ipv6: fib: fix crash when changing large fib while dumping it
authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 05:19:03 +0000 (05:19 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:06:35 +0000 (12:06 -0800)
commit2bec5a369ee79576a3eea2c23863325089785a2c
tree7a9fd4bce3ece4636b50de6579f95b5bae54264c
parent69a6a0b38a139ccceef32222108caca8a9b0b795
ipv6: fib: fix crash when changing large fib while dumping it

When the fib size exceeds what can be dumped in a single skb, the
dump is suspended and resumed once the last skb has been received
by userspace. When the fib is changed while the dump is suspended,
the walker might contain stale pointers, causing a crash when the
dump is resumed.

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
IP: [<ffffffffa01bce04>] fib6_walk_continue+0xbb/0x124 [ipv6]
PGD 5347a067 PUD 65c7067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
...
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa01bce04>]
[<ffffffffa01bce04>] fib6_walk_continue+0xbb/0x124 [ipv6]
...
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8104aca3>] ? mutex_spin_on_owner+0x59/0x71
 [<ffffffffa01bd105>] inet6_dump_fib+0x11b/0x1b9 [ipv6]
 [<ffffffff81371af4>] netlink_dump+0x5b/0x19e
 [<ffffffff8134f288>] ? consume_skb+0x28/0x2a
 [<ffffffff81373b69>] netlink_recvmsg+0x1ab/0x2c6
 [<ffffffff81372781>] ? netlink_unicast+0xfa/0x151
 [<ffffffff813483e0>] __sock_recvmsg+0x6d/0x79
 [<ffffffff81348a53>] sock_recvmsg+0xca/0xe3
 [<ffffffff81066d4b>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
 [<ffffffff811ed1f8>] ? radix_tree_lookup_slot+0xe/0x10
 [<ffffffff810b3ed7>] ? find_get_page+0x90/0xa5
 [<ffffffff810b5dc5>] ? filemap_fault+0x201/0x34f
 [<ffffffff810ef152>] ? fget_light+0x2f/0xac
 [<ffffffff813519e7>] ? verify_iovec+0x4f/0x94
 [<ffffffff81349a65>] sys_recvmsg+0x14d/0x223

Store the serial number when beginning to walk the fib and reload
pointers when continuing to walk after a change occured. Similar
to other dumping functions, this might cause unrelated entries to
be missed when entries are deleted.

Tested-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/ip6_fib.h
net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c