netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake

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Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:34:06 +0100
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init()

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 3:02 AM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk> wrote:
>>
>> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> writes:
>>
>> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>> >
>> > qdiscs are not supposed to call their own destroy() method
>> > from init(), because core stack already does that.
>> >
>> > syzbot was able to trigger use after free:
>
>> >
>> > Fixes: 046f6fd5daef ("sched: Add Common Applications Kept Enhanced (cake) qdisc")
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>> > Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>
>>
>> Oops, thanks for the fix! I'm a little puzzled with the patch has my
>> S-o-b, though? It should probably be replaced by:
>>
>> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>
>
> Right, user error from my side, I copied it from your commit changelog
> and forgot to s/Signed-off-by/Cc/

Ah, right, makes sense; no worries :)

-Toke