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<title>tipc: skb_linearize the head skb when reassembling msgs</title>
<updated>2021-06-03T06:36:19+00:00</updated>
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<name>Xin Long</name>
<email>lucien.xin@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2021-05-07T19:57:03+00:00</published>
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commit b7df21cf1b79ab7026f545e7bf837bd5750ac026 upstream.

It's not a good idea to append the frag skb to a skb's frag_list if
the frag_list already has skbs from elsewhere, such as this skb was
created by pskb_copy() where the frag_list was cloned (all the skbs
in it were skb_get'ed) and shared by multiple skbs.

However, the new appended frag skb should have been only seen by the
current skb. Otherwise, it will cause use after free crashes as this
appended frag skb are seen by multiple skbs but it only got skb_get
called once.

The same thing happens with a skb updated by pskb_may_pull() with a
skb_cloned skb. Li Shuang has reported quite a few crashes caused
by this when doing testing over macvlan devices:

  [] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:1970!
  [] Call Trace:
  []  skb_clone+0x4d/0xb0
  []  macvlan_broadcast+0xd8/0x160 [macvlan]
  []  macvlan_process_broadcast+0x148/0x150 [macvlan]
  []  process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
  []  worker_thread+0x30/0x390

  [] kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
  [] Call Trace:
  []  __check_heap_object+0xd3/0x100
  []  __check_object_size+0xff/0x16b
  []  simple_copy_to_iter+0x1c/0x30
  []  __skb_datagram_iter+0x7d/0x310
  []  __skb_datagram_iter+0x2a5/0x310
  []  skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x3b/0x90
  []  tipc_recvmsg+0x14a/0x3a0 [tipc]
  []  ____sys_recvmsg+0x91/0x150
  []  ___sys_recvmsg+0x7b/0xc0

  [] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:305!
  [] Call Trace:
  []  &lt;IRQ&gt;
  []  kmem_cache_free+0x3ff/0x400
  []  __netif_receive_skb_core+0x12c/0xc40
  []  ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x12e/0x270
  []  netif_receive_skb_internal+0x3d/0xb0
  []  ? get_rx_page_info+0x8e/0xa0 [be2net]
  []  be_poll+0x6ef/0xd00 [be2net]
  []  ? irq_exit+0x4f/0x100
  []  net_rx_action+0x149/0x3b0

  ...

This patch is to fix it by linearizing the head skb if it has frag_list
set in tipc_buf_append(). Note that we choose to do this before calling
skb_unshare(), as __skb_linearize() will avoid skb_copy(). Also, we can
not just drop the frag_list either as the early time.

Fixes: 45c8b7b175ce ("tipc: allow non-linear first fragment buffer")
Reported-by: Li Shuang &lt;shuali@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jmaloy@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b7df21cf1b79ab7026f545e7bf837bd5750ac026 upstream.

It's not a good idea to append the frag skb to a skb's frag_list if
the frag_list already has skbs from elsewhere, such as this skb was
created by pskb_copy() where the frag_list was cloned (all the skbs
in it were skb_get'ed) and shared by multiple skbs.

However, the new appended frag skb should have been only seen by the
current skb. Otherwise, it will cause use after free crashes as this
appended frag skb are seen by multiple skbs but it only got skb_get
called once.

The same thing happens with a skb updated by pskb_may_pull() with a
skb_cloned skb. Li Shuang has reported quite a few crashes caused
by this when doing testing over macvlan devices:

  [] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:1970!
  [] Call Trace:
  []  skb_clone+0x4d/0xb0
  []  macvlan_broadcast+0xd8/0x160 [macvlan]
  []  macvlan_process_broadcast+0x148/0x150 [macvlan]
  []  process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
  []  worker_thread+0x30/0x390

