netdev - Re: use after free bug in socket code

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:41:18 +0200
From:	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
To:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
CC:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, urs.thuermann@...kswagen.de,
	Urs Thuermann <urs@...ogud.escape.de>
Subject: Re: use after free bug in socket code

Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> Oliver Hartkopp writes:
>>
>> Would you like to prepare a proper patch and post it on netdev?
>>
> I'll do.

Fine.

> I would also submit a second patch to add an appropriate MODULE_ALIAS
> to the protocol drivers, so they can be autoloaded when compiled as
> module:
> diff -ur linux-2.6.30/net/can/bcm.c linux-2.6.30-karo/net/can/bcm.c
> --- linux-2.6.30/net/can/bcm.c	2009-06-10 05:05:27.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.30-karo/net/can/bcm.c	2009-07-12 20:12:38.000000000 +0200
> @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PF_CAN broadcast manager protocol");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Oliver Hartkopp <oliver.hartkopp@...kswagen.de>");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("can-proto-2");
>  
>  /* easy access to can_frame payload */
>  static inline u64 GET_U64(const struct can_frame *cp)
> diff -ur linux-2.6.30/net/can/raw.c linux-2.6.30-karo/net/can/raw.c
> --- linux-2.6.30/net/can/raw.c	2009-06-10 05:05:27.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.30-karo/net/can/raw.c	2009-07-12 20:12:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PF_CAN raw protocol");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Urs Thuermann <urs.thuermann@...kswagen.de>");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("can-proto-1");
>  
>  #define MASK_ALL 0
>  

Good idea.

I currently added these aliases somewhere in my /etc/modprobe.d directory. But
if this can be done by the kernel itself, we can reduce the distro-depended
configuation effort.

You can add my

Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>

to both discussed patches directly.

> 
>> ps. This code section was stable for more than three years now. Can you tell
>> me, how you kicked your system to run into this problem?
>>
> I was working on a chip driver for the i.MX25 flexcan controller. The
> bug was visible due to CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y which makes sure that
> memory is poisoned with a special pattern upon being freed.

Nice hint! I will enable this in my config also.

> 
> The situation where this triggers a bug is when the chip driver's
> hard_start_xmit function returns a NETDEV_TX_BUSY and subsequently the
> can interface is deconfigured.
> 
> Maybe you could try this on different hardware?

Will do when i'm back at work ;-)

Many Thanks,
Oliver
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