Re: [PATCH net V2] tun: fix use after free for ptr_ring

From: Jason Wang <redacted>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 10:49:25 +0800

We used to initialize ptr_ring during TUNSETIFF, this is because its
size depends on the tx_queue_len of netdevice. And we try to clean it
up when socket were detached from netdevice. A race were spotted when
trying to do uninit during a read which will lead a use after free for
pointer ring. Solving this by always initialize a zero size ptr_ring
in open() and do resizing during TUNSETIFF, and then we can safely do
cleanup during close(). With this, there's no need for the workaround
that was introduced by commit 4df0bfc79904 ("tun: fix a memory leak
for tfile->tx_array").

Reported-by: syzbot+e8b902c3c3fadf0a9dba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Cc: Cong Wang <redacted>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Fixes: 1576d9860599 ("tun: switch to use skb array for tx")
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <redacted>

Jason, please address Cong Wang's concerns.

Thank you.