netdev - Re: [Patch net] unix: correct sk_rmem

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:55:24 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Yannick Koehler <yannick@...hler.name>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] unix: correct sk_rmem_alloc accounting

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:43:11PM +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> 
> Yannick reported [1] we probably forgot to account ->sk_rmem_alloc
> before moving the skb to other->sk_receive_queue. I believe
> he is right. So, just call skb_set_owner_r() before every time
> we queuing skb into other->sk_receive_queue. 

I think Eric's comment on a possible DOS is correct. Having a quick look, it
seems unix_recvq_full needs to check ->sk_rmem_alloc at a minimum.

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