Call to bpf_prog_put(), with help of call_rcu(), queues an RCU-callback to
free the program once a grace period has elapsed. The callback can run
together with new RCU readers that started after the last grace period.
New RCU readers can potentially see the "old" to-be-freed or already-freed
pointer to the program object before the RCU update-side NULLs it.
Reorder the operations so that the RCU update-side resets the protected
pointer before the end of the grace period after which the program will be
freed.
Fixes: d58e468b1112 ("flow_dissector: implements flow dissector BPF hook")
Reported-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/flow_dissector.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 3e6fedb57bc1..2470b4b404e6 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ int skb_flow_dissector_bpf_prog_detach(const union bpf_attr *attr)
mutex_unlock(&flow_dissector_mutex);
return -ENOENT;
}
- bpf_prog_put(attached);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->flow_dissector_prog, NULL);
+ bpf_prog_put(attached);
mutex_unlock(&flow_dissector_mutex);
return 0;
}
--
2.20.1
