[OEM-5.6][SRU][PATCHv2 1/1] l2tp: remove skb_dst_set() from l2tp_xmit_skb()

Po-Hsu Lin po-hsu.lin at canonical.com
Thu Mar 25 07:39:28 UTC 2021


From: Xin Long <lucien.xin at gmail.com>

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1919277

In the tx path of l2tp, l2tp_xmit_skb() calls skb_dst_set() to set
skb's dst. However, it will eventually call inet6_csk_xmit() or
ip_queue_xmit() where skb's dst will be overwritten by:

   skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst);

without releasing the old dst in skb. Then it causes dst/dev refcnt leak:

  unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1

This can be reproduced by simply running:

  # modprobe l2tp_eth && modprobe l2tp_ip
  # sh ./tools/testing/selftests/net/l2tp.sh

So before going to inet6_csk_xmit() or ip_queue_xmit(), skb's dst
should be dropped. This patch is to fix it by removing skb_dst_set()
from l2tp_xmit_skb() and moving skb_dst_drop() into l2tp_xmit_core().

Fixes: 3557baabf280 ("[L2TP]: PPP over L2TP driver core")
Reported-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin at gmail.com>
Acked-by: James Chapman <jchapman at katalix.com>
Tested-by: James Chapman <jchapman at katalix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
(cherry picked from commit 27d53323664c549b5bb2dfaaf6f7ad6e0376a64e)
Signed-off-by: Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin at canonical.com>
---
 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 6d7ef78..6434d17 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ static void l2tp_xmit_core(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Queue the packet to IP for output */
 	skb->ignore_df = 1;
+	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	if (l2tp_sk_is_v6(tunnel->sock))
 		error = inet6_csk_xmit(tunnel->sock, skb, NULL);
@@ -1099,10 +1100,6 @@ int l2tp_xmit_skb(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	/* Get routing info from the tunnel socket */
-	skb_dst_drop(skb);
-	skb_dst_set(skb, sk_dst_check(sk, 0));
-
 	inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	fl = &inet->cork.fl;
 	switch (tunnel->encap) {
-- 
2.7.4




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