Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Use skb_trim to trim checksum

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Wed Jun 08 2022 - 11:35:06 EST


On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 6:51 AM Soenke Huster <soenke.huster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use the skb helper instead of direct manipulation. This fixes the
> following page fault, when connecting my Android phone:
>
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffed1021de29ff
> #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> RIP: 0010:rfcomm_run+0x831/0x4040 (net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:1751)
>
> Signed-off-by: Soenke Huster <soenke.huster@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
> index 7324764384b6..7360e905d045 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
> @@ -1747,8 +1747,8 @@ static struct rfcomm_session *rfcomm_recv_frame(struct rfcomm_session *s,
> type = __get_type(hdr->ctrl);
>
> /* Trim FCS */
> - skb->len--; skb->tail--;
> - fcs = *(u8 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
> + skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 1);
> + fcs = *(skb->data + skb->len);
>

Hmmm... I do not see any difference before/after in term of memory
dereference to get fcs.

I think you should give more details on how exactly the bug triggers.