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

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Date:   Wed, 01 May 2019 17:18:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     kafai@...com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com, bsd@...com,
        kernel-team@...com, weiwan@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: A few fixes on dereferencing rt->from

From: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:45:12 -0700

> 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>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.