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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Netfilter Development Mailinglist
	<netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000002c0 / IP: [<c04c70f2>] in6_dev_finish_destroy+0x35/0x8c
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:34:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DAC3DEF.6070702@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DA86FE5.8080507@simon.arlott.org.uk>

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Am 15.04.2011 18:18, schrieb Simon Arlott:
> On 15/04/11 14:24, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> Hmm.. a more complete patch :
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
>> index 0857272..6f0bed0 100644
> 
> I applied the patch by recompiling and then reloading the nf_conntrack_ipv6
> module (temporarily flushing and then restoring all ip6tables rules).
> Then this happened 10 minutes later:
> 
> [33876.950100] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014
> [33876.951060] IP: [<f9b012bb>] nf_ct_frag6_gather+0x864/0x881 [nf_conntrack_ipv6]

nf_ct_frag6_reasm() can return NULL, so we need to check for a non-NULL
ret_skb before trying to set the device.

Does this patch (based on Eric's second version) help?


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diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
index 0857272..b7ecfce 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
@@ -576,7 +576,9 @@ struct sk_buff *nf_ct_frag6_gather(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 user)
 	if (fq->q.last_in == (INET_FRAG_FIRST_IN | INET_FRAG_LAST_IN) &&
 	    fq->q.meat == fq->q.len) {
 		ret_skb = nf_ct_frag6_reasm(fq, dev);
-		if (ret_skb == NULL)
+		if (ret_skb != NULL)
+			ret_skb->dev = dev;
+		else
 			pr_debug("Can't reassemble fragmented packets\n");
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fq->q.lock);
@@ -602,7 +604,7 @@ void nf_ct_frag6_output(unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		s2 = s->next;
 		s->next = NULL;
-
+		s->dev = in;
 		NF_HOOK_THRESH(NFPROTO_IPV6, hooknum, s, in, out, okfn,
 			       NF_IP6_PRI_CONNTRACK_DEFRAG + 1);
 		s = s2;

      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-04-18 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <4DA77AE5.9060501@simon.arlott.org.uk>
     [not found] ` <0b5f315dd0f6e8eefabbd8b38b1d43e181fdd728@8b5064a13e22126c1b9329f0dc35b8915774b7c3.invalid>
2011-04-15 13:09   ` BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000002c0 / IP: [<c04c70f2>] in6_dev_finish_destroy+0x35/0x8c Eric Dumazet
2011-04-15 13:24     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-04-15 16:18       ` Simon Arlott
2011-04-15 16:28         ` Simon Arlott
2011-04-18 13:34         ` Patrick McHardy [this message]

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