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udp: fix a race in encap_rcv handling

Message ID 1320188219.4728.7.camel@edumazet-laptop
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

Eric Dumazet Nov. 1, 2011, 10:56 p.m. UTC
udp_queue_rcv_skb() has a possible race in encap_rcv handling, since
this pointer can be changed anytime.

We should use ACCESS_ONCE() to close the race.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
 net/ipv4/udp.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)



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David Miller Nov. 2, 2011, 4:51 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:56:59 +0100

> udp_queue_rcv_skb() has a possible race in encap_rcv handling, since
> this pointer can be changed anytime.
> 
> We should use ACCESS_ONCE() to close the race.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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Patch

diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index ebaa96b..15b50df 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1397,6 +1397,8 @@  int udp_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
 	if (up->encap_type) {
+		int (*encap_rcv)(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 		/*
 		 * This is an encapsulation socket so pass the skb to
 		 * the socket's udp_encap_rcv() hook. Otherwise, just
@@ -1409,11 +1411,11 @@  int udp_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 */
 
 		/* if we're overly short, let UDP handle it */
-		if (skb->len > sizeof(struct udphdr) &&
-		    up->encap_rcv != NULL) {
+		encap_rcv = ACCESS_ONCE(up->encap_rcv);
+		if (skb->len > sizeof(struct udphdr) && encap_rcv != NULL) {
 			int ret;
 
-			ret = (*up->encap_rcv)(sk, skb);
+			ret = encap_rcv(sk, skb);
 			if (ret <= 0) {
 				UDP_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
 						 UDP_MIB_INDATAGRAMS,