[PATCH net-next] veth: fix NULL dereference in veth_dellink()

[PATCH net-next] veth: fix NULL dereference in veth_dellink()

[Eric Dumazet]

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

commit d0e2c55e7c940 (veth: avoid a NULL deref in veth_stats_one)
added another NULL deref in veth_dellink().

# ip link add name veth1 type veth peer name veth0
# rmmod veth

We crash because veth_dellink() is called twice, so we must
take care of NULL peer.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 drivers/net/veth.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index e1da42a..07a4af0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -426,12 +426,13 @@ static void veth_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 	 * not being freed before one RCU grace period.
 	 */
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(priv->peer, NULL);
-
-	priv = netdev_priv(peer);
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(priv->peer, NULL);
-
 	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
-	unregister_netdevice_queue(peer, head);
+
+	if (peer) {
+		priv = netdev_priv(peer);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(priv->peer, NULL);
+		unregister_netdevice_queue(peer, head);
+	}
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy veth_policy[VETH_INFO_MAX + 1] = {

Re: [PATCH net-next] veth: fix NULL dereference in veth_dellink()

[David Miller]

From: Eric Dumazet <erdnetdev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:10:49 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> commit d0e2c55e7c940 (veth: avoid a NULL deref in veth_stats_one)
> added another NULL deref in veth_dellink().
> 
> # ip link add name veth1 type veth peer name veth0
> # rmmod veth
> 
> We crash because veth_dellink() is called twice, so we must
> take care of NULL peer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.