  [] kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
  [] Call Trace:
  []  __check_heap_object+0xd3/0x100
  []  __check_object_size+0xff/0x16b
  []  simple_copy_to_iter+0x1c/0x30
  []  __skb_datagram_iter+0x7d/0x310
  []  __skb_datagram_iter+0x2a5/0x310
  []  skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x3b/0x90
  []  tipc_recvmsg+0x14a/0x3a0 [tipc]
  []  ____sys_recvmsg+0x91/0x150
  []  ___sys_recvmsg+0x7b/0xc0

  [] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:305!
  [] Call Trace:
  []  &lt;IRQ&gt;
  []  kmem_cache_free+0x3ff/0x400
  []  __netif_receive_skb_core+0x12c/0xc40
  []  ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x12e/0x270
  []  netif_receive_skb_internal+0x3d/0xb0
  []  ? get_rx_page_info+0x8e/0xa0 [be2net]
  []  be_poll+0x6ef/0xd00 [be2net]
  []  ? irq_exit+0x4f/0x100
  []  net_rx_action+0x149/0x3b0

  ...

This patch is to fix it by linearizing the head skb if it has frag_list
set in tipc_buf_append(). Note that we choose to do this before calling
skb_unshare(), as __skb_linearize() will avoid skb_copy(). Also, we can
not just drop the frag_list either as the early time.

Fixes: 45c8b7b175ce ("tipc: allow non-linear first fragment buffer")
Reported-by: Li Shuang &lt;shuali@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jmaloy@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tipc: fix memory leak caused by tipc_buf_append()</title>
<updated>2020-11-05T10:06:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tung Nguyen</name>
<email>tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-27T03:24:03+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ceb1eb2fb609c88363e06618b8d4bbf7815a4e03 ]

Commit ed42989eab57 ("tipc: fix the skb_unshare() in tipc_buf_append()")
replaced skb_unshare() with skb_copy() to not reduce the data reference
counter of the original skb intentionally. This is not the correct
way to handle the cloned skb because it causes memory leak in 2
following cases:
 1/ Sending multicast messages via broadcast link
  The original skb list is cloned to the local skb list for local
  destination. After that, the data reference counter of each skb
  in the original list has the value of 2. This causes each skb not
  to be freed after receiving ACK:
  tipc_link_advance_transmq()
  {
   ...
   /* release skb */
   __skb_unlink(skb, &amp;l-&gt;transmq);
   kfree_skb(skb); &lt;-- memory exists after being freed
  }

 2/ Sending multicast messages via replicast link
  Similar to the above case, each skb cannot be freed after purging
  the skb list:
  tipc_mcast_xmit()
  {
   ...
   __skb_queue_purge(pkts); &lt;-- memory exists after being freed
  }

This commit fixes this issue by using skb_unshare() instead. Besides,
to avoid use-after-free error reported by KASAN, the pointer to the
fragment is set to NULL before calling skb_unshare() to make sure that
the original skb is not freed after freeing the fragment 2 times in
case skb_unshare() returns NULL.

Fixes: ed42989eab57 ("tipc: fix the skb_unshare() in tipc_buf_append()")
Acked-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jmaloy@redhat.com&gt;
Reported-by: Thang Hoang Ngo &lt;thang.h.ngo@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen &lt;tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au&gt;
Reviewed-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Cong Wang &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201027032403.1823-1-tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ceb1eb2fb609c88363e06618b8d4bbf7815a4e03 ]

Commit ed42989eab57 ("tipc: fix the skb_unshare() in tipc_buf_append()")
replaced skb_unshare() with skb_copy() to not reduce the data reference
counter of the original skb intentionally. This is not the correct
way to handle the cloned skb because it causes memory leak in 2
following cases:
 1/ Sending multicast messages via broadcast link
  The original skb list is cloned to the local skb list for local
  destination. After that, the data reference counter of each skb
  in the original list has the value of 2. This causes each skb not
  to be freed after receiving ACK:
  tipc_link_advance_transmq()
  {
   ...
   /* release skb */
   __skb_unlink(skb, &amp;l-&gt;transmq);
   kfree_skb(skb); &lt;-- memory exists after being freed
  }

