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skbuff: skb_segment, Call zero copy functions before using skbuff frags
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2041702 commit 2ea3528 upstream. Commit bf5c25d ("skbuff: in skb_segment, call zerocopy functions once per nskb") added the call to zero copy functions in skb_segment(). The change introduced a bug in skb_segment() because skb_orphan_frags() may possibly change the number of fragments or allocate new fragments altogether leaving nrfrags and frag to point to the old values. This can cause a panic with stacktrace like the one below. [ 193.894380] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000bc [ 193.895273] CPU: 13 PID: 18164 Comm: vh-net-17428 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O 5.15.123+ #26 [ 193.903919] RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0xb0e/0x12f0 [ 194.021892] Call Trace: [ 194.027422] <TASK> [ 194.072861] tcp_gso_segment+0x107/0x540 [ 194.082031] inet_gso_segment+0x15c/0x3d0 [ 194.090783] skb_mac_gso_segment+0x9f/0x110 [ 194.095016] __skb_gso_segment+0xc1/0x190 [ 194.103131] netem_enqueue+0x290/0xb10 [sch_netem] [ 194.107071] dev_qdisc_enqueue+0x16/0x70 [ 194.110884] __dev_queue_xmit+0x63b/0xb30 [ 194.121670] bond_start_xmit+0x159/0x380 [bonding] [ 194.128506] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xc3/0x1e0 [ 194.131787] __dev_queue_xmit+0x8a0/0xb30 [ 194.138225] macvlan_start_xmit+0x4f/0x100 [macvlan] [ 194.141477] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xc3/0x1e0 [ 194.144622] sch_direct_xmit+0xe3/0x280 [ 194.147748] __dev_queue_xmit+0x54a/0xb30 [ 194.154131] tap_get_user+0x2a8/0x9c0 [tap] [ 194.157358] tap_sendmsg+0x52/0x8e0 [tap] [ 194.167049] handle_tx_zerocopy+0x14e/0x4c0 [vhost_net] [ 194.173631] handle_tx+0xcd/0xe0 [vhost_net] [ 194.176959] vhost_worker+0x76/0xb0 [vhost] [ 194.183667] kthread+0x118/0x140 [ 194.190358] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 194.193670] </TASK> In this case calling skb_orphan_frags() updated nr_frags leaving nrfrags local variable in skb_segment() stale. This resulted in the code hitting i >= nrfrags prematurely and trying to move to next frag_skb using list_skb pointer, which was NULL, and caused kernel panic. Move the call to zero copy functions before using frags and nr_frags. Fixes: bf5c25d ("skbuff: in skb_segment, call zerocopy functions once per nskb") Signed-off-by: Mohamed Khalfella <mkhalfella@purestorage.com> Reported-by: Amit Goyal <agoyal@purestorage.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
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net/core/skbuff.c

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@@ -4001,21 +4001,20 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
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struct sk_buff *segs = NULL;
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struct sk_buff *tail = NULL;
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struct sk_buff *list_skb = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->frag_list;
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skb_frag_t *frag = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->frags;
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unsigned int mss = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->gso_size;
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unsigned int doffset = head_skb->data - skb_mac_header(head_skb);
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struct sk_buff *frag_skb = head_skb;
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unsigned int offset = doffset;
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unsigned int tnl_hlen = skb_tnl_header_len(head_skb);
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unsigned int partial_segs = 0;
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unsigned int headroom;
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unsigned int len = head_skb->len;
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struct sk_buff *frag_skb;
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skb_frag_t *frag;
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__be16 proto;
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bool csum, sg;
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int nfrags = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->nr_frags;
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int err = -ENOMEM;
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int i = 0;
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int pos;
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int nfrags, pos;
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if ((skb_shinfo(head_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY) &&
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mss != GSO_BY_FRAGS && mss != skb_headlen(head_skb)) {
@@ -4092,6 +4091,13 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
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headroom = skb_headroom(head_skb);
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pos = skb_headlen(head_skb);
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if (skb_orphan_frags(head_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
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return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
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nfrags = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->nr_frags;
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frag = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->frags;
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frag_skb = head_skb;
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do {
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struct sk_buff *nskb;
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skb_frag_t *nskb_frag;
@@ -4112,6 +4118,10 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
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(skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
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BUG_ON(skb_headlen(list_skb) > len);
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nskb = skb_clone(list_skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
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if (unlikely(!nskb))
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goto err;
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i = 0;
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nfrags = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->nr_frags;
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frag = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->frags;
@@ -4130,12 +4140,8 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
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frag++;
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}
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nskb = skb_clone(list_skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
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list_skb = list_skb->next;
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if (unlikely(!nskb))
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goto err;
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if (unlikely(pskb_trim(nskb, len))) {
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kfree_skb(nskb);
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goto err;
@@ -4211,12 +4217,16 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
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skb_shinfo(nskb)->flags |= skb_shinfo(head_skb)->flags &
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SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
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if (skb_orphan_frags(frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC) ||
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skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
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if (skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
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goto err;
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while (pos < offset + len) {
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if (i >= nfrags) {
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if (skb_orphan_frags(list_skb, GFP_ATOMIC) ||
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skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, list_skb,
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GFP_ATOMIC))
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goto err;
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i = 0;
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nfrags = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->nr_frags;
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frag = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->frags;
@@ -4230,10 +4240,6 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
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i--;
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frag--;
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}
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if (skb_orphan_frags(frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC) ||
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skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb,
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GFP_ATOMIC))
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goto err;
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list_skb = list_skb->next;
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}

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