Re: [PATCH net] net: lantiq_xrx200: fix use after free bug

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 3/5/22 12:20, Aleksander Jan Bajkowski wrote:
> The skb->len field is read after the packet is sent to the network
> stack. In the meantime, skb can be freed. This patch fixes this bug.
>
> Fixes: c3e6b2c35b34 ("net: lantiq_xrx200: add ingress SG DMA support")
> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@xxxxx>

Acked-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
> index 41d11137cde0..5712c3e94be8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
> @@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ static int xrx200_hw_receive(struct xrx200_chan *ch)
>   
>   	if (ctl & LTQ_DMA_EOP) {
>   		ch->skb_head->protocol = eth_type_trans(ch->skb_head, net_dev);
> -		netif_receive_skb(ch->skb_head);
>   		net_dev->stats.rx_packets++;
>   		net_dev->stats.rx_bytes += ch->skb_head->len;
> +		netif_receive_skb(ch->skb_head);
>   		ch->skb_head = NULL;
>   		ch->skb_tail = NULL;
>   		ret = XRX200_DMA_PACKET_COMPLETE;