 2/ Sending multicast messages via replicast link
  Similar to the above case, each skb cannot be freed after purging
  the skb list:
  tipc_mcast_xmit()
  {
   ...
   __skb_queue_purge(pkts); &lt;-- memory exists after being freed
  }

This commit fixes this issue by using skb_unshare() instead. Besides,
to avoid use-after-free error reported by KASAN, the pointer to the
fragment is set to NULL before calling skb_unshare() to make sure that
the original skb is not freed after freeing the fragment 2 times in
case skb_unshare() returns NULL.

Fixes: ed42989eab57 ("tipc: fix the skb_unshare() in tipc_buf_append()")
Acked-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jmaloy@redhat.com&gt;
Reported-by: Thang Hoang Ngo &lt;thang.h.ngo@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen &lt;tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au&gt;
Reviewed-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Cong Wang &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201027032403.1823-1-tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tipc: fix the skb_unshare() in tipc_buf_append()</title>
<updated>2020-10-29T08:06:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cong Wang</name>
<email>xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-08T04:12:50+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ed42989eab57d619667d7e87dfbd8fe207db54fe ]

skb_unshare() drops a reference count on the old skb unconditionally,
so in the failure case, we end up freeing the skb twice here.
And because the skb is allocated in fclone and cloned by caller
tipc_msg_reassemble(), the consequence is actually freeing the
original skb too, thus triggered the UAF by syzbot.

Fix this by replacing this skb_unshare() with skb_cloned()+skb_copy().

Fixes: ff48b6222e65 ("tipc: use skb_unshare() instead in tipc_buf_append()")
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+e96a7ba46281824cc46a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: Jon Maloy &lt;jmaloy@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ed42989eab57d619667d7e87dfbd8fe207db54fe ]

skb_unshare() drops a reference count on the old skb unconditionally,
so in the failure case, we end up freeing the skb twice here.
And because the skb is allocated in fclone and cloned by caller
tipc_msg_reassemble(), the consequence is actually freeing the
original skb too, thus triggered the UAF by syzbot.

Fix this by replacing this skb_unshare() with skb_cloned()+skb_copy().

Fixes: ff48b6222e65 ("tipc: use skb_unshare() instead in tipc_buf_append()")
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+e96a7ba46281824cc46a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: Jon Maloy &lt;jmaloy@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tipc: use skb_unshare() instead in tipc_buf_append()</title>
<updated>2020-10-01T11:12:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xin Long</name>
<email>lucien.xin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-09-13T11:37:31+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ff48b6222e65ebdba5a403ef1deba6214e749193 ]

In tipc_buf_append() it may change skb's frag_list, and it causes
problems when this skb is cloned. skb_unclone() doesn't really
make this skb's flag_list available to change.

Shuang Li has reported an use-after-free issue because of this
when creating quite a few macvlan dev over the same dev, where
the broadcast packets will be cloned and go up to the stack:

 [ ] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in pskb_expand_head+0x86d/0xea0
 [ ] Call Trace:
 [ ]  dump_stack+0x7c/0xb0
 [ ]  print_address_description.constprop.7+0x1a/0x220
 [ ]  kasan_report.cold.10+0x37/0x7c
 [ ]  check_memory_region+0x183/0x1e0
 [ ]  pskb_expand_head+0x86d/0xea0
 [ ]  process_backlog+0x1df/0x660
 [ ]  net_rx_action+0x3b4/0xc90
 [ ]
 [ ] Allocated by task 1786:
 [ ]  kmem_cache_alloc+0xbf/0x220
 [ ]  skb_clone+0x10a/0x300
 [ ]  macvlan_broadcast+0x2f6/0x590 [macvlan]
 [ ]  macvlan_process_broadcast+0x37c/0x516 [macvlan]
 [ ]  process_one_work+0x66a/0x1060
 [ ]  worker_thread+0x87/0xb10
 [ ]
 [ ] Freed by task 3253:
 [ ]  kmem_cache_free+0x82/0x2a0
 [ ]  skb_release_data+0x2c3/0x6e0
 [ ]  kfree_skb+0x78/0x1d0
 [ ]  tipc_recvmsg+0x3be/0xa40 [tipc]

