netdev - Re: [PATCH] netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change

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:   Thu, 2 Mar 2017 09:06:52 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org" 
        <driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change_mtu()

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 13:00:53 +0000
Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com> wrote:

> 'nvdev' is freed in rndis_filter_device_remove -> netvsc_device_remove ->
> free_netvsc_device, so we mustn't access it, before it's re-created in
> rndis_filter_device_add -> netvsc_device_add.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>

Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>