This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
batman-adv: fix kernel crash due to missing NULL checks
to the 4.1-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:
batman-adv-fix-kernel-crash-due-to-missing-null-checks.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 354136bcc3c4f40a2813bba8f57ca5267d812d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 21:24:36 +0800
Subject: batman-adv: fix kernel crash due to missing NULL checks
From: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 354136bcc3c4f40a2813bba8f57ca5267d812d15 upstream.
batadv_softif_vlan_get() may return NULL which has to be verified
by the caller.
Fixes: 35df3b298fc8 ("batman-adv: fix TT VLAN inconsistency on VLAN re-add")
Reported-by: Ryan Thompson <ryan@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 3 +++
net/batman-adv/translation-table.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ out:
*/
void batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan)
{
+ if (!vlan)
+ return;
+
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&vlan->refcount)) {
spin_lock_bh(&vlan->bat_priv->softif_vlan_list_lock);
hlist_del_rcu(&vlan->list);
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ bool batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_devi
/* increase the refcounter of the related vlan */
vlan = batadv_softif_vlan_get(bat_priv, vid);
+ if (WARN(!vlan, "adding TT local entry %pM to non-existent VLAN %d",
+ addr, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid)))
+ goto out;
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_TT, bat_priv,
"Creating new local tt entry: %pM (vid: %d, ttvn: %d)\n",
@@ -1047,6 +1050,9 @@ uint16_t batadv_tt_local_remove(struct b
/* decrease the reference held for this vlan */
vlan = batadv_softif_vlan_get(bat_priv, vid);
+ if (!vlan)
+ goto out;
+
batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
@@ -1147,8 +1153,10 @@ static void batadv_tt_local_table_free(s
/* decrease the reference held for this vlan */
vlan = batadv_softif_vlan_get(bat_priv,
tt_common_entry->vid);
- batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
- batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+ if (vlan) {
+ batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+ batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+ }
batadv_tt_local_entry_free_ref(tt_local);
}
@@ -3188,8 +3196,10 @@ static void batadv_tt_local_purge_pendin
/* decrease the reference held for this vlan */
vlan = batadv_softif_vlan_get(bat_priv, tt_common->vid);
- batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
- batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+ if (vlan) {
+ batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+ batadv_softif_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+ }
batadv_tt_local_entry_free_ref(tt_local);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.1/batman-adv-fix-kernel-crash-due-to-missing-null-checks.patch
queue-4.1/batman-adv-make-dat-capability-changes-atomic.patch
queue-4.1/batman-adv-protect-tt_local_entry-from-concurrent-delete-events.patch
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