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From: Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] prevent CVE-2012-2372 rds-ping causes kernel panic
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:12:54 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121022181253.GA13736@redhat.com> (raw)

If you use rds-ping of the local IP address of some Infiniband HCAs
(QLogic, possibly others) the machine will panic with a BUG_ON due to
an overly restrictive check.  Loosen the restriction a bit

This should have gotten sent a while ago (it was first noticed in
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803936
and patched in kernel-2.6.32-275.el6) but I got confused about its
embargo status and lost it.

Signed-off-by: Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>

diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c
index e590949..7920c85 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_send.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_send.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn, struct rds_message *rm,
 	int flow_controlled = 0;
 	int nr_sig = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(off % RDS_FRAG_SIZE);
+	BUG_ON(!conn->c_loopback && off % RDS_FRAG_SIZE);
 	BUG_ON(hdr_off != 0 && hdr_off != sizeof(struct rds_header));
 
 	/* Do not send cong updates to IB loopback */

             reply	other threads:[~2012-10-22 18:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-22 18:12 Jay Fenlason [this message]
2012-10-22 18:19 ` [PATCH] prevent CVE-2012-2372 rds-ping causes kernel panic Greg KH
2012-10-22 18:25 ` Bart Van Assche

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