So fix it by using skb_unshare() instead, which would create a new
skb for the cloned frag and it'll be safe to change its frag_list.
The similar things were also done in sctp_make_reassembled_event(),
which is using skb_copy().

Reported-by: Shuang Li &lt;shuali@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: 37e22164a8a3 ("tipc: rename and move message reassembly function")
Signed-off-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ff48b6222e65ebdba5a403ef1deba6214e749193 ]

In tipc_buf_append() it may change skb's frag_list, and it causes
problems when this skb is cloned. skb_unclone() doesn't really
make this skb's flag_list available to change.

Shuang Li has reported an use-after-free issue because of this
when creating quite a few macvlan dev over the same dev, where
the broadcast packets will be cloned and go up to the stack:

 [ ] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in pskb_expand_head+0x86d/0xea0
 [ ] Call Trace:
 [ ]  dump_stack+0x7c/0xb0
 [ ]  print_address_description.constprop.7+0x1a/0x220
 [ ]  kasan_report.cold.10+0x37/0x7c
 [ ]  check_memory_region+0x183/0x1e0
 [ ]  pskb_expand_head+0x86d/0xea0
 [ ]  process_backlog+0x1df/0x660
 [ ]  net_rx_action+0x3b4/0xc90
 [ ]
 [ ] Allocated by task 1786:
 [ ]  kmem_cache_alloc+0xbf/0x220
 [ ]  skb_clone+0x10a/0x300
 [ ]  macvlan_broadcast+0x2f6/0x590 [macvlan]
 [ ]  macvlan_process_broadcast+0x37c/0x516 [macvlan]
 [ ]  process_one_work+0x66a/0x1060
 [ ]  worker_thread+0x87/0xb10
 [ ]
 [ ] Freed by task 3253:
 [ ]  kmem_cache_free+0x82/0x2a0
 [ ]  skb_release_data+0x2c3/0x6e0
 [ ]  kfree_skb+0x78/0x1d0
 [ ]  tipc_recvmsg+0x3be/0xa40 [tipc]

So fix it by using skb_unshare() instead, which would create a new
skb for the cloned frag and it'll be safe to change its frag_list.
The similar things were also done in sctp_make_reassembled_event(),
which is using skb_copy().

Reported-by: Shuang Li &lt;shuali@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: 37e22164a8a3 ("tipc: rename and move message reassembly function")
Signed-off-by: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tipc: fix unlimited bundling of small messages</title>
<updated>2019-10-07T16:55:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tuong Lien</name>
<email>tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-02T11:49:43+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit e95584a889e1902fdf1ded9712e2c3c3083baf96 ]

We have identified a problem with the "oversubscription" policy in the
link transmission code.

When small messages are transmitted, and the sending link has reached
the transmit window limit, those messages will be bundled and put into
the link backlog queue. However, bundles of data messages are counted
at the 'CRITICAL' level, so that the counter for that level, instead of
the counter for the real, bundled message's level is the one being
increased.
Subsequent, to-be-bundled data messages at non-CRITICAL levels continue
to be tested against the unchanged counter for their own level, while
contributing to an unrestrained increase at the CRITICAL backlog level.

This leaves a gap in congestion control algorithm for small messages
that can result in starvation for other users or a "real" CRITICAL
user. Even that eventually can lead to buffer exhaustion &amp; link reset.

We fix this by keeping a 'target_bskb' buffer pointer at each levels,
then when bundling, we only bundle messages at the same importance
level only. This way, we know exactly how many slots a certain level
have occupied in the queue, so can manage level congestion accurately.

