netdev - [PATCH net 1/1] tipc: fix bug in multicast/broadcast message reassembly

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Date:	Sat,  5 Jul 2014 13:44:13 -0400
From:	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	erik.hugne@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com, maloy@...jonn.com,
	tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/1] tipc: fix bug in multicast/broadcast message reassembly

Since commit 37e22164a8a3c39bdad45aa463b1e69a1fdf4110 ("tipc: rename and
move message reassembly function") reassembly of long broadcast messages
has been broken. This is because we test for a non-NULL return value
of the *buf parameter as criteria for succesful reassembly. However, this
parameter is left defined even after reception of the first fragment,
when reassebly is still incomplete. This leads to a kernel crash as soon
as a the first fragment of a long broadcast message is received.

We fix this with this commit, by implementing a stricter behavior of the
function and its return values.

This commit should be applied to both net and net-next.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
---
 net/tipc/msg.c |   11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 8be6e94..0a37a47 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ int tipc_msg_build(struct tipc_msg *hdr, struct iovec const *msg_sect,
 }
 
 /* tipc_buf_append(): Append a buffer to the fragment list of another buffer
- * Let first buffer become head buffer
- * Returns 1 and sets *buf to headbuf if chain is complete, otherwise 0
- * Leaves headbuf pointer at NULL if failure
+ * @*headbuf: in:  NULL for first frag, otherwise value returned from prev call
+ *            out: set when successful non-complete reassembly, otherwise NULL
+ * @*buf:     in:  the buffer to append. Always defined
+ *            out: head buf after sucessful complete reassembly, otherwise NULL
+ * Returns 1 when reassembly complete, otherwise 0
  */
 int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
 {
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
 			goto out_free;
 		head = *headbuf = frag;
 		skb_frag_list_init(head);
+		*buf = NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!head)
@@ -150,5 +153,7 @@ int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
 out_free:
 	pr_warn_ratelimited("Unable to build fragment list\n");
 	kfree_skb(*buf);
+	kfree_skb(*headbuf);
+	*buf = *headbuf = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.9.5

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