Re: [PATCH] net/rds: Avoid potential use after free in rds_send_remove_from_sock

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Tue Apr 20 2021 - 05:09:15 EST


On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 07:09:12PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> In case of rs failure in rds_send_remove_from_sock(), the 'rm' resource
> is freed and later under spinlock, causing potential use-after-free.
> Set the free pointer to NULL to avoid undefined behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/rds/message.c | 1 +
> net/rds/send.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Dave, Jakub

Please revert this patch, given responses from Eric and Al together
with this response from Greg here https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YH5/i7OvsjSmqADv@xxxxxxxxx

BTW, I looked on the rds code too and agree with Eric, this patch
is a total garbage.

Thanks