netdev - RE: [PATCH] net: tipc: Fix a sleep-in-atomic bug in tipc_msg

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 10 Jun 2017 13:18:03 +0000
From:   Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: tipc: Fix a sleep-in-atomic bug in tipc_msg_reverse

Acked.

///jon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jia-Ju Bai [mailto:baijiaju1990@....com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 05:04
> To: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>; Ying Xue
> <ying.xue@...driver.com>; davem@...emloft.net
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
> Subject: [PATCH] net: tipc: Fix a sleep-in-atomic bug in tipc_msg_reverse
> 
> The kernel may sleep under a rcu read lock in tipc_msg_reverse, and the
> function call path is:
> tipc_l2_rcv_msg (acquire the lock by rcu_read_lock)
>   tipc_rcv
>     tipc_sk_rcv
>       tipc_msg_reverse
>         pskb_expand_head(GFP_KERNEL) --> may sleep tipc_node_broadcast
>   tipc_node_xmit_skb
>     tipc_node_xmit
>       tipc_sk_rcv
>         tipc_msg_reverse
>           pskb_expand_head(GFP_KERNEL) --> may sleep
> 
> To fix it, "GFP_KERNEL" is replaced with "GFP_ATOMIC".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
> ---
>  net/tipc/msg.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c index 312ef7d..ab30876 100644
> --- a/net/tipc/msg.c
> +++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
> @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ bool tipc_msg_reverse(u32 own_node,  struct
> sk_buff **skb, int err)
>  	}
> 
>  	if (skb_cloned(_skb) &&
> -	    pskb_expand_head(_skb, BUF_HEADROOM, BUF_TAILROOM,
> GFP_KERNEL))
> +	    pskb_expand_head(_skb, BUF_HEADROOM, BUF_TAILROOM,
> GFP_ATOMIC))
>  		goto exit;
> 
>  	/* Now reverse the concerned fields */
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>