By bundling messages at the same level, we even have more benefits. Let
consider this:
- One socket sends 64-byte messages at the 'CRITICAL' level;
- Another sends 4096-byte messages at the 'LOW' level;

When a 64-byte message comes and is bundled the first time, we put the
overhead of message bundle to it (+ 40-byte header, data copy, etc.)
for later use, but the next message can be a 4096-byte one that cannot
be bundled to the previous one. This means the last bundle carries only
one payload message which is totally inefficient, as for the receiver
also! Later on, another 64-byte message comes, now we make a new bundle
and the same story repeats...

With the new bundling algorithm, this will not happen, the 64-byte
messages will be bundled together even when the 4096-byte message(s)
comes in between. However, if the 4096-byte messages are sent at the
same level i.e. 'CRITICAL', the bundling algorithm will again cause the
same overhead.

Also, the same will happen even with only one socket sending small
messages at a rate close to the link transmit's one, so that, when one
message is bundled, it's transmitted shortly. Then, another message
comes, a new bundle is created and so on...

We will solve this issue radically by another patch.

Fixes: 365ad353c256 ("tipc: reduce risk of user starvation during link congestion")
Reported-by: Hoang Le &lt;hoang.h.le@dektech.com.au&gt;
Acked-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien &lt;tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit e95584a889e1902fdf1ded9712e2c3c3083baf96 ]

We have identified a problem with the "oversubscription" policy in the
link transmission code.

When small messages are transmitted, and the sending link has reached
the transmit window limit, those messages will be bundled and put into
the link backlog queue. However, bundles of data messages are counted
at the 'CRITICAL' level, so that the counter for that level, instead of
the counter for the real, bundled message's level is the one being
increased.
Subsequent, to-be-bundled data messages at non-CRITICAL levels continue
to be tested against the unchanged counter for their own level, while
contributing to an unrestrained increase at the CRITICAL backlog level.

This leaves a gap in congestion control algorithm for small messages
that can result in starvation for other users or a "real" CRITICAL
user. Even that eventually can lead to buffer exhaustion &amp; link reset.

We fix this by keeping a 'target_bskb' buffer pointer at each levels,
then when bundling, we only bundle messages at the same importance
level only. This way, we know exactly how many slots a certain level
have occupied in the queue, so can manage level congestion accurately.

By bundling messages at the same level, we even have more benefits. Let
consider this:
- One socket sends 64-byte messages at the 'CRITICAL' level;
- Another sends 4096-byte messages at the 'LOW' level;

When a 64-byte message comes and is bundled the first time, we put the
overhead of message bundle to it (+ 40-byte header, data copy, etc.)
for later use, but the next message can be a 4096-byte one that cannot
be bundled to the previous one. This means the last bundle carries only
one payload message which is totally inefficient, as for the receiver
also! Later on, another 64-byte message comes, now we make a new bundle
and the same story repeats...

With the new bundling algorithm, this will not happen, the 64-byte
messages will be bundled together even when the 4096-byte message(s)
comes in between. However, if the 4096-byte messages are sent at the
same level i.e. 'CRITICAL', the bundling algorithm will again cause the
same overhead.

Also, the same will happen even with only one socket sending small
messages at a rate close to the link transmit's one, so that, when one
message is bundled, it's transmitted shortly. Then, another message
comes, a new bundle is created and so on...

We will solve this issue radically by another patch.

Fixes: 365ad353c256 ("tipc: reduce risk of user starvation during link congestion")
Reported-by: Hoang Le &lt;hoang.h.le@dektech.com.au&gt;
Acked-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien &lt;tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: Unclone message at secondary destination lookup</title>
<updated>2017-10-09T04:13:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-10-07T13:07:20+00:00</published>
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When a bundling message is received, the function tipc_link_input()
calls function tipc_msg_extract() to unbundle all inner messages of
the bundling message before adding them to input queue.

