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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
Cc: ioana.ciornei@nxp.com, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dpaa2-eth: fix use-after-free in dpaa2_eth_remove
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:08:17 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211115080817.GE27562@kadam> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211113172013.19959-1-paskripkin@gmail.com>

On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 08:20:13PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Access to netdev after free_netdev() will cause use-after-free bug.
> Move debug log before free_netdev() call to avoid it.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.19+
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Note about Fixes: tag. The commit introduced it was before this driver
> was moved out from staging. I guess, Fixes tag cannot be used here.
> Please, let me know if I am wrong.
> 

You should still use the Fixes tag.

> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> 
> @Dan, is there a smatch checker for straigthforward use after free bugs?
> Like acessing pointer after free was called? I think, adding
> free_netdev() to check list might be good idea
> 
> I've skimmed througth smatch source and didn't find one, so can you,
> please, point out to it if it exists.

It's check_free_strict.c.

It does cross function analysis but free_netdev() is tricky because it
doesn't free directly, it just drops the reference count.  Also it
delays freeing in the NETREG_UNREGISTERING path so this check might
cause false positives? I'll add free_netdev() to the list of free
functions and test it overnight tonight.

	register_free_hook("free_netdev", &match_free, 0);

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-15  8:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-13 17:20 [PATCH] net: dpaa2-eth: fix use-after-free in dpaa2_eth_remove Pavel Skripkin
2021-11-15  8:08 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2021-11-16  1:27   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-11-16  4:16     ` Pavel Skripkin
2021-11-16 15:17   ` [PATCH v2] " Pavel Skripkin
2021-11-17 14:50     ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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