linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: cgroup: fix access the unallocated memory in netprio cgroup

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:14:10 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	lizefan@...wei.com, tj@...nel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: cgroup: fix access the unallocated memory in
 netprio cgroup

On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 10:31 +0800, Gao feng wrote:
> there are some out of bound accesses in netprio cgroup.
> when creating a new netprio cgroup,we only set a prioidx for
> the new cgroup,without allocate memory for dev->priomap.
> 
> because we don't want to see additional bound checkings in
> fast path, so I think the best way is to allocate memory when we
> creating a new netprio cgroup.
> 
> and because netdev can be created or registered after cgroup being
> created, so extend_netdev_table is also needed in write_priomap.
> 
> this patch add a return value for update_netdev_tables & extend_netdev_table,
> so when new_priomap is allocated failed,write_priomap will stop to access
> the priomap,and return -ENOMEM back to the userspace to tell the user
> what happend.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> ---

>  static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
> @@ -221,7 +233,10 @@ static int write_priomap(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
>  	if (!dev)
>  		goto out_free_devname;
>  
> -	update_netdev_tables();
> +	ret = update_netdev_tables();
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto out_free_devname;
> +
>  	ret = 0;
>  	rcu_read_lock();
>  	map = rcu_dereference(dev->priomap);

Hi Gao

Is it still needed to call update_netdev_tables() from write_priomap() ?



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