The function tipc_msg_extract() just clones all inner skb for all
inner messagges from the bundling skb. This means that the skb
headroom of an inner message overlaps with the data part of the
preceding message in the bundle.

If the message in question is a name addressed message, it may be
subject to a secondary destination lookup, and eventually be sent out
on one of the interfaces again. But, since what is perceived as headroom
by the device driver in reality is the last bytes of the preceding
message in the bundle, the latter will be overwritten by the MAC
addresses of the L2 header. If the preceding message has not yet been
consumed by the user, it will evenually be delivered with corrupted
contents.

This commit fixes this by uncloning all messages passing through the
function tipc_msg_lookup_dest(), hence ensuring that the headroom
is always valid when the message is passed on.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen &lt;tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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When a bundling message is received, the function tipc_link_input()
calls function tipc_msg_extract() to unbundle all inner messages of
the bundling message before adding them to input queue.

The function tipc_msg_extract() just clones all inner skb for all
inner messagges from the bundling skb. This means that the skb
headroom of an inner message overlaps with the data part of the
preceding message in the bundle.

If the message in question is a name addressed message, it may be
subject to a secondary destination lookup, and eventually be sent out
on one of the interfaces again. But, since what is perceived as headroom
by the device driver in reality is the last bytes of the preceding
message in the bundle, the latter will be overwritten by the MAC
addresses of the L2 header. If the preceding message has not yet been
consumed by the user, it will evenually be delivered with corrupted
contents.

This commit fixes this by uncloning all messages passing through the
function tipc_msg_lookup_dest(), hence ensuring that the headroom
is always valid when the message is passed on.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen &lt;tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: use only positive error codes in messages</title>
<updated>2017-10-01T03:03:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan</name>
<email>parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-09-29T08:02:54+00:00</published>
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In commit e3a77561e7d32 ("tipc: split up function tipc_msg_eval()"),
we have updated the function tipc_msg_lookup_dest() to set the error
codes to negative values at destination lookup failures. Thus when
the function sets the error code to -TIPC_ERR_NO_NAME, its inserted
into the 4 bit error field of the message header as 0xf instead of
TIPC_ERR_NO_NAME (1). The value 0xf is an unknown error code.

In this commit, we set only positive error code.

Fixes: e3a77561e7d32 ("tipc: split up function tipc_msg_eval()")
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan &lt;parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In commit e3a77561e7d32 ("tipc: split up function tipc_msg_eval()"),
we have updated the function tipc_msg_lookup_dest() to set the error
codes to negative values at destination lookup failures. Thus when
the function sets the error code to -TIPC_ERR_NO_NAME, its inserted
into the 4 bit error field of the message header as 0xf instead of
TIPC_ERR_NO_NAME (1). The value 0xf is an unknown error code.

In this commit, we set only positive error code.

Fixes: e3a77561e7d32 ("tipc: split up function tipc_msg_eval()")
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan &lt;parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: reassign pointers after skb reallocation / linearization</title>
<updated>2017-08-25T04:54:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan</name>
<email>parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-08-24T14:31:23+00:00</published>
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In tipc_msg_reverse(), we assign skb attributes to local pointers
in stack at startup. This is followed by skb_linearize() and for
cloned buffers we perform skb relocation using pskb_expand_head().
Both these methods may update the skb attributes and thus making
the pointers incorrect.

In this commit, we fix this error by ensuring that the pointers
are re-assigned after any of these skb operations.

Fixes: 29042e19f2c60 ("tipc: let function tipc_msg_reverse() expand header
when needed")
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan &lt;parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In tipc_msg_reverse(), we assign skb attributes to local pointers
in stack at startup. This is followed by skb_linearize() and for
cloned buffers we perform skb relocation using pskb_expand_head().
Both these methods may update the skb attributes and thus making
the pointers incorrect.

