netdev - Re: [net-next][PATCH] net/ipv4: fix a net leak

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:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:21:01 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next][PATCH] net/ipv4: fix a net leak

On 10/24/18 9:02 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> On 10/24/18 3:36 AM, Li RongQing wrote:
>> put net when input a invalid ifindex, otherwise it will be leaked
>>
>> Fixes: 5fcd266a9f64("net/ipv4: Add support for dumping addresses for a specific device")
>> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yu <zhangyu31@...du.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
>> ---
>>  net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
>> index 63d5b58fbfdb..fd0c5a47e742 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
>> @@ -1775,8 +1775,10 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
>>  
>>  		if (fillargs.ifindex) {
>>  			dev = __dev_get_by_index(tgt_net, fillargs.ifindex);
>> -			if (!dev)
>> +			if (!dev) {
>> +				put_net(tgt_net);
>>  				return -ENODEV;
>> +			}
>>  
>>  			in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
>>  			if (in_dev) {
>>
> 
> Good catch. IPv6 has the same problem. Will fix that one.
> 
Actually remove that 'Reviewed-by'. You should only call put_net if
(fillargs.netnsid >= 0)

DaveM: just want to call this out since I mistakenly added the
Reviewed-by. This patch should be dropped.