https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Revision d02854dc1999ed3e7fd79ec700c64ac23ac0c458 authored by Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan on 10 November 2018, 01:56:27 UTC, committed by David S. Miller on 10 November 2018, 03:45:48 UTC
A null dereference was observed when a sysctl was being set
from userspace and rmnet was stuck trying to complete some actions
in the NETDEV_REGISTER callback. This is because the real_dev is set
only after the device registration handler completes.

sysctl call stack -

<6> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
    virtual address 00000108
<2> pc : rmnet_vnd_get_iflink+0x1c/0x28
<2> lr : dev_get_iflink+0x2c/0x40
<2>  rmnet_vnd_get_iflink+0x1c/0x28
<2>  inet6_fill_ifinfo+0x15c/0x234
<2>  inet6_ifinfo_notify+0x68/0xd4
<2>  ndisc_ifinfo_sysctl_change+0x1b8/0x234
<2>  proc_sys_call_handler+0xac/0x100
<2>  proc_sys_write+0x3c/0x4c
<2>  __vfs_write+0x54/0x14c
<2>  vfs_write+0xcc/0x188
<2>  SyS_write+0x60/0xc0
<2>  el0_svc_naked+0x34/0x38

device register call stack -

<2>  notifier_call_chain+0x84/0xbc
<2>  raw_notifier_call_chain+0x38/0x48
<2>  call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x40/0x70
<2>  call_netdevice_notifiers+0x38/0x60
<2>  register_netdevice+0x29c/0x3d8
<2>  rmnet_vnd_newlink+0x68/0xe8
<2>  rmnet_newlink+0xa0/0x160
<2>  rtnl_newlink+0x57c/0x6c8
<2>  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1dc/0x328
<2>  netlink_rcv_skb+0xac/0x118
<2>  rtnetlink_rcv+0x24/0x30
<2>  netlink_unicast+0x158/0x1f0
<2>  netlink_sendmsg+0x32c/0x338
<2>  sock_sendmsg+0x44/0x60
<2>  SyS_sendto+0x150/0x1ac
<2>  el0_svc_naked+0x34/0x38

Fixes: b752eff5be24 ("net: qualcomm: rmnet: Implement ndo_get_iflink")
Signed-off-by: Sean Tranchetti <stranche@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
1 parent dd63c3e
History
Tip revision: d02854dc1999ed3e7fd79ec700c64ac23ac0c458 authored by Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan on 10 November 2018, 01:56:27 UTC
net: qualcomm: rmnet: Fix incorrect assignment of real_dev
Tip revision: d02854d
File Mode Size
Documentation
LICENSES
arch
block
certs
crypto
drivers
firmware
fs
include
init
ipc
kernel
lib
mm
net
samples
scripts
security
sound
tools
usr
virt
.clang-format -rw-r--r-- 12.7 KB
.cocciconfig -rw-r--r-- 59 bytes
.get_maintainer.ignore -rw-r--r-- 31 bytes
.gitattributes -rw-r--r-- 30 bytes
.gitignore -rw-r--r-- 1.5 KB
.mailmap -rw-r--r-- 10.5 KB
COPYING -rw-r--r-- 423 bytes
CREDITS -rw-r--r-- 96.4 KB
Kbuild -rw-r--r-- 2.2 KB
Kconfig -rw-r--r-- 563 bytes
MAINTAINERS -rw-r--r-- 470.2 KB
Makefile -rw-r--r-- 59.7 KB
README -rw-r--r-- 727 bytes

README

back to top