netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net: fix a concurrency bug in l2tp_tunnel

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Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:59:14 +0100
From:   Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Sishuai Gong <sishuai@...due.edu>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@...verse-factory.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: fix a concurrency bug in l2tp_tunnel_register()

On  Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 10:38:45 -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:25 PM Sishuai Gong <sishuai@...due.edu> wrote:
> >
> > l2tp_tunnel_register() registers a tunnel without fully
> > initializing its attribute. This can allow another kernel thread
> > running l2tp_xmit_core() to access the uninitialized data and
> > then cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference error, as shown below.
> >
> > Thread 1    Thread 2
> > //l2tp_tunnel_register()
> > list_add_rcu(&tunnel->list, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list);
> >             //pppol2tp_connect()
> >             tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(sock_net(sk), info.tunnel_id);
> >             // Fetch the new tunnel
> >             ...
> >             //l2tp_xmit_core()
> >             struct sock *sk = tunnel->sock;
> >             ...
> >             bh_lock_sock(sk);
> >             //Null pointer error happens
> > tunnel->sock = sk;
> >
> > Fix this bug by initializing tunnel->sock before adding the
> > tunnel into l2tp_tunnel_list.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@...due.edu>
> > Reported-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai@...due.edu>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@...edance.com>
> 
> Thanks.

For some reason I've not been seeing these patches, just the replies.
I can't see it on lore.kernel.org either, unless I'm missing something
obvious.

Have the original mails cc'd netdev?

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