From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF59C282C0 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD65521872 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:18:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726738AbfAWTSS (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:18:18 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:48622 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725976AbfAWTSR (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:18:17 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::bf5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3294814EE2771; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190123.111816.391923974506708545.davem@davemloft.net> To: edumazet@google.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, ralf@linux-mips.org, syzkaller@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ax25: fix possible use-after-free From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190122184059.220252-1-edumazet@google.com> References: <20190122184059.220252-1-edumazet@google.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:17 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:40:59 -0800 > syzbot found that ax25 routes where not properly protected > against concurrent use [1]. > > In this particular report the bug happened while > copying ax25->digipeat. > > Fix this problem by making sure we call ax25_get_route() > while ax25_route_lock is held, so that no modification > could happen while using the route. > > The current two ax25_get_route() callers do not sleep, > so this change should be fine. > > Once we do that, ax25_get_route() no longer needs to > grab a reference on the found route. > > [1] ... > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet > Cc: Ralf Baechle > Reported-by: syzbot Applied.