netdev - [PATCH] xen-netfront: Avoid deref'ing skbafter it is potentially freed.

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-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:54:37 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Keir Fraser <keir@...source.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] xen-netfront: Avoid deref'ing skbafter it is potentially
 freed.

xennet_tx_bug_gc can free the skb before we use it, so make sure we don't.

Jeff, this is -rc material.

Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@...source.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>

diff -r 8bfc43f6d1b0 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c	Tue Aug 07 14:26:30 2007 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c	Mon Aug 13 09:39:15 2007 -0700
@@ -566,15 +566,16 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_b
 	if (notify)
 		notify_remote_via_irq(np->netdev->irq);
 
+	np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	np->stats.tx_packets++;
+
+	/* Note: It is not safe to access skb after xennet_tx_buf_gc()! */
 	xennet_tx_buf_gc(dev);
 
 	if (!netfront_tx_slot_available(np))
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&np->tx_lock);
-
-	np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-	np->stats.tx_packets++;
 
 	return 0;
 


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html