netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] r8152: fix NULL pointer dereference in r8152

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:19:44 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, hayeswang@...ltek.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] r8152: fix NULL pointer dereference in r8152_poll

On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 06:18 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 13:47 +0100, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > commit 7489bdadb7d1 (r8152: check rx after napi is enabled) causes null
> > pointer dereference when using device as under root:
> > 
> >  # rmmod r8152 # or lsusb -v
> > NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08
> > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
> > IP: r8152_poll+0x125/0x570 [r8152]
> > PGD 89b4cf067
> > PUD 898ff2067
> > PMD 0
> > Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@...il.com>
> > ---
> > NOTE: This is just a workaround, I suppose, there is better way how to fix that
> > (which allows keeping scheduling the napi for rx after napi_enable()).
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/usb/r8152.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > index 986243c932cc..79c665a89a47 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > @@ -3703,8 +3703,6 @@ static int rtl8152_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
> >  			napi_enable(&tp->napi);
> >  			clear_bit(SELECTIVE_SUSPEND, &tp->flags);
> >  			smp_mb__after_atomic();
> > -			if (!list_empty(&tp->rx_done))
> > -				napi_schedule(&tp->napi);
> >  		} else {
> >  			tp->rtl_ops.up(tp);
> >  			netif_carrier_off(tp->netdev);
> 
> 
> The proper work around is to enclose the napi_schedule() in a
> local_bh_enable()/local_bh_disable()  pair.

Something like :

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index 986243c932ccd6fe19c592805c1c63274f5e5555..b6bb1720c383946ea6142ec2f79f5b7a69031d7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -3703,8 +3703,10 @@ static int rtl8152_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
 			napi_enable(&tp->napi);
 			clear_bit(SELECTIVE_SUSPEND, &tp->flags);
 			smp_mb__after_atomic();
+			local_bh_disable();
 			if (!list_empty(&tp->rx_done))
 				napi_schedule(&tp->napi);
+			local_bh_enable();
 		} else {
 			tp->rtl_ops.up(tp);
 			netif_carrier_off(tp->netdev);