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Date:   Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:29:30 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 042/103] net/rds: Avoid potential use after free in
 rds_send_remove_from_sock

Hi!

> [ Upstream commit 0c85a7e87465f2d4cbc768e245f4f45b2f299b05 ]
> 
> In case of rs failure in rds_send_remove_from_sock(), the 'rm' resource
> is freed and later under spinlock, causing potential use-after-free.
> Set the free pointer to NULL to avoid undefined behavior.

This patch is crazy. Take a look at Message-ID:
<20210419084953.GA28564@amd>. Or just look at the patch :-).

Best regards,
								Pavel
> +++ b/net/rds/message.c
> @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ void rds_message_put(struct rds_message *rm)
>  		rds_message_purge(rm);
>  
>  		kfree(rm);
> +		rm = NULL;
>  	}
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rds_message_put);
> diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
> index 985d0b7713ac..fe5264b9d4b3 100644
> --- a/net/rds/send.c
> +++ b/net/rds/send.c
> @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static void rds_send_remove_from_sock(struct list_head *messages, int status)
>  unlock_and_drop:
>  		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rm->m_rs_lock, flags);
>  		rds_message_put(rm);
> -		if (was_on_sock)
> +		if (was_on_sock && rm)
>  			rds_message_put(rm);
>  	}
>  

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