From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit 4a7e7c2ad540e54c75489a70137bf0ec15d3a127 upstream.
As soon as an skb is queued into socket receive_queue, another thread
can consume it, so we are not allowed to reference skb anymore, or risk
use after free.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index ba9f6129ff32..1c889685d575 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -830,12 +830,19 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
-int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int __netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
int len = skb->len;
skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
sk->sk_data_ready(sk, len);
+ return len;
+}
+
+int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ int len = __netlink_sendskb(sk, skb);
+
sock_put(sk);
return len;
}
@@ -960,8 +967,7 @@ static inline int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk,
if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf &&
!test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
- skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
- sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
+ __netlink_sendskb(sk, skb);
return atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > (sk->sk_rcvbuf >> 1);
}
return -1;
@@ -1685,10 +1691,8 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
if (sk_filter(sk, skb))
kfree_skb(skb);
- else {
- skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
- sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
- }
+ else
+ __netlink_sendskb(sk, skb);
return 0;
}
@@ -1700,10 +1704,8 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
if (sk_filter(sk, skb))
kfree_skb(skb);
- else {
- skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
- sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
- }
+ else
+ __netlink_sendskb(sk, skb);
if (cb->done)
cb->done(cb);
--
1.8.5.2
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