* [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv3 maint] batman-adv: fix potential kernel paging error for unicast transmissions
@ 2014-01-20 10:00 Linus Lüssing
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From: Linus Lüssing @ 2014-01-20 10:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast(_4addr) might reallocate the skb's
data. If it does then our ethhdr pointer is not valid anymore in
batadv_send_skb_unicast(), resulting in a kernel paging error.
Fixing this by refetching the ethhdr pointer after the potential
reallocation.
Introduced-by: b46c60b9e1ee7a1909c542413a85875a750955d6
("batman-adv: improve unicast packet (re)routing")
Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de>
---
Changes v3:
* now rebased on maint
* added "Introduced-by"
* removed "NOTE TO..." paragraph
(still can't be applied as is to kernels < 3.9)
send.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/send.c b/send.c
index b0a3d76..50df184 100644
--- a/send.c
+++ b/send.c
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ static int batadv_send_skb_unicast(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
goto out;
}
+ /* skb->data might have been reallocated by
+ * batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast*
+ */
+ ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
unicast_packet = (struct batadv_unicast_packet *)skb->data;
/* inform the destination node that we are still missing a correct route
--
1.7.10.4
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