netdev - [PATCH 1/2] pxa168_eth: fix race in transmit path.

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]

Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:48:06 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	Sachin Sanap <ssanap@...vell.com>,
	Zhangfei Gao <zgao6@...vell.com>,
	Philip Rakity <prakity@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] pxa168_eth: fix race in transmit path.

Because the socket buffer is freed in the completion interrupt, it is not
safe to access it after submitting it to the hardware.

Cc: stable@...nel.org
Cc: Sachin Sanap <ssanap@...vell.com>
Cc: Zhangfei Gao <zgao6@...vell.com>
Cc: Philip Rakity <prakity@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@...cron.at>
---
 drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c b/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c
index 89f7540..5f597ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ static int pxa168_eth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	wmb();
 	wrl(pep, SDMA_CMD, SDMA_CMD_TXDH | SDMA_CMD_ERD);
 
-	stats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	stats->tx_bytes += length;
 	stats->tx_packets++;
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 	if (pep->tx_ring_size - pep->tx_desc_count <= 1) {
-- 
1.7.0.4

--
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