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From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
To: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Cc: David CARLIER <devnexen@gmail.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] ovpn: tcp - use cached peer pointer in ovpn_tcp_close()
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 16:17:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a2cbd426-cf71-40d5-9b5e-220758775660@openvpn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <agM1LMZ30jZDRqZ3@krikkit>

On 12/05/2026 16:11, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> 2026-05-12, 15:55:39 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 12/05/2026 06:56, David CARLIER wrote:
>>>     Same multi-read pattern shows up in ovpn_tcp_recvmsg(),
>>>     ovpn_tcp_sendmsg(), ovpn_tcp_data_ready() and ovpn_tcp_write_space()
>>>     - happy to roll those into v2 as well, or punt to a follow-up,
>>>     whichever you'd prefer.
>>
>> @Eric, if you have no objection, I'd pick this patch up in my tree and let
>> David follow with a new patch for net-next.
> 
> But this patch is not fixing any problem either, right?

Mh, because the sock outlives the peer, so there is no risk in accessing 
sock->peer in this case, right?

 >  Then just wait until David sends the whole change at once?

Yap.

> 
> And since the "rcu_dereference_sk_user_data + !sock || !sock->peer ||
> !ovpn_peer_hold(sock->peer)" pattern is used multiple times, it would
> be better to turn it into a helper (ovpn_tcp_get_peer()?). That way
> the caller can't be tempted to play with sock->peer.
> 
> (also, please wait at least the usual 24 hours before applying)

ACK


Cheers,


-- 
Antonio Quartulli
OpenVPN Inc.


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-12 14:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-12  4:19 [PATCH net 0/2] ovpn: fix TCP teardown UAF races David Carlier
2026-05-12  4:19 ` [PATCH net 1/2] ovpn: tcp - use cached peer pointer in ovpn_tcp_close() David Carlier
2026-05-12  4:29   ` Eric Dumazet
2026-05-12  4:56     ` David CARLIER
2026-05-12  7:29       ` Antonio Quartulli
2026-05-12 13:55       ` Antonio Quartulli
2026-05-12 14:11         ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-05-12 14:17           ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2026-05-12 15:04             ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-05-12  4:19 ` [PATCH net 2/2] ovpn: respect peer refcount in CMD_NEW_PEER error path David Carlier
2026-05-12  7:33   ` Antonio Quartulli
2026-05-12 15:13   ` Sabrina Dubroca

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