netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/rose: fix NULL ax25

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Date:   Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:41:42 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dvyukov@...il.com
Cc:     f6bvp@...e.fr, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dvyukov@...gle.com,
        syzbot+1a2c456a1ea08fa5b5f7@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        ralf@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/rose: fix NULL ax25_cb kernel panic

From: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:46:40 +0100

> From: Bernard Pidoux <f6bvp@...e.fr>
> 
> When an internally generated frame is handled by rose_xmit(),
> rose_route_frame() is called:
> 
>         if (!rose_route_frame(skb, NULL)) {
>                 dev_kfree_skb(skb);
>                 stats->tx_errors++;
>                 return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>         }
> 
> We have the same code sequence in Net/Rom where an internally generated
> frame is handled by nr_xmit() calling nr_route_frame(skb, NULL).
> However, in this function NULL argument is tested while it is not in
> rose_route_frame().
> Then kernel panic occurs later on when calling ax25cmp() with a NULL
> ax25_cb argument as reported many times and recently with syzbot.
> 
> We need to test if ax25 is NULL before using it.
> 
> Testing:
> Built kernel with CONFIG_ROSE=y.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bernard Pidoux <f6bvp@...e.fr>
> Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: syzbot+1a2c456a1ea08fa5b5f7@...kaller.appspotmail.com

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.