Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: cls_api: Initialize miss_cookie_node when action miss is not used

From: Ivan Vecera
Date: Thu Apr 20 2023 - 14:37:06 EST




On 20. 04. 23 20:21, Pedro Tammela wrote:
On 20/04/2023 14:59, Ivan Vecera wrote:
Function tcf_exts_init_ex() sets exts->miss_cookie_node ptr only
when use_action_miss is true so it assumes in other case that
the field is set to NULL by the caller. If not then the field
contains garbage and subsequent tcf_exts_destroy() call results
in a crash.
Initialize .miss_cookie_node pointer to NULL when use_action_miss
parameter is false to avoid this potential scenario.

Fixes: 80cd22c35c90 ("net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action")
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  net/sched/cls_api.c | 6 +++++-
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 35785a36c80298..8bc5b9d6a2916e 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -3224,8 +3224,12 @@ int tcf_exts_init_ex(struct tcf_exts *exts, struct net *net, int action,
      exts->action = action;
      exts->police = police;
-    if (!use_action_miss)
+    if (!use_action_miss) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
+        exts->miss_cookie_node = NULL;
+#endif
          return 0;
+    }
      err = tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_alloc(exts, tp, handle);
      if (err)

The problem described here also happens in the case some error happens if the action array allocation fails and before the 'miss_cookie_node' assignment inside 'tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_alloc()'.

Seems like a better way to solve this issue is to just:
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 35785a36c802..3c3629c9e7b6 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -3211,6 +3211,7 @@ int tcf_exts_init_ex(struct tcf_exts *exts, struct net *net, int action,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
        exts->type = 0;
        exts->nr_actions = 0;
+       exts->miss_cookie_node = NULL;
        /* Note: we do not own yet a reference on net.
         * This reference might be taken later from tcf_exts_get_net().
         */

Looks better, will repost...

Thanks

Ivan