[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 038/305] ipvlan: fix use after free of skb

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Fri Jan 15 2016 - 20:31:32 EST


4.2.8-ckt2 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit a534dc529853c69e94994aa47c1d80a03ce2c11d upstream.

ipvlan_handle_frame is a rx_handler, and when it returns a value other
than RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED (here, NET_RX_DROP aka RX_HANDLER_ANOTHER),
__netif_receive_skb_core expects that the skb still exists and will
process it further, but we just freed it.

Fixes: 2ad7bf363841 ("ipvlan: Initial check-in of the IPVLAN driver.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index a50a942..b64e172 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -651,5 +651,5 @@ rx_handler_result_t ipvlan_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
WARN_ONCE(true, "ipvlan_handle_frame() called for mode = [%hx]\n",
port->mode);
kfree_skb(skb);
- return NET_RX_DROP;
+ return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
}
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