsigned int'), which requires 4 byte alignment
>    0x7f2802eaa321: note: pointer points here
>      00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...
>                   ^
>      0 0xd7f2fb in nl_msg_put_flower_rewrite_pedits lib/tc.c:2879:34
>      1 0xd7f2fb in nl_msg_put_flower_acts lib/tc.c:3141:25
>      2 0xd6ae5a in nl_msg_put_flower_options lib/tc.c:3445:12
>      3 0xd6a2be in tc_replace_flower lib/tc.c:3712:17
>      4 0xd2bf25 in netdev_tc_flow_put lib/netdev-offload-tc.c:2224:11
>      5 0x94f6b7 in netdev_flow_put lib/netdev-offload.c:316:14
>      6 0xcbd19e in parse_flow_put lib/dpif-netlink.c:2289:11
>      7 0xcbd19e in try_send_to_netdev lib/dpif-netlink.c:2376:15
>      8 0xcbd19e in dpif_netlink_operate lib/dpif-netlink.c:2447:23
>      9 0x86536e in dpif_operate lib/dpif.c:1372:13
>     10 0x6bc289 in handle_upcalls ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c:1654:5
>     11 0x6bc289 in recv_upcalls ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c:892:9
>     12 0x6b766a in udpif_upcall_handler ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c:792:13
>     13 0xb5015a in ovsthread_wrapper lib/ovs-thread.c:422:12
>     14 0x7f280b2081ce in start_thread (/lib64/libpthread.so.0+0x81ce)
>     15 0x7f2809e39dd2 in clone (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x39dd2)
> 
> Fix misaligned read by using appropriate functions.
> 
> Fixes: 8ada482bbe19 ("tc: Add header rewrite using tc pedit action")
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>

I'd also be happy to apply this patch if that was your intention.

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