netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: A few fixes on dereferencing rt->from

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Message-ID: <10752519-01db-e6f8-f10d-870f5cad983f@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 May 2019 09:44:59 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jonathan Lemon <bsd@...com>,
        kernel-team@...com, Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: A few fixes on dereferencing rt->from

On 4/30/19 11:45 AM, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> It is a followup after the fix in
> commit 9c69a1320515 ("route: Avoid crash from dereferencing NULL rt->from")
> 
> rt6_do_redirect():
> 1. NULL checking is needed on rt->from because a parallel
>    fib6_info delete could happen that sets rt->from to NULL.
>    (e.g. rt6_remove_exception() and fib6_drop_pcpu_from()).
> 
> 2. fib6_info_hold() is not enough.  Same reason as (1).
>    Meaning, holding dst->__refcnt cannot ensure
>    rt->from is not NULL or rt->from->fib6_ref is not 0.
> 
>    Instead of using fib6_info_hold_safe() which ip6_rt_cache_alloc()
>    is already doing, this patch chooses to extend the rcu section
>    to keep "from" dereference-able after checking for NULL.
> 
> inet6_rtm_getroute():
> 1. NULL checking is also needed on rt->from for a similar reason.
>    Note that inet6_rtm_getroute() is using RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED.
> 
> Fixes: a68886a69180 ("net/ipv6: Make from in rt6_info rcu protected")
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Thanks, Martin.