3.16.50-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 187e5b3ac84d3421d2de3aca949b2791fbcad554 upstream.
If fi->fib_metrics could not be allocated in fib_create_info()
we attempt to dereference a NULL pointer in free_fib_info_rcu() :
m = fi->fib_metrics;
if (m != &dst_default_metrics && atomic_dec_and_test(&m->refcnt))
kfree(m);
Before my recent patch, we used to call kfree(NULL) and nothing wrong
happened.
Instead of using RCU to defer freeing while we are under memory stress,
it seems better to take immediate action.
This was reported by syzkaller team.
Fixes: 3fb07daff8e9 ("ipv4: add reference counting to metrics")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -823,15 +823,17 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct
fi = kzalloc(sizeof(*fi)+nhs*sizeof(struct fib_nh), GFP_KERNEL);
if (fi == NULL)
goto failure;
- fib_info_cnt++;
if (cfg->fc_mx) {
fi->fib_metrics = dst_alloc_metrics(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
- if (!fi->fib_metrics)
- goto failure;
+ if (unlikely(!fi->fib_metrics)) {
+ kfree(fi);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+ }
atomic_set(&fi->fib_metrics->refcnt, 1);
- } else
+ } else {
fi->fib_metrics = (struct dst_metrics *)&dst_default_metrics;
-
+ }
+ fib_info_cnt++;
fi->fib_net = hold_net(net);
fi->fib_protocol = cfg->fc_protocol;
fi->fib_scope = cfg->fc_scope;