Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: prevent a use after free

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On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 11:38:43AM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 10:57 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The code calls kfree_skb(skb); and then re-uses "skb" on the next line.
> > Let's re-order these lines to solve the problem.
> >
> > Fixes: ec97ecf1ebe4 ("net: sched: add Flow Queue PIE packet scheduler")
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
> > index bbd0dea6b6b9..78472e0773e9 100644
> > --- a/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
> > +++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
> > @@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ static int fq_pie_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
> >         while (sch->q.qlen > sch->limit) {
> >                 struct sk_buff *skb = fq_pie_qdisc_dequeue(sch);
> >
> > -               kfree_skb(skb);
> >                 len_dropped += qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
> >                 num_dropped += 1;
> > +               kfree_skb(skb);
> 
> Or even better: use rtnl_kfree_skbs().

Why is that better?

regards,
dan carpenter




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