Return-Path: Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 09:48:57 -0400 From: Alexander Aring To: Michael Scott Cc: Alexander Aring , Jukka Rissanen , "David S. Miller" , linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 6lowpan: iphc: reset mac_header after decompress to fix panic Message-ID: <20180703134857.aauhsrbrbtiwyj7f@x220t> References: <20180619234406.8217-1-michael@opensourcefoundries.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <20180619234406.8217-1-michael@opensourcefoundries.com> Sender: linux-wpan-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 04:44:06PM -0700, Michael Scott wrote: > After decompression of 6lowpan socket data, an IPv6 header is inserted > before the existing socket payload. After this, we reset the > network_header value of the skb to account for the difference in payload > size from prior to decompression + the addition of the IPv6 header. > > However, we fail to reset the mac_header value. > > Leaving the mac_header value untouched here, can cause a calculation > error in net/packet/af_packet.c packet_rcv() function when an > AF_PACKET socket is opened in SOCK_RAW mode for use on a 6lowpan > interface. > > On line 2088, the data pointer is moved backward by the value returned > from skb_mac_header(). If skb->data is adjusted so that it is before > the skb->head pointer (which can happen when an old value of mac_header > is left in place) the kernel generates a panic in net/core/skbuff.c > line 1717. > > This panic can be generated by BLE 6lowpan interfaces (such as bt0) and > 802.15.4 interfaces (such as lowpan0) as they both use the same 6lowpan > sources for compression and decompression. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Scott Acked-by: Alexander Aring Thanks! - Alex