linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 226/273] switchdev: Require RTNL mutex to be held when sending FDB notifications

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]

Message-Id: <1457391064-6660-227-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Mon,  7 Mar 2016 14:50:17 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 226/273] switchdev: Require RTNL mutex to be held when sending FDB notifications

4.2.8-ckt5 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>

[ Upstream commit 4f2c6ae5c64c353fb1b0425e4747e5603feadba1 ]

When switchdev drivers process FDB notifications from the underlying
device they resolve the netdev to which the entry points to and notify
the bridge using the switchdev notifier.

However, since the RTNL mutex is not held there is nothing preventing
the netdev from disappearing in the middle, which will cause
br_switchdev_event() to dereference a non-existing netdev.

Make switchdev drivers hold the lock at the beginning of the
notification processing session and release it once it ends, after
notifying the bridge.

Also, remove switchdev_mutex and fdb_lock, as they are no longer needed
when RTNL mutex is held.

Fixes: 03bf0c281234 ("switchdev: introduce switchdev notifier")
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c |  2 ++
 net/bridge/br.c                      |  3 +--
 net/switchdev/switchdev.c            | 15 ++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
index 2e7f9a2..348f047 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
@@ -3493,12 +3493,14 @@ static void rocker_port_fdb_learn_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	info.addr = lw->addr;
 	info.vid = lw->vid;
 
+	rtnl_lock();
 	if (learned && removing)
 		call_switchdev_notifiers(SWITCHDEV_FDB_DEL,
 					 lw->rocker_port->dev, &info.info);
 	else if (learned && !removing)
 		call_switchdev_notifiers(SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD,
 					 lw->rocker_port->dev, &info.info);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	rocker_port_kfree(lw->trans, work);
 }
diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
index a1abe49..3addc05 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static struct notifier_block br_device_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = br_device_event
 };
 
+/* called with RTNL */
 static int br_switchdev_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 			      unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ static int br_switchdev_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 	struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info *fdb_info;
 	int err = NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	p = br_port_get_rtnl(dev);
 	if (!p)
 		goto out;
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static int br_switchdev_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 	}
 
 out:
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
index 9f2add3..69bd2b7 100644
--- a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
+++ b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/if_bridge.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <net/ip_fib.h>
 #include <net/switchdev.h>
 
@@ -333,7 +334,6 @@ int switchdev_port_obj_dump(struct net_device *dev, struct switchdev_obj *obj)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(switchdev_port_obj_dump);
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(switchdev_mutex);
 static RAW_NOTIFIER_HEAD(switchdev_notif_chain);
 
 /**
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ int register_switchdev_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mutex_lock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_lock();
 	err = raw_notifier_chain_register(&switchdev_notif_chain, nb);
-	mutex_unlock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_switchdev_notifier);
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ int unregister_switchdev_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mutex_lock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_lock();
 	err = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&switchdev_notif_chain, nb);
-	mutex_unlock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_switchdev_notifier);
@@ -382,16 +382,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_switchdev_notifier);
  *	Call all network notifier blocks. This should be called by driver
  *	when it needs to propagate hardware event.
  *	Return values are same as for atomic_notifier_call_chain().
+ *	rtnl_lock must be held.
  */
 int call_switchdev_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev,
 			     struct switchdev_notifier_info *info)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	info->dev = dev;
-	mutex_lock(&switchdev_mutex);
 	err = raw_notifier_call_chain(&switchdev_notif_chain, val, info);
-	mutex_unlock(&switchdev_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_switchdev_notifiers);
-- 
2.7.0