netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: sched: Fix one possible panic when no destroy callback

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:30:57 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     gfree.wind@....163.com
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: sched: Fix one possible panic when no
 destroy callback

On Wed, 2017-06-28 at 12:53 +0800, gfree.wind@....163.com wrote:
> From: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>
> 
> When qdisc fail to init, qdisc_create would invoke the destroy callback
> to cleanup. But there is no check if the callback exists really. So it
> would cause the panic if there is no real destroy callback like the qdisc
> codel, fq, and so on.
> 
> Take codel as an example following:
> When a malicious user constructs one invalid netlink msg, it would cause
> codel_init->codel_change->nla_parse_nested failed.
> Then kernel would invoke the destroy callback directly but qdisc codel
> doesn't define one. It causes one panic as a result.
> 
> Now add one the check for destroy to avoid the possible panic.
> 
> Fixes: 87b60cfacf9f ("net_sched: fix error recovery at qdisc creation")
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks !