netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net] sctp: do not free asoc when it is already dead in sctp

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:42:37 -0500
From:   Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        syzkaller@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net] sctp: do not free asoc when it is already dead in
 sctp_sendmsg

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:55:54PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> Now in sctp_sendmsg sctp_wait_for_sndbuf could schedule out without
> holding sock sk. It means the current asoc can be freed elsewhere,
> like when receiving an abort packet.
> 
> If the asoc is just created in sctp_sendmsg and sctp_wait_for_sndbuf
> returns err, the asoc will be freed again due to new_asoc is not nil.
> An use-after-free issue would be triggered by this.
> 
> This patch is to fix it by setting new_asoc with nil if the asoc is
> already dead when cpu schedules back, so that it will not be freed
> again in sctp_sendmsg.
> 
> v1->v2:
>   set new_asoc as nil in sctp_sendmsg instead of sctp_wait_for_sndbuf.
> 
> Suggested-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>