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bridge: fix a possible use after free

Message ID 1314165425.4478.19.camel@edumazet-laptop
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Eric Dumazet Aug. 24, 2011, 5:57 a.m. UTC
br_multicast_ipv6_rcv() can call pskb_trim_rcsum() and therefore skb
head can be reallocated.

Cache icmp6_type field instead of dereferencing twice the struct
icmp6hdr pointer.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_multicast.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)



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David Miller Aug. 25, 2011, 12:50 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:57:05 +0200

> br_multicast_ipv6_rcv() can call pskb_trim_rcsum() and therefore skb
> head can be reallocated.
> 
> Cache icmp6_type field instead of dereferencing twice the struct
> icmp6hdr pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied.
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Patch

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 2d85ca7..5db95fd 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@  static int br_multicast_ipv6_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb2;
 	const struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
-	struct icmp6hdr *icmp6h;
+	u8 icmp6_type;
 	u8 nexthdr;
 	unsigned len;
 	int offset;
@@ -1502,9 +1502,9 @@  static int br_multicast_ipv6_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 	__skb_pull(skb2, offset);
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb2);
 
-	icmp6h = icmp6_hdr(skb2);
+	icmp6_type = icmp6_hdr(skb2)->icmp6_type;
 
-	switch (icmp6h->icmp6_type) {
+	switch (icmp6_type) {
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_QUERY:
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT:
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_REDUCTION:
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@  static int br_multicast_ipv6_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 
 	BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->igmp = 1;
 
-	switch (icmp6h->icmp6_type) {
+	switch (icmp6_type) {
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT:
 	    {
 		struct mld_msg *mld;