Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:12:56 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] netlink: Safer deletion of sk_bind_node |
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Harish Jenny K N writes:
> From: Harish Jenny K N <harish_kandiga@mentor.com> > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 > (netlink_release+0x0/0x2a0) from [<8034e78c>] (sock_release+0x28/0xa4) > (sock_release+0x0/0xa4) from [<8034e830>] (sock_close+0x28/0x34) > (sock_close+0x0/0x34) from [<800f3490>] (__fput+0xf0/0x1ec) > (__fput+0x0/0x1ec) from [<800f3634>] (____fput+0x10/0x14) > (____fput+0x0/0x14) from [<80040a64>] (task_work_run+0xb8/0xd8) > (task_work_run+0x0/0xd8) from [<800113a0>] (do_work_pending+0xb0/0xc4) > (do_work_pending+0x0/0xc4) from [<8000d960>] (work_pending+0xc/0x20) > Call flow of the inline and static functions > netlink_release > -----netlink_remove > ---------__sk_del_bind_node > --------------__hlist_del
Is there any reason __sk_del_bind_node should not be changed instead?
If not there should be a description of what makes netlink's use of __sk_del_bind_node special....
Eric
p.s. Your name was in your from line, but not your email address making it hard to reply to you.
> Signed-off-by: Harish Jenny K N <harish_kandiga@mentor.com> > --- > net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c > index c416725..21a6b32 100644 > --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c > +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c > @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static void netlink_remove(struct sock *sk) > > netlink_table_grab(); > if (nlk_sk(sk)->subscriptions) > - __sk_del_bind_node(sk); > + hlist_del_init(&sk->sk_bind_node); > netlink_table_ungrab(); > } > > @@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ netlink_update_subscriptions(struct sock *sk, unsigned int subscriptions) > struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk); > > if (nlk->subscriptions && !subscriptions) > - __sk_del_bind_node(sk); > + hlist_del_init(&sk->sk_bind_node); > else if (!nlk->subscriptions && subscriptions) > sk_add_bind_node(sk, &nl_table[sk->sk_protocol].mc_list); > nlk->subscriptions = subscriptions;
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