netdev - [PATCH net ver.2] genetlink: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in genl

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Message-Id: <20240220102512.104452-1-kovalev@altlinux.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:25:12 +0300
From: kovalev@...linux.org
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Subject: [PATCH net ver.2] genetlink: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in genl_dumpit()

From: Vasiliy Kovalev <kovalev@...linux.org>

The pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be registered
before registering the generic netlink family.

Introduced in commit 134e63756d5f ("genetlink: make netns aware")
Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kovalev <kovalev@...linux.org>
---
 net/netlink/genetlink.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 8c7af02f845400..20a7d792dd52ec 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -1879,14 +1879,14 @@ static int __init genl_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = genl_register_family(&genl_ctrl);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto problem;
-
 	err = register_pernet_subsys(&genl_pernet_ops);
 	if (err)
 		goto problem;
 
+	err = genl_register_family(&genl_ctrl);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto problem;
+
 	return 0;
 
 problem:
-- 
2.33.8