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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: vertexcom: mse102x: Fix possible double free of TX skb
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:10:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241029121028.127f89b3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241022155242.33729-1-wahrenst@gmx.net>

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:52:42 +0200 Stefan Wahren wrote:
> -static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct sk_buff *txp,
> +static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct sk_buff **txp,
>  				unsigned int pad)
>  {
>  	struct mse102x_net_spi *mses = to_mse102x_spi(mse);
> @@ -226,29 +226,29 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct sk_buff *txp,
>  	int ret;
> 
>  	netif_dbg(mse, tx_queued, mse->ndev, "%s: skb %p, %d@%p\n",
> -		  __func__, txp, txp->len, txp->data);
> +		  __func__, *txp, (*txp)->len, (*txp)->data);
> 
> -	if ((skb_headroom(txp) < DET_SOF_LEN) ||
> -	    (skb_tailroom(txp) < DET_DFT_LEN + pad)) {
> -		tskb = skb_copy_expand(txp, DET_SOF_LEN, DET_DFT_LEN + pad,
> +	if ((skb_headroom(*txp) < DET_SOF_LEN) ||
> +	    (skb_tailroom(*txp) < DET_DFT_LEN + pad)) {
> +		tskb = skb_copy_expand(*txp, DET_SOF_LEN, DET_DFT_LEN + pad,
>  				       GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!tskb)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -		dev_kfree_skb(txp);
> -		txp = tskb;
> +		dev_kfree_skb(*txp);
> +		*txp = tskb;
>  	}
> 
> -	mse102x_push_header(txp);
> +	mse102x_push_header(*txp);
> 
>  	if (pad)
> -		skb_put_zero(txp, pad);
> +		skb_put_zero(*txp, pad);
> 
> -	mse102x_put_footer(txp);
> +	mse102x_put_footer(*txp);
> 
> -	xfer->tx_buf = txp->data;
> +	xfer->tx_buf = (*txp)->data;
>  	xfer->rx_buf = NULL;
> -	xfer->len = txp->len;
> +	xfer->len = (*txp)->len;
> 
>  	ret = spi_sync(mses->spidev, msg);
>  	if (ret < 0) {
> @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void mse102x_rx_pkt_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse)
>  	mse->ndev->stats.rx_bytes += rxlen;

Isn't it easier to change this function to free the copy rather than
the original? That way the original will remain valid for the callers.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-10-29 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-22 15:52 [PATCH net] net: vertexcom: mse102x: Fix possible double free of TX skb Stefan Wahren
2024-10-24  9:49 ` Simon Horman
2024-10-29 19:10 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2024-10-29 21:15   ` Stefan Wahren
2024-10-29 22:01     ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-10-29 23:06       ` Stefan Wahren
2024-10-30  0:36         ` Jakub Kicinski

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