linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bridge: fix rcu dereference outside of rcu_read

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] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	yefremov.denis@...il.com, pablo@...filter.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ldv-project@...ras.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: fix rcu dereference outside of rcu_read_lock

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:19:33 -0700

> Alternative solution for problem found by Linux Driver Verification
> project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> As it noted in the comment before the br_handle_frame_finish
> function, this function should be called under rcu_read_lock.
> 
> The problem callgraph:
> br_dev_xmit -> br_nf_pre_routing_finish_bridge_slow ->
>  -> br_handle_frame_finish -> br_port_get_rcu -> rcu_dereference
> 
> And in this case there is no read-lock section.
> 
> Reported-by: Denis Efremov <yefremov.denis@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied, thanks Stephen.

Please CC: this to netdev next time.  It's in a grey area whether I or
the netfilter folks should apply this one, and here I'm deciding to
take care of it.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/