2022-11-14 01:22:26

by Cong Wang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] kcm: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in requeue_rx_msgs

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 08:04:23PM +0800, Wang Hai wrote:
> In kcm_rcv_strparser(), the skb is queued to the kcm that is currently
> being reserved, and if the queue is full, unreserve_rx_kcm() will be
> called. At this point, if KCM_RECV_DISABLE is set, then unreserve_rx_kcm()
> will requeue received messages for the current kcm socket to other kcm
> sockets. The kcm sock lock is not held during this time, and as long as
> someone calls kcm_recvmsg, it will concurrently unlink the same skb, which
> ill result in a null pointer reference.
>
> cpu0 cpu1 cpu2
> kcm_rcv_strparser
> reserve_rx_kcm
> kcm_setsockopt
> kcm_recv_disable
> kcm->rx_disabled = 1;
> kcm_queue_rcv_skb
> unreserve_rx_kcm
> requeue_rx_msgs kcm_recvmsg
> __skb_dequeue
> __skb_unlink(skb) skb_unlink(skb)
> //double unlink skb
>

We will hold skb queue lock after my patch, so this will not happen after
applying my patch below?
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/

Thanks.