Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 4 authors, 2017-06-29

Re: [PATCH net] virtio-net: serialize tx routine during reset

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2017-06-29 16:52:52
Also in: lkml, virtualization

From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:51:03 +0800
We don't hold any tx lock when trying to disable TX during reset, this
would lead a use after free since ndo_start_xmit() tries to access
the virtqueue which has already been freed. Fix this by using
netif_tx_disable() before freeing the vqs, this could make sure no tx
after vq freeing.

Reported-by: Jean-Philippe Menil <redacted>
Tested-by: Jean-Philippe Menil <redacted>
Fixes commit f600b6905015 ("virtio_net: Add XDP support")
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable.
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