2010-01-26 07:55:40

by Zhu Yi

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference when ftrace is enabled

I got below kernel oops when I try to bring down the network interface if
ftrace is enabled. The root cause is drv_ampdu_action() is passed with a
NULL ssn pointer in the BA session tear down case. We need to check and
avoid dereferencing it in trace entry assignment.

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
Modules linked in: at (null)
IP: [<f98fe02a>] ftrace_raw_event_drv_ampdu_action+0x10a/0x160 [mac80211]
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
[...]
Call Trace:
[<f98fdf20>] ? ftrace_raw_event_drv_ampdu_action+0x0/0x160 [mac80211]
[<f98dac4c>] ? __ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session+0xfc/0x220 [mac80211]
[<f98d97fb>] ? ieee80211_sta_tear_down_BA_sessions+0x3b/0x50 [mac80211]
[<f98dc6f6>] ? ieee80211_set_disassoc+0xe6/0x230 [mac80211]
[<f98dc6ac>] ? ieee80211_set_disassoc+0x9c/0x230 [mac80211]
[<f98dcbb8>] ? ieee80211_mgd_deauth+0x158/0x170 [mac80211]
[<f98e4bdb>] ? ieee80211_deauth+0x1b/0x20 [mac80211]
[<f8987f49>] ? __cfg80211_mlme_deauth+0xe9/0x120 [cfg80211]
[<f898b870>] ? __cfg80211_disconnect+0x170/0x1d0 [cfg80211]

Cc: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h b/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h
index fefa6e6..502424b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(drv_ampdu_action,
__entry->ret = ret;
__entry->action = action;
__entry->tid = tid;
- __entry->ssn = *ssn;
+ __entry->ssn = ssn ? *ssn : 0;
),

TP_printk(


2010-01-26 08:09:57

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference when ftrace is enabled

On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:58 +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:
> I got below kernel oops when I try to bring down the network interface if
> ftrace is enabled. The root cause is drv_ampdu_action() is passed with a
> NULL ssn pointer in the BA session tear down case. We need to check and
> avoid dereferencing it in trace entry assignment.

> __entry->tid = tid;
> - __entry->ssn = *ssn;
> + __entry->ssn = ssn ? *ssn : 0;
> ),

Good catch, thanks.

johannes


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