Re: Fw: [Bug 54281] New: kernel NULL pointer dereference on deleting a vlan interface

[Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 at 15:26 GMT, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> # ip link  del em1.57
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> IP: [<ffffffffa03c356f>] garp_uninit_applicant+0x2f/0xd0 [garp]
> PGD 47ce2f1067 PUD 47cbc15067 PMD 0 
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
> last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu23/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map
> CPU 15 
> Modules linked in: bridge xt_comment ipt_LOG xt_limit fuse bonding 8021q garp
> stp llc ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables
> ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack
> ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 xfs exportfs power_meter dcdbas microcode
> sb_edac edac_core iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support shpchp sg tg3 ext4 mbcache jbd2
> sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci wmi megaraid_sas dm_mirror dm_region_hash
> dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
>
> Pid: 27564, comm: ip Not tainted 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 Dell Inc. PowerEdge
> R720/0VWT90
> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa03c356f>]  [<ffffffffa03c356f>]
> garp_uninit_applicant+0x2f/0xd0 [garp]
> RSP: 0018:ffff8847ce2e38a8  EFLAGS: 00010282
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8823cdc8e020 RCX: ffff8847cc6c0080
> RDX: ffffffff81b12200 RSI: ffffffffa03cfa20 RDI: ffff8823cdc8e020
> RBP: ffff8847ce2e38c8 R08: ffffffff81b12200 R09: 00000000ffffffff
> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8823cdc8e020
> R13: ffffffffa03cfa20 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8823cdab26c0
> FS:  00007fe26eef1700(0000) GS:ffff8824aece0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
> CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000047cce94000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
> Process ip (pid: 27564, threadinfo ffff8847ce2e2000, task ffff8847cc6c0080)
> Stack:
>  ffff8823cdc8e020 0000000000000039 ffff8847cf7b4020 ffffffffa0141d80
><d> ffff8847ce2e38d8 ffffffffa03ce085 ffff8847ce2e3918 ffffffffa03cb420
><d> 00000000ffffffa6 ffffffff8200cec0 ffff8847cc914810 0000000000000001
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffffa03ce085>] vlan_gvrp_uninit_applicant+0x15/0x20 [8021q]
>  [<ffffffffa03cb420>] unregister_vlan_dev+0xf0/0x190 [8021q]
>  [<ffffffff81448ae0>] rtnl_dellink+0xd0/0x110
>  [<ffffffff81448837>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x177/0x290
>  [<ffffffff814486c0>] ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x0/0x290
>  [<ffffffff81463df9>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xa9/0xd0
>  [<ffffffff814486a5>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x25/0x40
>  [<ffffffff81463a56>] netlink_unicast+0x2e6/0x300
>  [<ffffffff814643e0>] netlink_sendmsg+0x200/0x2e0
>  [<ffffffff81428003>] sock_sendmsg+0x123/0x150
>  [<ffffffff810920d0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
>  [<ffffffff81427c24>] ? move_addr_to_kernel+0x64/0x70
>  [<ffffffff81429b56>] __sys_sendmsg+0x406/0x420
>  [<ffffffff8104452c>] ? __do_page_fault+0x1ec/0x480
>  [<ffffffff8114328b>] ? vma_link+0x9b/0xf0
>  [<ffffffff811453bc>] ? do_brk+0x26c/0x350
>  [<ffffffff81429d79>] sys_sendmsg+0x49/0x90
>  [<ffffffff8100b0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> Code: 48 83 ec 20 48 89 1c 24 4c 89 64 24 08 4c 89 6c 24 10 4c 89 74 24 18 0f
> 1f 44 00 00 8b 06 4c 8b b7 28 04 00 00 49 89 fc 49 89 f5 <49> 8b 1c c6 e8 38 46
> 08 e1 85 c0 74 6f 41 8b 45 00 49 c7 04 c6 
> RIP  [<ffffffffa03c356f>] garp_uninit_applicant+0x2f/0xd0 [garp]
>  RSP <ffff8847ce2e38a8>
> CR2: 0000000000000000
>

I think we miss some locking...

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diff --git a/net/802/garp.c b/net/802/garp.c
index 1dcb066..5f72212 100644
--- a/net/802/garp.c
+++ b/net/802/garp.c
@@ -611,8 +611,10 @@ void garp_uninit_applicant(struct net_device
*dev, struct garp_application *appl
        /* Delete timer and generate a final TRANSMIT_PDU event to
flush out
         * all pending messages before the applicant is gone. */
         del_timer_sync(&app->join_timer);
 +       spin_lock_bh(&app->lock);
         garp_gid_event(app, GARP_EVENT_TRANSMIT_PDU);
         garp_pdu_queue(app);
 +       spin_unlock_bh(&app->lock);
         garp_queue_xmit(app);
			  
         dev_mc_delete(dev,appl->proto.group_address, ETH_ALEN, 0);