netdev - Re: tcp collapse+splice bug still present in -stable

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Date:	Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:32:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: tcp collapse+splice bug still present in -stable

From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:42:55 +0200

> David, Greg,
> 
> one of our customers was encountering frequent kernel panics up to
> 2.6.32.21 that were always related to splicing and tcp_collapse().
> I found the precise BUG_ON() line but I've not forgotten it, something
> about ->seq not being OK.
> 
> I found the following fix in 2.6.35 which looked to be related to the
> same issue, and we could verify that it definitely solves it. Could we
> please have it in other stable versions ?

I'll make sure I send this to Greg in my next -stable
networking batch, thanks!

> --
>>>From baff42ab1494528907bf4d5870359e31711746ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Steven J. Magnani <steve@...idescorp.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:56:01 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] net: Fix oops from tcp_collapse() when using splice()
> 
> tcp_read_sock() can have a eat skbs without immediately advancing copied_seq.
> This can cause a panic in tcp_collapse() if it is called as a result
> of the recv_actor dropping the socket lock.
> 
> A userspace program that splices data from a socket to either another
> socket or to a file can trigger this bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve@...idescorp.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> index 6afb6d8..2c75f89 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> @@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ int tcp_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
>  		sk_eat_skb(sk, skb, 0);
>  		if (!desc->count)
>  			break;
> +		tp->copied_seq = seq;
>  	}
>  	tp->copied_seq = seq;
>  
> 
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