[PATCH net-2.6 resent] af_packet: Don't use skb afterdev_queue_xmit()

From: Jarek Poplawski
Date: Sat Jan 09 2010 - 07:38:40 EST


tpacket_snd() can change and kfree an skb after dev_queue_xmit(),
which is illegal.

With debugging by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reported-by: Michael Breuer <mbreuer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Michael Breuer <mbreuer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

net/packet/af_packet.c | 8 +++-----
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index e0516a2..aba2049 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1021,9 +1021,10 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)

status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
err = dev_queue_xmit(skb);
- if (unlikely(err > 0 && (err = net_xmit_errno(err)) != 0))
- goto out_xmit;
packet_increment_head(&po->tx_ring);
+ if (unlikely(err > 0 && (err = net_xmit_errno(err)) != 0))
+ goto out_put;
+
len_sum += tp_len;
} while (likely((ph != NULL) ||
((!(msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT)) &&
@@ -1033,9 +1034,6 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
err = len_sum;
goto out_put;

-out_xmit:
- skb->destructor = sock_wfree;
- atomic_dec(&po->tx_ring.pending);
out_status:
__packet_set_status(po, ph, status);
kfree_skb(skb);


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