[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 04/96] vxlan: fix a use after free in vxlan_encap_bypass

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Mon Dec 15 19:25:24 UTC 2014


3.13.11-ckt13 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li at gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit ce6502a8f9572179f044a4d62667c4645256d6e4 ]

when netif_rx() is done, the netif_rx handled skb maybe be freed,
and should not be used.

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/vxlan.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5543eb1..311d63d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,8 @@ static void vxlan_encap_bypass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *src_vxlan,
 	struct pcpu_tstats *rx_stats = this_cpu_ptr(dst_vxlan->dev->tstats);
 	union vxlan_addr loopback;
 	union vxlan_addr *remote_ip = &dst_vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip;
+	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	int len = skb->len;
 
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
 	skb->encapsulation = 0;
@@ -1700,16 +1702,16 @@ static void vxlan_encap_bypass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *src_vxlan,
 
 	u64_stats_update_begin(&tx_stats->syncp);
 	tx_stats->tx_packets++;
-	tx_stats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	tx_stats->tx_bytes += len;
 	u64_stats_update_end(&tx_stats->syncp);
 
 	if (netif_rx(skb) == NET_RX_SUCCESS) {
 		u64_stats_update_begin(&rx_stats->syncp);
 		rx_stats->rx_packets++;
-		rx_stats->rx_bytes += skb->len;
+		rx_stats->rx_bytes += len;
 		u64_stats_update_end(&rx_stats->syncp);
 	} else {
-		skb->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
+		dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1





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