netdev - Re: [Patch net] rds: avoid calling sock_kfree

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Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:27:00 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
	chien.yen@...cle.com,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] rds: avoid calling sock_kfree_s() on allocation failure

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:03 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:35:08 -0700
>
>> From: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
>>
>> It is okay to free a NULL pointer but not okay to mischarge the socket optmem
>> accounting. Compile test only.
>>
>> Reported-by: rucsoftsec@...il.com
>> Cc: Chien Yen <chien.yen@...cle.com>
>> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
>
> Applied, and I'm going to add the following bug check to the tree too.
>
> ====================
> [PATCH] net: Trap attempts to call sock_kfree_s() with a NULL pointer.
>
> Unlike normal kfree() it is never right to call sock_kfree_s() with
> a NULL pointer, because sock_kfree_s() also has the side effect of
> discharging the memory from the sockets quota.
>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>


Acked-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>

Sounds reasonable. It could catch more bugs similar to this one.

Thanks!
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