From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Cc: Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packets
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:06:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A2D2906.6090002@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A2D25F6.9080300@msgid.tls.msk.ru>
Michael Tokarev a écrit :
> Thank you Eric for the reply.
>
> Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> Michael Tokarev a écrit :
> []
>>> The situation is very simple: with an RTL8169 (probably
>>> onboard) GigE card which, by default, is configured to
>>> have MTU (maximal transmission unit) to be 1500 bytes,
>>> it's *trivial* to instantly crash the machine by sending
>>> it a *single* packet of size >1500 bytes (provided the
>>> network switch can handle jumbo frames).
> []
>>> http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/r8169-mtu-oops.jpg
>
>> I suppose you use a recent kernel ?
>
> http://marc.info/?t=123462473200002 -- here's my first attempt,
> at Feb this year. It was 2.6.27 or so. Right now I'm running
> 2.6.29[.4]. So I think yes, I use a recent kernel.
>
>> Could you please try following patch ?
> []
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
>> index e94316b..c08b97a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
>> @@ -3468,7 +3468,7 @@ static int rtl8169_rx_interrupt(struct
>> net_device *dev,
>>
>> if (status & DescOwn)
>> break;
>> - if (unlikely(status & RxRES)) {
>> + if (unlikely(status & (RxRES | RxRWT | RxRUNT | RxCRC |
>> RxFOVF))) {
>> if (netif_msg_rx_err(tp)) {
>> printk(KERN_INFO
>> "%s: Rx ERROR. status = %08x\n",
>
> Tried that one, got no printk (at least not a visible one) and exactly
> the same OOPS as before. Trivial test with
>
> ping -c1 -s3000 $my_ip_addr
>
> (learned to add -c1 because the previous time my machine crashed several
> times
> in a row till I figured out what's going on and unplugged the ethernet
> cord --
> even if ping were running from an xterm executed from the machine to
> which I
> were pinging to! :)
>
> Also got ext4fs corruption when rebooted (it's a staging area so nothing
> important
> is there but still.. "interesting").
>
> Also tried 32bit kernel (were using 64bits -- exactly the same result).
>
> I wish I had a serial cable or even a serial port on this machine....
> But I guess
> it'd not help anyway, because the machine locks hard.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /mjt
OK, 2nd try then :)
Thanks
diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index e94316b..9080b08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -3495,7 +3495,8 @@ static int rtl8169_rx_interrupt(struct net_device *dev,
* frames. They are seen as a symptom of over-mtu
* sized frames.
*/
- if (unlikely(rtl8169_fragmented_frame(status))) {
+ if (unlikely(rtl8169_fragmented_frame(status) ||
+ (unsigned int)pkt_size > tp->rx_buf_sz)) {
dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
dev->stats.rx_length_errors++;
rtl8169_mark_to_asic(desc, tp->rx_buf_sz);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-08 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-08 13:25 [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packets Michael Tokarev
2009-06-08 14:27 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-06-08 14:53 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-06-08 15:06 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2009-06-08 15:37 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-06-08 15:59 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-06-08 16:26 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-06-08 17:30 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-06-08 19:28 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-06-08 19:57 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-06-08 21:17 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-06-08 21:27 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-06-09 11:20 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-06-08 22:02 ` Francois Romieu
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-06-08 13:24 Michael Tokarev
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=4A2D2906.6090002@gmail.com \
--to=eric.dumazet@gmail.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=mjt@tls.msk.ru \
--cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.