linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] RDMA/core: Fix race when resolving IP address

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:28:54 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Dag Moxnes <dag.moxnes@...cle.com>
Cc:     dledford@...hat.com, leon@...nel.org, parav@...lanox.com,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] RDMA/core: Fix race when resolving IP address

On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 01:50:26PM +0200, Dag Moxnes wrote:
> Use the neighbour lock when copying the MAC address from the neighbour
> data struct in dst_fetch_ha.
> 
> When not using the lock, it is possible for the function to race with
> neigh_update(), causing it to copy an torn MAC address:
> 
> rdma_resolve_addr()
>   rdma_resolve_ip()
>     addr_resolve()
>       addr_resolve_neigh()
>         fetch_ha()
>           dst_fetch_ha()
> 	     memcpy(dev_addr->dst_dev_addr, n->ha, MAX_ADDR_LEN)
> 
> and
> 
> net_ioctl()
>   arp_ioctl()
>     arp_rec_delete()
>       arp_invalidate()
>         neigh_update()
>           __neigh_update()
> 	    memcpy(&neigh->ha, lladdr, dev->addr_len)
> 
> It is possible to provoke this error by calling rdma_resolve_addr() in a
> tight loop, while deleting the corresponding ARP entry in another tight
> loop.
> 
> Fixes: 51d45974515c ("infiniband: addr: Consolidate code to fetch neighbour hardware address from dst.")
> Signed-off-by: Dag Moxnes <dag.moxnes@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied to for-next, thanks

Jason