netdev - Re: [PATCH v1] can: j1939: j1939_session_deactivate(): clarify lifetime of session object

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:32:05 +0200
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     dev.kurt@...dijck-laurijssen.be, wg@...ndegger.com,
        Xiaochen Zou <xzou017@....edu>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Jander <david@...tonic.nl>,
        Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] can: j1939: j1939_session_deactivate(): clarify
 lifetime of session object

On 14.07.2021 13:16:02, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> The j1939_session_deactivate() is decrementing the session ref-count and
> potentially can free() the session. This would cause use-after-free
> situation.
> 
> However, the code calling j1939_session_deactivate() does always hold
> another reference to the session, so that it would not be free()ed in
> this code path.
> 
> This patch adds a comment to make this clear and a WARN_ON, to ensure
> that future changes will not violate this requirement. Further this
> patch avoids dereferencing the session pointer as a precaution to avoid
> use-after-free if the session is actually free()ed.
> 
> Fixes: 9d71dd0c7009 ("can: add support of SAE J1939 protocol")
> Reported-by: Xiaochen Zou <xzou017@....edu>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>

Added to linux-can/testing

regards,
Marc
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