netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] tc: fix segmentation fault on gact action

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Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 20:20:25 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] tc: fix segmentation fault on gact action

On Tue,  1 Oct 2019 12:32:17 +0200
Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com> wrote:

> tc segfaults if gact action is used without action or index:
> 
> $ ip link add type dummy
> $ tc actions add action pipe index 1
> $ tc filter add dev dummy0 parent ffff: protocol ip \
>   pref 10 u32 match ip src 127.0.0.2 flowid 1:10 action gact
> Segmentation fault
> 
> We expect tc to fail gracefully with an error message.
> 
> This happens if gact is the last argument of the incomplete
> command. In this case the "gact" action is parsed, the macro
> NEXT_ARG_FWD() is executed and the next matches() crashes
> because of null argv pointer.
> 
> To avoid this, simply use NEXT_ARG() instead.
> 
> With this change in place:
> 
> $ ip link add type dummy
> $ tc actions add action pipe index 1
> $ tc filter add dev dummy0 parent ffff: protocol ip \
>   pref 10 u32 match ip src 127.0.0.2 flowid 1:10 action gact
> Command line is not complete. Try option "help"
> 
> Fixes: fa4958897314 ("tc: Fix binding of gact action by index.")
> Reported-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied