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[net,v2,0/2] net: fix issues when uncloning an skb dst+metadata

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Series net: fix issues when uncloning an skb dst+metadata | expand

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Antoine Tenart Feb. 7, 2022, 5:13 p.m. UTC
Hi,

This fixes two issues when uncloning an skb dst+metadata in
tun_dst_unclone; this was initially reported by Vlad Buslov[1]. Because
of the memory leak fixed by patch 2, the issue in patch 1 never happened
in practice.

tun_dst_unclone is called from two different places, one in geneve/vxlan
to handle PMTU and one in net/openvswitch/actions.c where it is used to
retrieve tunnel information. While both Vlad and I tested the former, we
could not for the latter. I did spend quite some time trying to, but
that code path is not easy to trigger. Code inspection shows this should
be fine, the tunnel information (dst+metadata) is uncloned and the skb
it is referenced from is only consumed after all accesses to the tunnel
information are done:

  do_execute_actions
    output_userspace
      dev_fill_metadata_dst         <- dst+metadata is uncloned
      ovs_dp_upcall
        queue_userspace_packet
          ovs_nla_put_tunnel_info   <- metadata (tunnel info) is accessed
    consume_skb                     <- dst+metadata is freed

Since v1:
- Only allocate a dst cache if there is one already.
- Use metadata_dst_free in the dst_cache_init error path. This is OK as
  the dst_cache is zeroed on error.
- Protect the ret variable definition with CONFIG_DST_CACHE.
- Kept Vlad's Tested-by as the changes are minor.

Thanks!
Antoine

Antoine Tenart (2):
  net: do not keep the dst cache when uncloning an skb dst and its
    metadata
  net: fix a memleak when uncloning an skb dst and its metadata

 include/net/dst_metadata.h | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Feb. 9, 2022, noon UTC | #1
Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Mon,  7 Feb 2022 18:13:17 +0100 you wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This fixes two issues when uncloning an skb dst+metadata in
> tun_dst_unclone; this was initially reported by Vlad Buslov[1]. Because
> of the memory leak fixed by patch 2, the issue in patch 1 never happened
> in practice.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2,1/2] net: do not keep the dst cache when uncloning an skb dst and its metadata
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/cfc56f85e72f
  - [net,v2,2/2] net: fix a memleak when uncloning an skb dst and its metadata
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/9eeabdf17fa0

You are awesome, thank you!