netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/rds: Avoid potential use after free in rds_send_remove_from

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Date:   Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:09:06 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/rds: Avoid potential use after free in
 rds_send_remove_from_sock

On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 07:09:12PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> In case of rs failure in rds_send_remove_from_sock(), the 'rm' resource
> is freed and later under spinlock, causing potential use-after-free.
> Set the free pointer to NULL to avoid undefined behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
> ---
>  net/rds/message.c | 1 +
>  net/rds/send.c    | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Dave, Jakub

Please revert this patch, given responses from Eric and Al together
with this response from Greg here https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YH5/i7OvsjSmqADv@kroah.com

BTW, I looked on the rds code too and agree with Eric, this patch
is a total garbage.

Thanks