In this commit, we fix this error by ensuring that the pointers
are re-assigned after any of these skb operations.

Fixes: 29042e19f2c60 ("tipc: let function tipc_msg_reverse() expand header
when needed")
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan &lt;parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: avoid inheriting msg_non_seq flag when message is returned</title>
<updated>2017-08-14T18:20:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-08-14T16:28:49+00:00</published>
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In the function msg_reverse(), we reverse the header while trying to
reuse the original buffer whenever possible. Those rejected/returned
messages are always transmitted as unicast, but the msg_non_seq field
is not explicitly set to zero as it should be.

We have seen cases where multicast senders set the message type to
"NOT dest_droppable", meaning that a multicast message shorter than
one MTU will be returned, e.g., during receive buffer overflow, by
reusing the original buffer. This has the effect that even the
'msg_non_seq' field is inadvertently inherited by the rejected message,
although it is now sent as a unicast message. This again leads the
receiving unicast link endpoint to steer the packet toward the broadcast
link receive function, where it is dropped. The affected unicast link is
thereafter (after 100 failed retransmissions) declared 'stale' and
reset.

We fix this by unconditionally setting the 'msg_non_seq' flag to zero
for all rejected/returned messages.

Reported-by: Canh Duc Luu &lt;canh.d.luu@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In the function msg_reverse(), we reverse the header while trying to
reuse the original buffer whenever possible. Those rejected/returned
messages are always transmitted as unicast, but the msg_non_seq field
is not explicitly set to zero as it should be.

We have seen cases where multicast senders set the message type to
"NOT dest_droppable", meaning that a multicast message shorter than
one MTU will be returned, e.g., during receive buffer overflow, by
reusing the original buffer. This has the effect that even the
'msg_non_seq' field is inadvertently inherited by the rejected message,
although it is now sent as a unicast message. This again leads the
receiving unicast link endpoint to steer the packet toward the broadcast
link receive function, where it is dropped. The affected unicast link is
thereafter (after 100 failed retransmissions) declared 'stale' and
reset.

We fix this by unconditionally setting the 'msg_non_seq' flag to zero
for all rejected/returned messages.

Reported-by: Canh Duc Luu &lt;canh.d.luu@dektech.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: tipc: Fix a sleep-in-atomic bug in tipc_msg_reverse</title>
<updated>2017-06-10T22:20:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jia-Ju Bai</name>
<email>baijiaju1990@163.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-06-10T09:03:35+00:00</published>
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The kernel may sleep under a rcu read lock in tipc_msg_reverse, and the
function call path is:
tipc_l2_rcv_msg (acquire the lock by rcu_read_lock)
  tipc_rcv
    tipc_sk_rcv
      tipc_msg_reverse
        pskb_expand_head(GFP_KERNEL) --&gt; may sleep
tipc_node_broadcast
  tipc_node_xmit_skb
    tipc_node_xmit
      tipc_sk_rcv
        tipc_msg_reverse
          pskb_expand_head(GFP_KERNEL) --&gt; may sleep

To fix it, "GFP_KERNEL" is replaced with "GFP_ATOMIC".

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai &lt;baijiaju1990@163.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The kernel may sleep under a rcu read lock in tipc_msg_reverse, and the
function call path is:
tipc_l2_rcv_msg (acquire the lock by rcu_read_lock)
  tipc_rcv
    tipc_sk_rcv
      tipc_msg_reverse
        pskb_expand_head(GFP_KERNEL) --&gt; may sleep
tipc_node_broadcast
  tipc_node_xmit_skb
    tipc_node_xmit
      tipc_sk_rcv
        tipc_msg_reverse
          pskb_expand_head(GFP_KERNEL) --&gt; may sleep

To fix it, "GFP_KERNEL" is replaced with "GFP_ATOMIC".

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai &lt;baijiaju1990@163.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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