alistair23-linux/net
Pablo Neira 3a36515f72 netlink: fix splat in skb_clone with large messages
Since (c05cdb1 netlink: allow large data transfers from user-space),
netlink splats if it invokes skb_clone on large netlink skbs since:

* skb_shared_info was not correctly initialized.
* skb->destructor is not set in the cloned skb.

This was spotted by trinity:

[  894.990671] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc9000047b001
[  894.991034] IP: [<ffffffff81a212c4>] skb_clone+0x24/0xc0
[...]
[  894.991034] Call Trace:
[  894.991034]  [<ffffffff81ad299a>] nl_fib_input+0x6a/0x240
[  894.991034]  [<ffffffff81c3b7e6>] ? _raw_read_unlock+0x26/0x40
[  894.991034]  [<ffffffff81a5f189>] netlink_unicast+0x169/0x1e0
[  894.991034]  [<ffffffff81a601e1>] netlink_sendmsg+0x251/0x3d0

Fix it by:

1) introducing a new netlink_skb_clone function that is used in nl_fib_input,
   that sets our special skb->destructor in the cloned skb. Moreover, handle
   the release of the large cloned skb head area in the destructor path.

2) not allowing large skbuffs in the netlink broadcast path. I cannot find
   any reasonable use of the large data transfer using netlink in that path,
   moreover this helps to skip extra skb_clone handling.

I found two more netlink clients that are cloning the skbs, but they are
not in the sendmsg path. Therefore, the sole client cloning that I found
seems to be the fib frontend.

Thanks to Eric Dumazet for helping to address this issue.

Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-27 22:44:16 -07:00
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9p zero copy error fix 2013-06-10 17:35:25 -07:00
802 net/802/mrp: fix lockdep splat 2013-05-14 13:02:30 -07:00
8021q net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
appletalk net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
atm net: always pass struct netdev_notifier_info to netdevice notifiers 2013-05-28 21:58:54 -07:00
ax25 net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
batman-adv net: Unmap fragment page once iterator is done 2013-06-24 01:46:01 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix conditions for HCI_Delete_Stored_Link_Key 2013-06-13 13:05:40 -04:00
bridge bridge: fix a typo in comments 2013-06-24 00:15:54 -07:00
caif net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
can net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
ceph libceph: must hold mutex for reset_changed_osds() 2013-05-17 12:45:40 -05:00
core dev: introduce skb_scrub_packet() 2013-06-27 22:29:05 -07:00
dcb rtnetlink: Remove passing of attributes into rtnl_doit functions 2013-03-22 10:31:16 -04:00
dccp tcp: Remove TCPCT 2013-03-17 14:35:13 -04:00
decnet net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
dns_resolver Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-12-16 15:40:50 -08:00
dsa dsa: fix freeing of sparse port allocation 2013-03-25 12:23:41 -04:00
ethernet net: add ETH_P_802_3_MIN 2013-03-28 01:20:42 -04:00
ieee802154 net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
ipv4 netlink: fix splat in skb_clone with large messages 2013-06-27 22:44:16 -07:00
ipv6 sit: add support of x-netns 2013-06-27 22:30:47 -07:00
ipx net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
irda net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
iucv net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
key xfrm: force a garbage collection after deleting a policy 2013-05-31 17:30:07 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: Fix sendmsg() return value 2013-06-13 02:39:04 -07:00
lapb net/lapb: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL 2013-01-11 11:40:01 -08:00
llc llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg() 2013-04-07 16:28:01 -04:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2013-06-21 15:42:30 -04:00
mac802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-04-30 03:55:20 -04:00
mpls MPLS: Add limited GSO support 2013-05-27 22:50:59 -07:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-06-19 16:49:39 -07:00
netlabel net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
netlink netlink: fix splat in skb_clone with large messages 2013-06-27 22:44:16 -07:00
netrom net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
nfc NFC: llcp: Fix the well known services endianness 2013-06-14 13:45:10 +02:00
openvswitch openvswitch: Use correct config guard. 2013-06-24 00:16:46 -07:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-06-19 16:49:39 -07:00
phonet net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
rds net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
rfkill Merge branch 'for-john' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next 2013-04-22 14:58:14 -04:00
rose net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
rxrpc Driver core patches for 3.9-rc1 2013-02-21 12:05:51 -08:00
sched htb: refactor struct htb_sched fields for performance 2013-06-19 23:06:52 -07:00
sctp net: sctp: simplify sctp_get_port 2013-06-25 16:33:05 -07:00
sunrpc net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
tipc tipc: remove dev_base_lock use from enable_bearer 2013-06-17 15:53:01 -07:00
unix net: Convert uses of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2013-06-13 02:36:09 -07:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: Fix VSOCK_HASH and VSOCK_CONN_HASH 2013-06-23 23:51:48 -07:00
wimax
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2013-06-21 15:42:30 -04:00
x25 net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2013-06-26 13:23:13 -07:00
compat.c net: Unbreak compat_sys_{send,recv}msg 2013-06-06 11:52:14 -07:00
Kconfig net: remove NET_LL_RX_POLL config menue 2013-06-17 15:48:14 -07:00
Makefile MPLS: Add limited GSO support 2013-05-27 22:50:59 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: poll/select low latency socket support 2013-06-25 16:35:52 -07:00
sysctl_net.c user_ns: get rid of duplicate code in net_ctl_permissions 2012-11-18 20:32:45 -05:00