netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: sock: tracing: Fix sock_exceed_buf

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Date:   Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:10:13 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...driver.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuniyu@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sock: tracing: Fix sock_exceed_buf_limit not to
 dereference stale pointer

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 10:50:40 -0400 you wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> The trace event sock_exceed_buf_limit saves the prot->sysctl_mem pointer
> and then dereferences it in the TP_printk() portion. This is unsafe as the
> TP_printk() portion is executed at the time the buffer is read. That is,
> it can be seconds, minutes, days, months, even years later. If the proto
> is freed, then this dereference will can also lead to a kernel crash.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: sock: tracing: Fix sock_exceed_buf_limit not to dereference stale pointer
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/820b8963adae

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