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Vincent Mailhol ab46748bf9 can: dev: can_get_echo_skb(): prevent call to kfree_skb() in hard IRQ context
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If a driver calls can_get_echo_skb() during a hardware IRQ (which is often, but
not always, the case), the 'WARN_ON(in_irq)' in
net/core/skbuff.c#skb_release_head_state() might be triggered, under network
congestion circumstances, together with the potential risk of a NULL pointer
dereference.

The root cause of this issue is the call to kfree_skb() instead of
dev_kfree_skb_irq() in net/core/dev.c#enqueue_to_backlog().

This patch prevents the skb to be freed within the call to netif_rx() by
incrementing its reference count with skb_get(). The skb is finally freed by
one of the in-irq-context safe functions: dev_consume_skb_any() or
dev_kfree_skb_any(). The "any" version is used because some drivers might call
can_get_echo_skb() in a normal context.

The reason for this issue to occur is that initially, in the core network
stack, loopback skb were not supposed to be received in hardware IRQ context.
The CAN stack is an exeption.

This bug was previously reported back in 2017 in [1] but the proposed patch
never got accepted.

While [1] directly modifies net/core/dev.c, we try to propose here a
smoother modification local to CAN network stack (the assumption
behind is that only CAN devices are affected by this issue).

[1] http://lore.kernel.org/r/57a3ffb6-3309-3ad5-5a34-e93c3fe3614d@cetitec.com

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201002154219.4887-2-mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr
Fixes: 39549eef35 ("can: CAN Network device driver and Netlink interface")
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2020-11-18 19:20:18 +01:00
arch powerpc/eeh_cache: Fix a possible debugfs deadlock 2020-11-18 19:20:18 +01:00
block blk-cgroup: Pre-allocate tree node on blkg_conf_prep 2020-11-10 12:37:30 +01:00
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crypto crypto: algif_skcipher - EBUSY on aio should be an error 2020-10-29 09:57:30 +01:00
Documentation linkage: Introduce new macros for assembler symbols 2020-11-10 12:37:24 +01:00
drivers can: dev: can_get_echo_skb(): prevent call to kfree_skb() in hard IRQ context 2020-11-18 19:20:18 +01:00
fs afs: Fix warning due to unadvanced marshalling pointer 2020-11-18 19:20:18 +01:00
include netfilter: nf_tables: missing validation from the abort path 2020-11-18 19:20:17 +01:00
init printk: reduce LOG_BUF_SHIFT range for H8300 2020-11-05 11:43:16 +01:00
ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-20 08:20:16 +02:00
kernel genirq: Let GENERIC_IRQ_IPI select IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY 2020-11-18 19:20:16 +01:00
lib lib/crc32test: remove extra local_irq_disable/enable 2020-11-10 12:37:27 +01:00
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mm mm: mempolicy: fix potential pte_unmap_unlock pte error 2020-11-10 12:37:27 +01:00
net netfilter: ipset: Update byte and packet counters regardless of whether they match 2020-11-18 19:20:17 +01:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix possible deadlock in xdpsock 2020-11-05 11:43:17 +01:00
scripts scripts/setlocalversion: make git describe output more reliable 2020-11-01 12:01:01 +01:00
security evm: Check size of security.evm before using it 2020-11-01 12:01:05 +01:00
sound ALSA: hda: prevent undefined shift in snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link() 2020-11-18 19:20:18 +01:00
tools perf tools: Add missing swap for ino_generation 2020-11-18 19:20:18 +01:00
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virt KVM: arm64: Force PTE mapping on fault resulting in a device mapping 2020-11-18 19:20:15 +01:00
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