netdev - [PATCH v2] tipc: fix error handling of expanding buffer headroom

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Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:57:57 +0800
From:	Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<jon.maloy@...csson.com>, <scan-admin@...erity.com>,
	<stephen@...workplumber.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tipc: fix error handling of expanding buffer headroom

Coverity says:

*** CID 1338065:  Error handling issues  (CHECKED_RETURN)
/net/tipc/udp_media.c: 162 in tipc_udp_send_msg()
156     	struct udp_media_addr *dst = (struct udp_media_addr *)&dest->value;
157     	struct udp_media_addr *src = (struct udp_media_addr *)&b->addr.value;
158     	struct sk_buff *clone;
159     	struct rtable *rt;
160
161     	if (skb_headroom(skb) < UDP_MIN_HEADROOM)
>>>     CID 1338065:  Error handling issues  (CHECKED_RETURN)
>>>     Calling "pskb_expand_head" without checking return value (as is done elsewhere 51 out of 56 times).
162     		pskb_expand_head(skb, UDP_MIN_HEADROOM, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
163
164     	clone = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
165     	skb_set_inner_protocol(clone, htons(ETH_P_TIPC));
166     	ub = rcu_dereference_rtnl(b->media_ptr);
167     	if (!ub) {

When expanding buffer headroom over udp tunnel with pskb_expand_head(),
it's unfortunate that we don't check its return value. As a result, if
the function returns an error code due to the lack of memory, it may
cause unpredictable consequence as we unconditionally consider that
it's always successful.

Fixes: e53567948f82 ("tipc: conditionally expand buffer headroom over udp tunnel")
Reported-by: <scan-admin@...erity.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
---
v2:
 * When pskb_expand_head() returns negative error codes instead of zero used
   in original version, we should jump to exception branch, pointed out by
   David.

 net/tipc/udp_media.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/udp_media.c b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
index ad2719a..70c0327 100644
--- a/net/tipc/udp_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
@@ -158,8 +158,11 @@ static int tipc_udp_send_msg(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct udp_media_addr *src = (struct udp_media_addr *)&b->addr.value;
 	struct rtable *rt;
 
-	if (skb_headroom(skb) < UDP_MIN_HEADROOM)
-		pskb_expand_head(skb, UDP_MIN_HEADROOM, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (skb_headroom(skb) < UDP_MIN_HEADROOM) {
+		err = pskb_expand_head(skb, UDP_MIN_HEADROOM, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (err)
+			goto tx_error;
+	}
 
 	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, htons(ETH_P_TIPC));
 	ub = rcu_dereference_rtnl(b->media_ptr);
-- 
1.7.9.5

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