# Re: \[Bugme-new\] \[Bug 8961\] New: BUG triggered by oidentd in netlink code

- From: Patrick McHardy \<hidden\>
- Date: 2007-08-31 11:06:19 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2007/08/10782889
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2007/08/10782839/t.md

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:41:31 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8961
>
> This looks serious.
>
>>            Summary: BUG triggered by oidentd in netlink code
>>
>> Aug 29 23:28:44 bowl kernel: [349587.500440] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL
>> pointer dereference<1>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
>> virtual address 00000054
>> Aug 29 23:28:44 bowl kernel: [349587.500454]  printing eip:
>> Aug 29 23:28:45 bowl kernel: [349587.500457] c03318ae
>> Aug 29 23:28:45 bowl kernel: [349587.500459] *pde = 00000000
>> Aug 29 23:28:45 bowl kernel: [349587.500464] Oops: 0000 [#1]
>> Aug 29 23:28:45 bowl kernel: [349587.500466] PREEMPT SMP
>> Aug 29 23:28:46 bowl kernel: [349587.500474] Modules linked in: w83627hf
>> hwmon_vid i2c_isa
>> Aug 29 23:28:46 bowl kernel: [349587.500483] CPU:    0
>> Aug 29 23:28:47 bowl kernel: [349587.500485] EIP:    0060:[<c03318ae>]    Not
>> tainted VLI
>> Aug 29 23:28:47 bowl kernel: [349587.500487] EFLAGS: 00010246   (2.6.22.3 #1)
>> Aug 29 23:28:47 bowl kernel: [349587.500499] EIP is at netlink_rcv_skb+0xa/0x7e
>> Aug 29 23:28:48 bowl kernel: [349587.500506] eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000000


Seems to be a bug introduced by the netlink_run_queue conversion,
since there is no locking and netlink_run_queue doesn't check
for NULL results from skb_dequeue, it might pass NULL to
netlink_rcv_skb, which crashes.

Does this patch help?
```

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