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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4.14] tcp: fix tcp_rtx_queue_tail in case of empty retransmit queue
On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 08:03:51AM +0200, Tim Froidcoeur wrote:
>Commit 8c3088f895a0 ("tcp: be more careful in tcp_fragment()")
>triggers following stack trace:
>
>[25244.848046] kernel BUG at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:1406!
>[25244.859335] RIP: 0010:skb_queue_prev+0x9/0xc
>[25244.888167] Call Trace:
>[25244.889182] <IRQ>
>[25244.890001] tcp_fragment+0x9c/0x2cf
>[25244.891295] tcp_write_xmit+0x68f/0x988
>[25244.892732] __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x3b/0xa0
>[25244.894347] tcp_data_snd_check+0x2a/0xc8
>[25244.895775] tcp_rcv_established+0x2a8/0x30d
>[25244.897282] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xb2/0x158
>[25244.898666] tcp_v4_rcv+0x692/0x956
>[25244.899959] ip_local_deliver_finish+0xeb/0x169
>[25244.901547] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x51c/0x582
>[25244.903193] ? inet_gro_receive+0x239/0x247
>[25244.904756] netif_receive_skb_internal+0xab/0xc6
>[25244.906395] napi_gro_receive+0x8a/0xc0
>[25244.907760] receive_buf+0x9a1/0x9cd
>[25244.909160] ? load_balance+0x17a/0x7b7
>[25244.910536] ? vring_unmap_one+0x18/0x61
>[25244.911932] ? detach_buf+0x60/0xfa
>[25244.913234] virtnet_poll+0x128/0x1e1
>[25244.914607] net_rx_action+0x12a/0x2b1
>[25244.915953] __do_softirq+0x11c/0x26b
>[25244.917269] ? handle_irq_event+0x44/0x56
>[25244.918695] irq_exit+0x61/0xa0
>[25244.919947] do_IRQ+0x9d/0xbb
>[25244.921065] common_interrupt+0x85/0x85
>[25244.922479] </IRQ>
>
>tcp_rtx_queue_tail() (called by tcp_fragment()) can call
>tcp_write_queue_prev() on the first packet in the queue, which will trigger
>the BUG in tcp_write_queue_prev(), because there is no previous packet.
>
>This happens when the retransmit queue is empty, for example in case of a
>zero window.
>
>Patch is needed for 4.4, 4.9 and 4.14 stable branches.

There needs to be a better explanation of why it's not needed
upstream...

--
Thanks,
Sasha

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