This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
libbpf: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
to the 5.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
libbpf-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From afd0be7299533bb2e2b09104399d8a467ecbd2c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 05:20:09 +0000
Subject: libbpf: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
From: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@xxxxxxxxx>
commit afd0be7299533bb2e2b09104399d8a467ecbd2c5 upstream.
Wait until after the UMEM is checked for null to dereference it.
Fixes: 43f1bc1efff1 ("libbpf: Restore umem state after socket create failure")
Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210408052009.7844-1-ciara.loftus@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
@@ -777,18 +777,19 @@ int xsk_socket__create_shared(struct xsk
struct xsk_ring_cons *comp,
const struct xsk_socket_config *usr_config)
{
+ bool unmap, rx_setup_done = false, tx_setup_done = false;
void *rx_map = NULL, *tx_map = NULL;
struct sockaddr_xdp sxdp = {};
struct xdp_mmap_offsets off;
struct xsk_socket *xsk;
struct xsk_ctx *ctx;
int err, ifindex;
- bool unmap = umem->fill_save != fill;
- bool rx_setup_done = false, tx_setup_done = false;
if (!umem || !xsk_ptr || !(rx || tx))
return -EFAULT;
+ unmap = umem->fill_save != fill;
+
xsk = calloc(1, sizeof(*xsk));
if (!xsk)
return -ENOMEM;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ciara.loftus@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.11/libbpf-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch
