3.16.70-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 59cbf56fcd98ba2a715b6e97c4e43f773f956393 upstream.
Same reasons than the ones explained in commit 4179cb5a4c92
("vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling netif_rx()")
netif_rx() or gro_cells_receive() must be called under a strict contract.
At device dismantle phase, core networking clears IFF_UP
and flush_all_backlogs() is called after rcu grace period
to make sure no incoming packet might be in a cpu backlog
and still referencing the device.
A similar protocol is used for gro_cells infrastructure, as
gro_cells_destroy() will be called only after a full rcu
grace period is observed after IFF_UP has been cleared.
Most drivers call netif_rx() from their interrupt handler,
and since the interrupts are disabled at device dismantle,
netif_rx() does not have to check dev->flags & IFF_UP
Virtual drivers do not have this guarantee, and must
therefore make the check themselves.
Otherwise we risk use-after-free and/or crashes.
Fixes: d342894c5d2f ("vxlan: virtual extensible lan")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,14 @@ static void vxlan_rcv(struct vxlan_sock
}
}
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
+ if (unlikely(!(vxlan->dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ atomic_long_inc(&vxlan->dev->rx_dropped);
+ goto drop;
+ }
+
stats = this_cpu_ptr(vxlan->dev->tstats);
u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
stats->rx_packets++;
@@ -1288,6 +1296,8 @@ static void vxlan_rcv(struct vxlan_sock
netif_rx(skb);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
return;
drop:
/* Consume bad packet */
