Re: [PATCH net] bridge: Fix incorrect re-injection of STP packets

Hi Florian,

Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 12:39:45PM IDT, idosch@mellanox.com wrote:

Commit 8626c56c8279 ("bridge: fix potential use-after-free when hook
returns QUEUE or STOLEN verdict") fixed incorrect usage of NF_HOOK's
return value by consuming packets in okfn via br_pass_frame_up().

However, this function re-injects packets to the Rx path with skb->dev
set to the bridge device, which breaks kernel's STP, as all STP packets
appear to originate from the bridge device itself.

Instead, if okfn was called for a packet, make bridge's rx_handler
re-inject it to the Rx path by returning RX_HANDLER_PASS. This is
consistent with previous behavior.

Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Fixes: 8626c56c8279 ("bridge: fix potential use-after-free when hook returns QUEUE or STOLEN verdict")
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <redacted>

I read your commit more closely and also looked at nf_reinject() and I'm
not sure how the fix should be carried out.

After packet is processed by okfn it should return to the Rx path -
by making bridge's rx_handler return RX_HANDLER_PASS - so that it 
could be picked up by the packet handlers.

However, if verdict is NF_QUEUE and packet is later re-injected via
nf_reinject() then this can't happen, as rx_handler already returned
RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED for the packet.

So, my patch is wrong because it doesn't consume the packet in okfn, but
yours consumes it in a way which breaks current packet handlers.

Any suggestions regarding a fix? I have a feeling I'm missing something
obvious.

Thanks!