>i upgraded to vanilla kernel 2.6.20 and while i was using strongswan
>2.8.2 to setup an IPSEC VPN i got the following kernel Ooops.
>I had successfully established the same tunnel a few times, but key
>renegotiation caused a problem ( both ends did not renegotiate at the
>same time so the tunnel was frozen ), i decided to kill the tunnel and
>start a new one ( using ipsec auto --down tunnel & ipsec auto --up
>tunnel ), while i was doing so, i got the oops.
>
>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
>00000188
> printing eip:
>c02fb85c
>*pde = 00000000
>Oops: 0000 [#1]
>PREEMPT
>Modules linked in: xfrm4_mode_tunnel usblp deflate zlib_deflate twofish
>twofish_common serpent blowfish des cbc ecb blkcipher xcbc sha256 sha1
>crypto_null xfrm4_tunnel tunnel4 ipcomp esp4 ah4 af_key autofs4 asb100
>hwmon_vid hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
>ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_mark xt_state xt_tcpudp iptable_filter
>ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_MARK
>iptable_mangle ip_tables x_tables binfmt_misc sd_mod ipv6 sg hfsplus
>video button ac lp parport_pc parport floppy nvram usb_storage scsi_mod
>libusual usbhid hid ehci_hcd snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus
>ohci1394 snd_seq_dummy uhci_hcd ieee1394 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event
>snd_seq snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc
>snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd via_agp agpgart
>i2c_viapro soundcore eepro100 i2c_core b44 pcspkr mii shpchp usbcore dm_mod
>CPU: 0
>EIP: 0060:[<c02fb85c>] Not tainted VLI
>EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.20 #1)
>EIP is at xfrm_audit_log+0x4cc/0x580
>eax: ecb71061 ebx: c039d160 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000021
>esi: 000001f4 edi: 00000255 ebp: 00000000 esp: e8cd5a18
>ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
>Process pluto (pid: 27486, ti=e8cd4000 task=d3557070 task.ti=e8cd4000)
>Stack: c17d2ea0 c0354bf1 e183f9c0 00000003 c03ac59c e1399800 00000001
>00000003
> f8d0a450 00000000 00000001 00000286 e8cd5a6c c011506b 00000000
>00000286
> f73cb8c0 00000246 c17d2ea0 00000000 00000000 f73cb8c0 f8d03c67
>00000000
>Call Trace:
> [<c011506b>] __wake_up+0x4b/0x80
> [<f8d03c67>] pfkey_broadcast+0x137/0x1b0 [af_key]
> [<f8d03e5f>] pfkey_send_policy_notify+0xef/0x1a0 [af_key]
> [<c011d90e>] local_bh_enable+0x2e/0xa0
> [<c0306107>] xfrm_get_policy+0x2b7/0x2f0
> [<c0305e50>] xfrm_get_policy+0x0/0x2f0
> [<c0304702>] xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x102/0x1b0
> [<c0304600>] xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x0/0x1b0
> [<c02b3782>] netlink_run_queue+0x82/0x120
> [<c03045e8>] xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x28/0x40
> [<c02b3d42>] netlink_data_ready+0x12/0x50
> [<c02b2931>] netlink_sendskb+0x21/0x40
> [<c02b3c50>] netlink_sendmsg+0x230/0x310
> [<c02993cd>] sock_aio_write+0x11d/0x130
> [<c01d538a>] avc_has_perm+0x5a/0x70
> [<c0163ed5>] do_sync_write+0xd5/0x120
> [<c012c960>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
> [<c01648c7>] vfs_write+0x177/0x180
> [<c0164ea1>] sys_write+0x41/0x70
> [<c0102f14>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> =======================
>Code: 8b 44 24 70 c1 e2 08 c1 e8 08 09 c2 0f b7 c2 89 44 24 08 8b 44 24
>48 89 04 24 e8 10 eb e3 ff e9 bc fc ff ff 8b 8c 24 c0 00 00 00 <8b> 91
>88 01 00 00 0f b7 99 82 00 00 00 85 d2 0f 85 64 fc ff ff
>EIP: [<c02fb85c>] xfrm_audit_log+0x4cc/0x580 SS:ESP 0068:e8cd5a18
>
>
This is similar to another bug reported last month.
Here is the patch I sent out then. Please let me know
how it goes.
Regards,
Joy
Signed-off-by: Joy Latten <latten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff -urpN linux-2.6.19.orig/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c linux-2.6.19/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c 2007-01-02 14:24:14.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c 2007-01-02 14:28:24.000000000 -0600
@@ -2003,6 +2003,9 @@ void xfrm_audit_log(uid_t auid, u32 sid,
if (audit_enabled == 0)
return;
+ if ((x == NULL) && (xp == NULL))
+ return;
+
audit_buf = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_ATOMIC, type);
if (audit_buf == NULL)
return;
diff -urpN linux-2.6.19.orig/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c linux-2.6.19/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c 2007-01-02 14:24:14.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c 2007-01-02 14:28:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -1268,10 +1268,6 @@ static int xfrm_get_policy(struct sk_buf
xp = xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx(type, p->dir, &p->sel, tmp.security, delete);
security_xfrm_policy_free(&tmp);
}
- if (delete)
- xfrm_audit_log(NETLINK_CB(skb).loginuid, NETLINK_CB(skb).sid,
- AUDIT_MAC_IPSEC_DELSPD, (xp) ? 1 : 0, xp, NULL);
-
if (xp == NULL)
return -ENOENT;
@@ -1289,6 +1285,10 @@ static int xfrm_get_policy(struct sk_buf
} else {
if ((err = security_xfrm_policy_delete(xp)) != 0)
goto out;
+
+ xfrm_audit_log(NETLINK_CB(skb).loginuid, NETLINK_CB(skb).sid,
+ AUDIT_MAC_IPSEC_DELSPD, (xp) ? 1 : 0, xp, NULL);
+
c.data.byid = p->index;
c.event = nlh->nlmsg_type;
c.seq = nlh->nlmsg_seq;
-
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