netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/vmw_vsock: fix NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 18:13:35 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Norbert Slusarek <nslusarek@....net>
Cc:     alex.popov@...ux.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/vmw_vsock: fix NULL pointer dereference

On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 03:25:17PM +0100, Norbert Slusarek wrote:
>From: Norbert Slusarek <nslusarek@....net>
>Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 13:12:06 +0100
>Subject: [PATCH] net/vmw_vsock: fix NULL pointer dereference
>
>In vsock_stream_connect(), a thread will enter schedule_timeout().
>While being scheduled out, another thread can enter vsock_stream_connect()
>as well and set vsk->transport to NULL. In case a signal was sent, the
>first thread can leave schedule_timeout() and vsock_transport_cancel_pkt()
>will be called right after. Inside vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(), a null
>dereference will happen on transport->cancel_pkt.
>
>Fixes: c0cfa2d8a788 ("vsock: add multi-transports support")
>Reported-by: Norbert Slusarek <nslusarek@....net>
>Signed-off-by: Norbert Slusarek <nslusarek@....net>
>---
> net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
>index 6894f21dc147..cb81cfb47a78 100644
>--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
>+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
>@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static int vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
> {
> 	const struct vsock_transport *transport = vsk->transport;
>
>-	if (!transport->cancel_pkt)
>+	if (!transport || !transport->cancel_pkt)
> 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> 	return transport->cancel_pkt(vsk);
>--
>2.30.0
>

I can't see this patch on https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/

Maybe because you forgot to CC the netdev maintainers.
Please next time use scripts/get_maintainer.pl

Anyway the patch LGTM, so

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>