linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 40/67] ixgbe: Fix skb list corruption on Power systems

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: <20171128100425.272393295@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:19:39 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 40/67] ixgbe: Fix skb list corruption on Power systems

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

------------------

From: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit 0a9a17e3bb4564caf4bfe2a6783ae1287667d188 upstream.

This patch fixes an issue seen on Power systems with ixgbe which results
in skb list corruption and an eventual kernel oops. The following is what
was observed:

CPU 1                                   CPU2
============================            ============================
1: ixgbe_xmit_frame_ring                ixgbe_clean_tx_irq
2:  first->skb = skb                     eop_desc = tx_buffer->next_to_watch
3:  ixgbe_tx_map                         read_barrier_depends()
4:   wmb                                 check adapter written status bit
5:   first->next_to_watch = tx_desc      napi_consume_skb(tx_buffer->skb ..);
6:   writel(i, tx_ring->tail);

The read_barrier_depends is insufficient to ensure that tx_buffer->skb does not
get loaded prior to tx_buffer->next_to_watch, which then results in loading
a stale skb pointer. This patch replaces the read_barrier_depends with
smp_rmb to ensure loads are ordered with respect to the load of
tx_buffer->next_to_watch.

Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static bool ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(struct ix
 			break;
 
 		/* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */
-		read_barrier_depends();
+		smp_rmb();
 
 		/* if DD is not set pending work has not been completed */
 		if (!(eop_desc->wb.status & cpu_to_le32(IXGBE_TXD_STAT_DD)))