netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] tipc: call tipc_rcv() only if bearer is up in tipc_udp

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Date:   Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:14:56 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com
Cc:     jon.maloy@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] tipc: call tipc_rcv() only if bearer is up in
 tipc_udp_recv()

From: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:48:42 +0200

> Remove the second tipc_rcv() call in tipc_udp_recv(). We have just
> checked that the bearer is not up, and calling tipc_rcv() with a bearer
> that is not up leads to a TIPC div-by-zero crash in
> tipc_node_calculate_timer(). The crash is rare in practice, but can
> happen like this:
> 
>   We're enabling a bearer, but it's not yet up and fully initialized.
>   At the same time we receive a discovery packet, and in tipc_udp_recv()
>   we end up calling tipc_rcv() with the not-yet-initialized bearer,
>   causing later the div-by-zero crash in tipc_node_calculate_timer().
> 
> Jon Maloy explains the impact of removing the second tipc_rcv() call:
>   "link setup in the worst case will be delayed until the next arriving
>    discovery messages, 1 sec later, and this is an acceptable delay."
> 
> As the tipc_rcv() call is removed, just leave the function via the
> rcu_out label, so that we will kfree_skb().
 ...
> Fixes: c9b64d492b1f ("tipc: add replicast peer discovery")
> Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com>
> Cc: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.