netdev - [PATCH] packet: fix potential use after free

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Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:22:39 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Xi Wang <xii@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] packet: fix potential use after free

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

As soon skb is queued into sk_receive_queue, it can be consumed,
so its racy to access skb->len.

Given that sk_data_ready() / sock_def_readable() don't really care, just
use 0 instead of skb->len

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Xi Wang <xii@...gle.com>
---
 net/packet/af_packet.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 72e0c71fb01d..373d557e22ee 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1848,7 +1848,8 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	skb->dropcount = atomic_read(&sk->sk_drops);
 	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
-	sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
+	/* Remember: we can not reference skb after this point */
+	sk->sk_data_ready(sk, 0);
 	return 0;
 
 drop_n_acct:


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