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* re: net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960
@ 2014-02-28 23:15 Dan Carpenter
  2014-02-28 23:30 ` Daniel Borkmann
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2014-02-28 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-sctp

Hello Daniel Borkmann,

This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.

The patch 4c47af4d5eb2: "net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission
path selection to rfc4960" from Feb 20, 2014, leads to the following
Smatch complaint:

net/sctp/associola.c:1322 sctp_assoc_update_retran_path()
	 warn: variable dereferenced before check 'trans_next' (see line 1319)

net/sctp/associola.c
  1305          /* Iterate from retran_path's successor back to retran_path. */
  1306          for (trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports); 1;
  1307               trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports)) {
  1308                  /* Manually skip the head element. */
  1309                  if (&trans->transports = &asoc->peer.transport_addr_list)
  1310                          continue;
  1311                  if (trans->state = SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
  1312                          continue;
  1313                  trans_next = sctp_trans_elect_best(trans, trans_next);
  1314                  /* Active is good enough for immediate return. */
  1315                  if (trans_next->state = SCTP_ACTIVE)
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dereference.

  1316                          break;
                                ^^^^^^
  1317                  /* We've reached the end, time to update path. */
  1318			if (trans = asoc->peer.retran_path)
  1319				break;
                                ^^^^^
These two breaks are the the only way to exit from the loop.

  1320		}
  1321	
  1322		if (trans_next != NULL)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Check to late.

  1323			asoc->peer.retran_path = trans_next;
  1324	

regards,
dan carpenter

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* Re: net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960
  2014-02-28 23:15 net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960 Dan Carpenter
@ 2014-02-28 23:30 ` Daniel Borkmann
  2014-03-01  8:44 ` Dan Carpenter
  2014-03-01 10:24 ` Daniel Borkmann
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Borkmann @ 2014-02-28 23:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-sctp

On 03/01/2014 12:15 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hello Daniel Borkmann,
>
> This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.
>
> The patch 4c47af4d5eb2: "net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission
> path selection to rfc4960" from Feb 20, 2014, leads to the following
> Smatch complaint:
>
> net/sctp/associola.c:1322 sctp_assoc_update_retran_path()
> 	 warn: variable dereferenced before check 'trans_next' (see line 1319)
>
> net/sctp/associola.c
>    1305          /* Iterate from retran_path's successor back to retran_path. */
>    1306          for (trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports); 1;
>    1307               trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports)) {
>    1308                  /* Manually skip the head element. */
>    1309                  if (&trans->transports = &asoc->peer.transport_addr_list)
>    1310                          continue;
>    1311                  if (trans->state = SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
>    1312                          continue;
>    1313                  trans_next = sctp_trans_elect_best(trans, trans_next);
>    1314                  /* Active is good enough for immediate return. */
>    1315                  if (trans_next->state = SCTP_ACTIVE)
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Dereference.

That is a false-positive.

trans_next at that time is being assigned through sctp_trans_elect_best() a
guaranteed non-NULL pointer.

>    1316                          break;
>                                  ^^^^^^
>    1317                  /* We've reached the end, time to update path. */
>    1318			if (trans = asoc->peer.retran_path)
>    1319				break;
>                                  ^^^^^
> These two breaks are the the only way to exit from the loop.
>
>    1320		}
>    1321	
>    1322		if (trans_next != NULL)
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Check to late.
>
>    1323			asoc->peer.retran_path = trans_next;
>    1324	
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
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* Re: net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960
  2014-02-28 23:15 net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960 Dan Carpenter
  2014-02-28 23:30 ` Daniel Borkmann
@ 2014-03-01  8:44 ` Dan Carpenter
  2014-03-01 10:24 ` Daniel Borkmann
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2014-03-01  8:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-sctp

On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 12:30:09AM +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 03/01/2014 12:15 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> >Hello Daniel Borkmann,
> >
> >This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.
> >
> >The patch 4c47af4d5eb2: "net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission
> >path selection to rfc4960" from Feb 20, 2014, leads to the following
> >Smatch complaint:
> >
> >net/sctp/associola.c:1322 sctp_assoc_update_retran_path()
> >	 warn: variable dereferenced before check 'trans_next' (see line 1319)
> >
> >net/sctp/associola.c
> >   1305          /* Iterate from retran_path's successor back to retran_path. */
> >   1306          for (trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports); 1;
> >   1307               trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports)) {
> >   1308                  /* Manually skip the head element. */
> >   1309                  if (&trans->transports = &asoc->peer.transport_addr_list)
> >   1310                          continue;
> >   1311                  if (trans->state = SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
> >   1312                          continue;
> >   1313                  trans_next = sctp_trans_elect_best(trans, trans_next);
> >   1314                  /* Active is good enough for immediate return. */
> >   1315                  if (trans_next->state = SCTP_ACTIVE)
> >                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >Dereference.
> 
> That is a false-positive.
> 
> trans_next at that time is being assigned through sctp_trans_elect_best() a
> guaranteed non-NULL pointer.
> 

Can you remove the NULL check then?

regards,
dan carpenter


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* Re: net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960
  2014-02-28 23:15 net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission path selection to rfc4960 Dan Carpenter
  2014-02-28 23:30 ` Daniel Borkmann
  2014-03-01  8:44 ` Dan Carpenter
@ 2014-03-01 10:24 ` Daniel Borkmann
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Borkmann @ 2014-03-01 10:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-sctp

On 03/01/2014 09:44 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 12:30:09AM +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>> On 03/01/2014 12:15 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>> Hello Daniel Borkmann,
>>>
>>> This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.
>>>
>>> The patch 4c47af4d5eb2: "net: sctp: rework multihoming retransmission
>>> path selection to rfc4960" from Feb 20, 2014, leads to the following
>>> Smatch complaint:
>>>
>>> net/sctp/associola.c:1322 sctp_assoc_update_retran_path()
>>> 	 warn: variable dereferenced before check 'trans_next' (see line 1319)
>>>
>>> net/sctp/associola.c
>>>    1305          /* Iterate from retran_path's successor back to retran_path. */
>>>    1306          for (trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports); 1;
>>>    1307               trans = list_next_entry(trans, transports)) {
>>>    1308                  /* Manually skip the head element. */
>>>    1309                  if (&trans->transports = &asoc->peer.transport_addr_list)
>>>    1310                          continue;
>>>    1311                  if (trans->state = SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
>>>    1312                          continue;
>>>    1313                  trans_next = sctp_trans_elect_best(trans, trans_next);
>>>    1314                  /* Active is good enough for immediate return. */
>>>    1315                  if (trans_next->state = SCTP_ACTIVE)
>>>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> Dereference.
>>
>> That is a false-positive.
>>
>> trans_next at that time is being assigned through sctp_trans_elect_best() a
>> guaranteed non-NULL pointer.
>
> Can you remove the NULL check then?

Will do when this merges into net-next. Thanks.

> regards,
> dan carpenter
>

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