netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: fix netlink

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:23:31 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: fix netlink_ack() extack race

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:09:53 +0200

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> It seems that it's possible to toggle NETLINK_F_EXT_ACK
> through setsockopt() while another thread/CPU is building
> a message inside netlink_ack(), which could then trigger
> the WARN_ON()s I added since if it goes from being turned
> off to being turned on between allocating and filling the
> message, the skb could end up being too small.
> 
> Avoid this whole situation by storing the value of this
> flag in a separate variable and using that throughout the
> function instead.
> 
> Fixes: 2d4bc93368f5 ("netlink: extended ACK reporting")
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.