On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 09:51:03AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> We don't hold any tx lock when trying to disable TX during reset, this
> would lead a use after free since ndo_start_xmit() tries to access
> the virtqueue which has already been freed. Fix this by using
> netif_tx_disable() before freeing the vqs, this could make sure no tx
> after vq freeing.
>
> Reported-by: Jean-Philippe Menil <jpmenil@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Jean-Philippe Menil <jpmenil@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes commit f600b6905015 ("virtio_net: Add XDP support")
> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks a lot Jason. I think this is needed in stable as well.
> ---
> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index a871f45..143d8a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@ static void virtnet_freeze_down(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> flush_work(&vi->config_work);
>
> netif_device_detach(vi->dev);
> + netif_tx_disable(vi->dev);
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
>
> if (netif_running(vi->dev)) {
> --
> 2.7.4
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