netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Fix dangling pointer at f6i->gc

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Message-Id: <20231208194523.312416-1-thinker.li@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  8 Dec 2023 11:45:21 -0800
From: thinker.li@...il.com
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	martin.lau@...ux.dev,
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	Kui-Feng Lee <thinker.li@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Fix dangling pointer at f6i->gc_link.

From: Kui-Feng Lee <thinker.li@...il.com>

According to a report [1], f6i->gc_link may point to a free block
causing use-after-free. According the stacktraces in the report, it is
very likely that a f6i was added to the GC list after being removed
from the tree of a fib6_table. The reason this can happen is the
current implementation determines if a f6i is on a tree in a wrong
way. It believes a f6i is on a tree if f6i->fib6_table is not NULL.
However, f6i->fib6_table is not reset when f6i is removed from a tree.

The new solution is to check if f6i->fib6_node is not NULL as well.
f6i->fib6_node is set/or reset when the f6i is added/or removed from
from a tree. It can be used to determines if a f6i is on a tree
reliably.

The other change is to determine if a f6i is on a GC list.  The
current implementation relies on RTF_EXPIRES on fib6_flags. It needs
to consider if a f6i is on a tree as well. The new solution is
checking hlist_unhashed() on f6i->gc_link, a clear evidence, instead.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231205173250.2982846-1-edumazet@google.com/

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Major changes from v1:

 - Split fib6_set_expires_locked() and fib6_clean_expires_locked()

 - Use hlist_unhashed() on gc_link instead of checking RTF_EXPIRES to
   determine if a f6i is on a GC list.

 - Add tests on toggling routes between permanent and temporary.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231207221627.746324-1-thinker.li@gmail.com/

Kui-Feng Lee (2):
  net/ipv6: insert a f6i to a GC list only if the f6i is in a fib6_table
    tree.
  selftests: fib_tests: Add tests for toggling between w/ and w/o
    expires.

 include/net/ip6_fib.h                    | 46 ++++++++++++----
 net/ipv6/route.c                         |  6 +--
 tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

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