Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 5 authors, 2019-05-01

Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: A few fixes on dereferencing rt->from

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2019-05-01 21:18:48

From: Martin KaFai Lau <redacted>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:45:12 -0700
It is a followup after the fix in
commit 9c69a1320515 ("route: Avoid crash from dereferencing NULL rt->from")

rt6_do_redirect():
1. NULL checking is needed on rt->from because a parallel
   fib6_info delete could happen that sets rt->from to NULL.
   (e.g. rt6_remove_exception() and fib6_drop_pcpu_from()).

2. fib6_info_hold() is not enough.  Same reason as (1).
   Meaning, holding dst->__refcnt cannot ensure
   rt->from is not NULL or rt->from->fib6_ref is not 0.

   Instead of using fib6_info_hold_safe() which ip6_rt_cache_alloc()
   is already doing, this patch chooses to extend the rcu section
   to keep "from" dereference-able after checking for NULL.

inet6_rtm_getroute():
1. NULL checking is also needed on rt->from for a similar reason.
   Note that inet6_rtm_getroute() is using RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED.

Fixes: a68886a69180 ("net/ipv6: Make from in rt6_info rcu protected")
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <redacted>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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