netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net] sctp: move the format error check out of __sctp_sf_do_9_1

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Date:   Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:57:15 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com,
        liuhangbin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net] sctp: move the format error check out of
 __sctp_sf_do_9_1_abort

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:07:53 +0800

> When T2 timer is to be stopped, the asoc should also be deleted,
> otherwise, there will be no chance to call sctp_association_free
> and the asoc could last in memory forever.
> 
> However, in sctp_sf_shutdown_sent_abort(), after adding the cmd
> SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP for T2 timer, it may return error due to the
> format error from __sctp_sf_do_9_1_abort() and miss adding
> SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_FAILED where the asoc will be deleted.
> 
> This patch is to fix it by moving the format error check out of
> __sctp_sf_do_9_1_abort(), and do it before adding the cmd
> SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP for T2 timer.
> 
> Thanks Hangbin for reporting this issue by the fuzz testing.
> 
> v1->v2:
>   - improve the comment in the code as Marcelo's suggestion.
> 
> Fixes: 96ca468b86b0 ("sctp: check invalid value of length parameter in error cause")
> Reported-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.